Lount is a Village in the county of Leicestershire.

Lount postcode: LE65 1SN

Retail in Lount

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

The area around Lount's best cities can be found at Leicester.

Lount is near some unmissable historic monuments like The Arch of Remembrance,

Grand Union Canal at Leicester is a great place to visit close to Lount if you like canals.

There are a several good hiking areas in the area around Lount like Grand Union Canal at Leicester.

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

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

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

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

Don't miss Loughborough, Ashby-de-la-Zouch, Melton Mowbray, and Market Harborough's towns if visiting the area around Lount.

Lavenham, Cropston, Newtown Linford, Saddington, and Rothley are great places to visit near Lount if you like villages.

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

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

Bradgate House, and Old John Tower are some of Lount best ruins to visit near Lount.

Lount History

There are some historic monuments around Lount:

• Medieval church and cross 45m south of St George's Church
• Iron Age settlement and cursus, with other air photographic marks, SE of Aston-on-Trent
• Settlement site
• Coal mining remains in Lount Wood
• Calke Park Tunnel
• Enclosure castle at Castle Donington
• The Bulwarks (earthworks)
• Swarkestone Lows round barrow cemetery and part of an aggregate field system 300m north west of The Lowes Farm
• Henge complex NW of Hickens Bridge
• Twyford henge and Round Hill bowl barrow
• Grace Dieu Priory with two ponds and a fishpond, Belton
• Coal mining remains 600m south west of Smoile Farm
• Circular enclosure 300m north east of Forest Field
• Ashby Castle and associated formal garden
• Coal mining remains at Birch Coppice and Rough Park, 950m and 1.5km south of Smoile Farm
• Swarkestone Bridge
• Coal mining remains at The Conery, 500m south of Coleorton Hall
• Whitwick Castle
• Settlement site and enclosures
• Melbourne Castle fortified manor and earlier medieval manorial remains
• Lock up known as The Round House, at the junction of Church Street and St Matthew's Avenue
• Snibston Colliery
• Viking barrow cemetery in Heath Wood