English Heritage sites near Hugglescote and Donington le Heath Parish
ASHBY DE LA ZOUCH CASTLE
5 miles from Hugglescote and Donington le Heath 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.
KIRBY MUXLOE CASTLE
8 miles from Hugglescote and Donington le Heath 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
11 miles from Hugglescote and Donington le Heath 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.
WALL ROMAN SITE
21 miles from Hugglescote and Donington le Heath 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.
WINGFIELD MANOR
26 miles from Hugglescote and Donington le Heath Parish
The vast and immensely impressive ruins of a palatial medieval manor house, with a huge undercrofted Great Hall and a defensible High Tower 22 metres (72 feet) tall.
KENILWORTH CASTLE AND ELIZABETHAN GARDEN
27 miles from Hugglescote and Donington le Heath Parish
Once home to Robert Dudley, the great love of Queen Elizabeth I. Today you can walk in the beautifully recreated Elizabethan garden and marvel at the mighty Norman keep.
Churches in Hugglescote and Donington le Heath Parish
Hugglescote: St John the Baptist
12 Grange Road
Hugglescote
Coalville
07395 903807
http://www.threechurches.co.uk
St John’s is a friendly church which holds a significant place within this village community. We work to make sure everyone who comes to our services is made very welcome.
This impressive Victorian church was built in 1878. It is a local landmark and can be seen for many miles in all directions, acting as a focus for the whole village. It is very popular for weddings and baptisms
There are a variety of services held each month:
8.00am Prayerbook communion (All Sundays except the 2nd Sunday).
9.30 Parish Communion with a sung Eucharist. (2nd, 3rd 4th Sundays of the month)
9.30am Family Service on the first Sunday of the month. Contemporary worship and family friendly.
Refreshments are served after the main service,
St John’s is the largest church of three churches in the parish (see links to the other two on the right of this page.) The current rector is Rev’d Olwen Woolcock, you can contact Olwen on the ‘contact us’ tab.
Church activities include:
Church Lads and Church Girls Brigade - a uniformed organisation for all ages between 4 and 18 years.
Church choir which practice after the service on Sunday morning
Bellringers which meet on Fridays at 8.00pm
Mothers Union First Tuesday at 2.00pm in the community centre.
A Capella singing group on Wednesdays at 7.30pm
Open the Book team which takes Bible Stories into our local primary schools.
The church has good links with Hugglescote Community Primary School, with the Rector taking some assemblies, and the children coming into St John’s for special services.
You can find more details of services, activities and history on this website pages.
Pubs in Hugglescote and Donington le Heath Parish
Castle
Two room pub . Closed on last visit
Donington Arms
The Donington Arms is newly refurbished for 2021, reopening nearly four years after the former Corner Pin closed.
Gate Inn
A local, family-friendly pub with a good early evening trade. There is a function room with weekly live music. Well worth the walk down from Coalville. Note the 'gate' them to the exterior. Live sport is shown.
Hugglescote Working Mens Club
3 Dennis Street, Hugglescote, Hugglescote, LE67 2FP
(01530) 32800