Great Glen is a Village in the county of Leicestershire.

Great Glen postcode: LE8 9FE

Retail in Great Glen

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

There are a number of cities near to Great Glen including Leicester.

The area close to Great Glen boasts some of the best historic monuments including The Arch of Remembrance.

There are a number of canals near to Great Glen including Grand Union Canal at Leicester.

Hiking Areas to visit near Great Glen include Grand Union Canal at Leicester.

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

Abbey Park, Wilton Park, and Bradgate Park are some of Great Glen best parks to visit near Great Glen.

Highcross Leicester is a great place to visit close to Great Glen if you like shopping centres.

Great Glen's best nearby airports can be found at Leicester Airport, and East Midlands Airport.

Loughborough, Ashby-de-la-Zouch, Melton Mowbray, and Market Harborough are great places to visit near Great Glen if you like towns.

Great Glen has some unmissable villages nearby like Lavenham, Cropston, Newtown Linford, Saddington, and Rothley.

The area close to Great Glen boasts some of the best lakes including Cropston Reservoir.

Great Glen's best nearby country parks can be found at Bradgate Park, and East Carlton Countryside Park.

There are a several good ruins in the Great Glen area like Bradgate House, and Old John Tower.

Great Glen History

There are some historic monuments around Great Glen:

• Medieval manorial fishponds at The Banks
• Old Hall moated site
• Gumley medieval settlement remains and field systems, 620m south east of the Church of St Helen
• Roman villa N of Hamilton Grounds Farm
• The 'Roman' bridge, Belgrave
• Frisby medieval village remains
• Petlinge medieval settlement and manorial garden remains 90m west and 160m south east of All Saints' Church
• Thorpe Lubenham moated site and remains of shifted medieval village
• Gumley motte castle
• Moated site with fishponds at Evington
• Motte in Hall Field
• Gumley medieval settlement remains, rabbit warren and field systems, 600m south west of the Church of St Helen
• Baggrave Deserted Medieval Village
• Churchyard cross, All Saints' churchyard
• Medieval settlement remains 300m south east and 150m north of Wistow Hall
• Stretton Magna deserted village, two fishponds and moated site.
• Medieval village remains immediately south of the church
• Medieval manorial earthworks and gardens 140m south of Manor House
• Chapel immediately north west of Manor House
• Moated site and deserted medieval village at Old Ingarsby
• Moated site at Ingarsby
• Manorial site immediately south east of St Peter's Church
• Churchyard cross in St Michael's churchyard
• Churchyard cross in All Saints' churchyard
• Deserted medieval village of Hamilton
• Kibworth Harcourt post mill
• Inclined plane immediately east of Foxton Locks
• Petlinge medieval settlement remains 170m north of Whitehouse Farm
• Market cross on west side of Market Place
• Knaptoft medieval settlement and manorial complex including church, three fishponds and windmill mound
• Cold Newton shrunken medieval village and moated site
• Churchyard cross in St Mary's churchyard
• Moated grange at Stoughton
• Pinslade moated grange, Mowsley