Coleorton is a Village in the county of Leicestershire.

Retail in Coleorton

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

Cities to visit near Coleorton include Leicester.

There are a several good historic monuments in the area around Coleorton like The Arch of Remembrance.

Grand Union Canal at Leicester is one of Coleorton's best, nearby canals to visit in Coleorton.

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

The area around Coleorton features a number of interesting historic buildings including Leicester Cathedral, Church of St Nicholas - Leicester, Lavenham Guildhall, Bradgate House, and Old John Tower.

Parks to visit near Coleorton include Abbey Park, Wilton Park, and Bradgate Park.

Don't miss Highcross Leicester's shopping centres if visiting the area around Coleorton.

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

The area around Coleorton boasts some of the best towns including Loughborough, Ashby-de-la-Zouch, Melton Mowbray, and Market Harborough.

There are a several good villages in the Coleorton area like Lavenham, Cropston, Newtown Linford, Saddington, and Rothley.

Cropston Reservoir is a great place to visit close to Coleorton if you like lakes.

Don't miss Bradgate Park, and East Carlton Countryside Park's country parks if visiting the area around Coleorton.

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

Coleorton History

There are some historic monuments around Coleorton:

• Enclosure castle at Castle Donington
• Viking barrow cemetery in Heath Wood
• Snibston Colliery
• Whitwick Castle
• Medieval church and cross 45m south of St George's Church
• Ashby Castle and associated formal garden
• Motte and associated earthworks at Shackerstone
• Swarkestone Bridge
• The Bulwarks (earthworks)
• Coal mining remains 600m south west of Smoile Farm
• Coal mining remains at The Conery, 500m south of Coleorton Hall
• Rabbit warren on Warren Hills
• Grace Dieu Priory with two ponds and a fishpond, Belton
• Moat with fishponds at Bagworth
• Coal mining remains at Birch Coppice and Rough Park, 950m and 1.5km south of Smoile Farm
• Calke Park Tunnel
• Hemington Chapel
• Lock up known as The Round House, at the junction of Church Street and St Matthew's Avenue
• Melbourne Castle fortified manor and earlier medieval manorial remains
• Coal mining remains in Lount Wood
• Circular enclosure 300m north east of Forest Field