Kilby is a Village in the county of Leicestershire.

Retail in Kilby

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

The Arch of Remembrance is a great place to visit close to Kilby if you like historic monuments.

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

Kilby is near some unmissable hiking areas like Grand Union Canal at Leicester,

There are a several good historic buildings in the Kilby area like Leicester Cathedral, Church of St Nicholas - Leicester, Lavenham Guildhall, Bradgate House, and Old John Tower.

Don't miss Abbey Park, Wilton Park, and Bradgate Park's parks if visiting the area around Kilby.

There are a number of shopping centres near to Kilby including Highcross Leicester.

Leicester Airport, and East Midlands Airport are some of Kilby best airports to visit near Kilby.

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

The area around Kilby features a number of interesting villages including Lavenham, Cropston, Newtown Linford, Saddington, and Rothley.

There are a several good lakes in the area around Kilby like Cropston Reservoir.

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

Bradgate House, and Old John Tower are great places to visit near Kilby if you like ruins.

Kilby History

There are some historic monuments around Kilby:

• Petlinge medieval settlement remains 170m north of Whitehouse Farm
• Jewry Wall: remains of a Roman bath house, palaestra and Anglo-Saxon church
• Leicester abbey and 17th century mansion and ornamental gardens
• Moated site and fishponds south-east of St Mary's Church
• Churchyard cross in All Saints' churchyard
• Gumley medieval settlement remains and field systems, 620m south east of the Church of St Helen
• Medieval manorial fishponds at The Banks
• Petlinge medieval settlement and manorial garden remains 90m west and 160m south east of All Saints' Church
• Moated site and deserted medieval village at Old Ingarsby
• Gumley motte castle
• Pinslade moated grange, Mowsley
• Medieval settlement remains 300m south east and 150m north of Wistow Hall
• Moated site at New Parks, Leicester
• Motte, moat and fishponds west of All Saints Church
• Moat and hut circle at Glen Parva
• Moated site at Cotes de Val, Gilmorton
• Site of St John's Church, Aldeby
• Knaptoft medieval settlement and manorial complex including church, three fishponds and windmill mound
• Motte in Hall Field
• Medieval settlement remains 230m north west and 140m west of the junction of Main Street and Hothorpe Road
• Manorial site immediately south east of St Peter's Church
• The 'Roman' bridge, Aylestone
• Churchyard cross in St Mary's churchyard
• Moated site with fishponds at Evington
• Leicester Castle and the Magazine Gateway
• The Raw Dykes Roman aqueduct
• Moated site at Ingarsby
• Gumley medieval settlement remains, rabbit warren and field systems, 600m south west of the Church of St Helen
• Stretton Magna deserted village, two fishponds and moated site.
• Moated grange at Stoughton
• Greyfriars, Leicester
• Churchyard cross, All Saints' churchyard