Shepshed

Shepshed is a Town in the county of Leicestershire.

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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.

Shepshed is near some unmissable cities like Leicester,

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

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

Grand Union Canal at Leicester is a great place to visit close to Shepshed if you like hiking areas.

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

Abbey Park, Wilton Park, and Bradgate Park are great places to visit near Shepshed if you like parks.

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

Don't miss Leicester Airport, and East Midlands Airport's airports if visiting the area around Shepshed.

Shepshed's best nearby towns can be found at Loughborough, Ashby-de-la-Zouch, Melton Mowbray, and Market Harborough.

Shepshed's best nearby villages can be found at Lavenham, Cropston, Newtown Linford, Saddington, and Rothley.

Cropston Reservoir is a great place to visit close to Shepshed if you like lakes.

Bradgate Park, and East Carlton Countryside Park are some of Shepshed best country parks to visit near Shepshed.

Shepshed's best nearby ruins can be found at Bradgate House, and Old John Tower.

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.

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