Cosby is a Town in the county of Leicestershire.

Retail in Cosby

There are great places to visit near Cosby 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 Cosby include Leicester.

Don't miss The Arch of Remembrance's historic monuments if visiting the area around Cosby.

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

Grand Union Canal at Leicester is one of Cosby's best, nearby hiking areas to visit in Cosby.

There are a number of historic buildings near Cosby including Leicester Cathedral, Church of St Nicholas - Leicester, Lavenham Guildhall, Bradgate House, and Old John Tower.

Cosby has some unmissable parks nearby like Abbey Park, Wilton Park, and Bradgate Park.

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

Cosby has some unmissable airports nearby like Leicester Airport, and East Midlands Airport.

There are a number of towns near Cosby including Loughborough, Ashby-de-la-Zouch, Melton Mowbray, and Market Harborough.

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

Don't miss Cropston Reservoir's lakes if visiting the area around Cosby.

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

Ruins to visit near Cosby include Bradgate House, and Old John Tower.

Cosby History

There are some historic monuments around Cosby:

• Churchyard cross in All Saints' churchyard
• The Raw Dykes Roman aqueduct
• Moated site with fishpond at Dunton Bassett
• Kirby Muxloe Castle
• Moated site and fishponds south-east of St Mary's Church
• Leicester Castle and the Magazine Gateway
• Bittesby deserted medieval village
• The 'Roman' bridge, Aylestone
• Lubbesthorpe medieval settlement remains at Abbey Farm
• Ratby camp
• Iron Age enclosure
• Petlinge medieval settlement and manorial garden remains 90m west and 160m south east of All Saints' Church
• Sapcote Castle and moat
• Jewry Wall: remains of a Roman bath house, palaestra and Anglo-Saxon church
• Moated site, enclosure and trackway at Claybrooke Parva
• Enderby Mill Bridge
• Rabbit warren 180m north east of The Lawn
• Dovecote 85m north of Potters Marston Hall
• Moat, fishponds and shifted village earthworks at Ullesthorpe
• Leicester abbey and 17th century mansion and ornamental gardens
• Moated site at New Parks, Leicester
• Moated site at Cotes de Val, Gilmorton
• Moated site and garden enclosure at Glenfield
• Motte, moat and fishponds west of All Saints Church
• Site of St John's Church, Aldeby
• Moat and hut circle at Glen Parva
• Petlinge medieval settlement remains 170m north of Whitehouse Farm
• Moated site at New Hall, Thurlaston
• Greyfriars, Leicester