Belton is a Village in the county of Leicestershire.

Retail in Belton

There are great places to visit near Belton including some great cities, historic monuments, canals, hiking areas, historic buildings, parks, shopping centres, airports, towns, villages, lakes, country parks and ruins.

Leicester is one of Belton's best, nearby cities to visit in Belton.

The Arch of Remembrance is one of Belton's best, nearby historic monuments to visit in Belton.

Canals to visit near Belton include Grand Union Canal at Leicester.

Don't miss Grand Union Canal at Leicester's hiking areas if visiting the area around Belton.

Leicester Cathedral, Church of St Nicholas - Leicester, Lavenham Guildhall, Bradgate House, and Old John Tower are great places to visit near Belton if you like historic buildings.

There are a several good parks in the Belton area like Abbey Park, Wilton Park, and Bradgate Park.

Highcross Leicester is one of Belton's best, nearby shopping centres to visit in Belton.

There are a number of airports near Belton including Leicester Airport, and East Midlands Airport.

There are a several good towns in the Belton area like Loughborough, Ashby-de-la-Zouch, Melton Mowbray, and Market Harborough.

Belton's best nearby villages can be found at Lavenham, Cropston, Newtown Linford, Saddington, and Rothley.

Places near Belton feature a number of interesting lakes including Cropston Reservoir.

Belton has some unmissable country parks nearby like Bradgate Park, and East Carlton Countryside Park.

Belton has some unmissable ruins nearby like Bradgate House, and Old John Tower.

Belton History

There are some historic monuments around Belton:

• Village cross at junction of Church Street and Cross Street
• Coal mining remains at Birch Coppice and Rough Park, 950m and 1.5km south of Smoile Farm
• Iron Age settlement and cursus, with other air photographic marks, SE of Aston-on-Trent
• Roman fort 200yds (182m) E of All Saints' Church
• Roman villa and enclosures N of Ratcliffe Lane
• Coal mining remains at The Conery, 500m south of Coleorton Hall
• Cistercian abbey and mansion, with fishpond and mound at Garendon
• Moat at Lea Meadows
• Moated site east of Kellam's Farm
• Settlement site
• Circular enclosure 300m north east of Forest Field
• All Saints' Church, Dishley
• Moated site SE of Sawley Locks
• Enclosure castle at Castle Donington
• Lock up known as The Round House, at the junction of Church Street and St Matthew's Avenue
• Moated site with fishpond at Long Whatton
• Beacon Hill hillfort, enclosure and linear boundary
• Rabbit warren on Warren Hills
• The Bulwarks (earthworks)
• Melbourne Castle fortified manor and earlier medieval manorial remains
• Henge complex NW of Hickens Bridge
• Medieval settlement remains immediately east of The Wymeshead
• Snibston Colliery
• Hemington Chapel
• Grace Dieu Priory with two ponds and a fishpond, Belton
• Coal mining remains 600m south west of Smoile Farm
• Moated site with fishpond and flood banks at Long Whatton
• Ulverscroft Priory, moat and three fishponds
• Site revealed by aerial photography, SE of Dunster Barn
• Whitwick Castle
• Roman site on Red Hill