English Heritage sites near Overseal Parish
ASHBY DE LA ZOUCH CASTLE
4 miles from Overseal Parish
Ashby Castle forms the backdrop to the famous jousting scenes in Sir Walter Scott's classic novel of 1819, Ivanhoe. Now a ruin, the castle began as a manor house in the 12th century.
WALL ROMAN SITE
13 miles from Overseal Parish
Wall was an important staging post on Watling Street, the Roman military road to North Wales. It provided overnight accommodation for travelling Roman officials and imperial messengers.
KIRBY MUXLOE CASTLE
16 miles from Overseal Parish
The picturesque moated remains - including the fine gatehouse and a complete corner tower - of this brick-built fortified mansion have recently been extensively conserved by English Heritage.
JEWRY WALL
19 miles from Overseal Parish
A length of Roman bath-house wall over 9 metres (30 feet) high, near a museum displaying the archaeology of Leicester and its region.
CROXDEN ABBEY
21 miles from Overseal Parish
The impressive remains of an abbey of Cistercian 'white monks', including towering fragments of its 13th-century church, infirmary and 14th-century abbot's lodging.
J. W. EVANS SILVER FACTORY
23 miles from Overseal Parish
Established in 1881, J. W. Evans is one of the most complete surviving historic factories in Birmingham's Jewellery Quarter.
No churches found in Overseal Parish
Pubs in Overseal Parish
Robin Hood
This popular local has been the only pub in the village since the 1990s.
The long narrow public bar, with its beamed ceilings, has three distinct sections: an area around the bar counter (with colourful 'Robin Hood' pictures on the front),...