Whitwick is a Village in the county of Leicestershire.

Retail in Whitwick

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

Leicester is a great place to visit close to Whitwick if you like cities.

Historic Monuments to visit near Whitwick include The Arch of Remembrance.

There are a number of canals near to Whitwick including Grand Union Canal at Leicester.

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

The area around Whitwick boasts some of the best historic buildings including Leicester Cathedral, Church of St Nicholas - Leicester, Lavenham Guildhall, Bradgate House, and Old John Tower.

Whitwick's best nearby parks can be found at Abbey Park, Wilton Park, and Bradgate Park.

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

There are a number of airports near Whitwick including Leicester Airport, and East Midlands Airport.

Whitwick has some unmissable towns nearby like Loughborough, Ashby-de-la-Zouch, Melton Mowbray, and Market Harborough.

There are a several good villages in the Whitwick area like Lavenham, Cropston, Newtown Linford, Saddington, and Rothley.

Whitwick is near some unmissable lakes like Cropston Reservoir,

Country Parks to visit near Whitwick include Bradgate Park, and East Carlton Countryside Park.

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

Whitwick History

There are some historic monuments around Whitwick:

• Coal mining remains at Birch Coppice and Rough Park, 950m and 1.5km south of Smoile Farm
• Moated site east of Kellam's Farm
• Ratby camp
• Melbourne Castle fortified manor and earlier medieval manorial remains
• Cistercian abbey and mansion, with fishpond and mound at Garendon
• Medieval settlement remains immediately east of The Wymeshead
• Coal mining remains in Lount Wood
• Old Hays moated site and associated manorial earthworks, Ratby
• Coal mining remains at The Conery, 500m south of Coleorton Hall
• Ulverscroft Priory, moat and three fishponds
• Moated site with fishpond and flood banks at Long Whatton
• Lock up known as The Round House, at the junction of Church Street and St Matthew's Avenue
• Moated site with fishpond at Long Whatton
• Rabbit warren on Warren Hills
• Circular enclosure 300m north east of Forest Field
• The Bulwarks (earthworks)
• Snibston Colliery
• Motte and associated earthworks at Shackerstone
• Grace Dieu Priory with two ponds and a fishpond, Belton
• Coal mining remains 600m south west of Smoile Farm
• Moat with fishponds at Bagworth
• Whitwick Castle