Shepshed
Shepshed is a Town in the county of Leicestershire.
There are great places to visit near Shepshed including some great cities, historic monuments, canals, hiking areas, historic buildings, parks, shopping centres, airports, towns, villages, lakes, country parks and ruins.
Leicester is one of Shepshed's best, nearby cities to visit in Shepshed.
Places near Shepshed feature a number of interesting historic monuments including The Arch of Remembrance.
Canals to visit near Shepshed include Grand Union Canal at Leicester.
Grand Union Canal at Leicester is one of Shepshed's best, nearby hiking areas to visit in Shepshed.
Don't miss Leicester Cathedral, Church of St Nicholas - Leicester, Lavenham Guildhall, Bradgate House, and Old John Tower's historic buildings if visiting the area around Shepshed.
Abbey Park, Wilton Park, and Bradgate Park are great places to visit near Shepshed if you like parks.
Highcross Leicester is a great place to visit close to Shepshed if you like shopping centres.
The area around Shepshed features a number of interesting airports including Leicester Airport, and East Midlands Airport.
Shepshed has some unmissable towns nearby like Loughborough, Ashby-de-la-Zouch, Melton Mowbray, and Market Harborough.
There are a several good villages in the Shepshed area like Lavenham, Cropston, Newtown Linford, Saddington, and Rothley.
Cropston Reservoir is one of Shepshed's best, nearby lakes to visit in Shepshed.
Shepshed's best nearby country parks can be found at Bradgate Park, and East Carlton Countryside Park.
Bradgate House, and Old John Tower are some of Shepshed best ruins to visit near Shepshed.
Shepshed History
There are some historic monuments around Shepshed:
Places to see near Shepshed
History of Shepshed
Very little information about the settlement on the site of Shepshed appears before the Domesday Book but the name is certainly Anglo-Saxon: local history books claim that Shepshed has two of the oldest roads in the country, Ring Fence and Sullington Road, the latter being an ancient British track named after the goddess Solina. Anglo-Saxon Shepshed cannot have been much more than a hamlet in a large district of forest. However, succeeding centuries provide an abundance of historical material. The prosperity of medieval Shepshed was based on the wool industry and “Well Yard” on Forest Street may well be a corruption of “Wool Yard”, where Bradford wool merchants congregated to buy from local inhabitants. In addition, there is considerable evidence to suggest that a weekly market was held, at least until the 14th century.
