Thurnby is a Village in the county of Leicestershire.

Thurnby postcode: LE7 9QH

Retail in Thurnby

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

The Arch of Remembrance is one of Thurnby's best, nearby historic monuments to visit in Thurnby.

The area close to Thurnby boasts some of the best canals including Grand Union Canal at Leicester.

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

Thurnby's best nearby historic buildings can be found at Leicester Cathedral, Church of St Nicholas - Leicester, Lavenham Guildhall, Bradgate House, and Old John Tower.

Thurnby has some unmissable parks nearby like Abbey Park, Wilton Park, and Bradgate Park.

Places near Thurnby feature a number of interesting shopping centres including Highcross Leicester.

Leicester Airport, and East Midlands Airport are great places to visit near Thurnby if you like airports.

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

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

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

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

Thurnby has some unmissable ruins nearby like Bradgate House, and Old John Tower.

Thurnby History

There are some historic monuments around Thurnby:

• Moated site and deserted medieval village at Old Ingarsby
• The Raw Dykes Roman aqueduct
• Churchyard cross in St Michael's churchyard
• Churchyard cross in St Mary's churchyard
• Roman villa N of Hamilton Grounds Farm
• Leicester abbey and 17th century mansion and ornamental gardens
• Moated site at Ingarsby
• Bridge at Rearsby
• Medieval village remains immediately south of the church
• Petlinge medieval settlement remains 170m north of Whitehouse Farm
• Jewry Wall: remains of a Roman bath house, palaestra and Anglo-Saxon church
• Deserted medieval village of Hamilton
• Frisby medieval village remains
• Kibworth Harcourt post mill
• Medieval manorial earthworks and gardens 140m south of Manor House
• Stretton Magna deserted village, two fishponds and moated site.
• Churchyard cross, All Saints' churchyard
• Mountsorrel motte and bailey castle
• Mercian cross, St Mary and St John's churchyard
• Moated site with fishponds at Evington
• Moated grange at Stoughton
• Greyfriars, Leicester
• The 'Roman' bridge, Belgrave
• Leicester Castle and the Magazine Gateway
• Medieval manorial fishponds at The Banks
• Medieval settlement remains 300m south east and 150m north of Wistow Hall
• Chapel immediately north west of Manor House
• Baggrave Deserted Medieval Village
• Motte in Hall Field