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.

Places near Great Glen feature a number of interesting cities including Leicester.

There are a several good historic monuments in the area around Great Glen like 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.

Great Glen has some unmissable historic buildings nearby like Leicester Cathedral, Church of St Nicholas - Leicester, Lavenham Guildhall, Bradgate House, and Old John Tower.

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

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

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

Great Glen has some unmissable towns nearby like Loughborough, Ashby-de-la-Zouch, Melton Mowbray, and Market Harborough.

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

Lakes to visit near Great Glen include Cropston Reservoir.

Great Glen has some unmissable country parks nearby like 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:

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