Wanlip is a Village in the county of Leicestershire.

Wanlip postcode: LE7 4PH

Retail in Wanlip

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

The area close to Wanlip boasts some of the best cities including Leicester.

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

There are a several good canals in the area around Wanlip like Grand Union Canal at Leicester.

Grand Union Canal at Leicester is one of Wanlip's best, nearby hiking areas to visit in Wanlip.

Leicester Cathedral, Church of St Nicholas - Leicester, Lavenham Guildhall, Bradgate House, and Old John Tower are great places to visit near Wanlip if you like historic buildings.

There are a number of parks near Wanlip including Abbey Park, Wilton Park, and Bradgate Park.

Highcross Leicester is one of Wanlip's best, nearby shopping centres to visit in Wanlip.

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

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

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

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

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

There are a several good ruins in the Wanlip area like Bradgate House, and Old John Tower.

Wanlip History

There are some historic monuments around Wanlip:

• Churchyard cross, All Saints' churchyard
• Greyfriars, Leicester
• Moated site with fishponds at Evington
• Mercian cross, St Mary and St John's churchyard
• Lubbesthorpe medieval settlement remains at Abbey Farm
• Packhorse bridge
• Deserted medieval village
• Monastic grange and water control features immediately south of Thrussington Grange
• Mountsorrel motte and bailey castle
• Stretton Magna deserted village, two fishponds and moated site.
• Moated grange at Stoughton
• Site of Roman villa
• The Raw Dykes Roman aqueduct
• Roman villa N of Hamilton Grounds Farm
• Jewry Wall: remains of a Roman bath house, palaestra and Anglo-Saxon church
• Moated Lodge with associated water channels and fishpond at Quorndon
• The 'Roman' bridge, Aylestone
• 'King William's' Bridge
• Leicester Castle and the Magazine Gateway
• The 'Roman' bridge, Belgrave
• Churchyard cross, All Saints' churchyard
• Bradgate: house, chapel, garden and watermill
• Churchyard cross in St Mary's churchyard
• Moated site at New Parks, Leicester
• Deserted medieval village of Hamilton
• Churchyard cross in St Mary's churchyard
• Leicester abbey and 17th century mansion and ornamental gardens
• Preceptory, boundary, two mounds, fishpond and dam at Beaumont Leys
• Moated site and garden enclosure at Glenfield
• 'King William's' Bridge
• Market cross on south side of Market Place
• Bridge at Rearsby