English Heritage sites near Sawley Parish
ASHBY DE LA ZOUCH CASTLE
12 miles from Sawley 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.
WINGFIELD MANOR
16 miles from Sawley 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.
KIRBY MUXLOE CASTLE
17 miles from Sawley 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
18 miles from Sawley 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.
HARDWICK OLD HALL
20 miles from Sawley Parish
The remodelled family home of Bess of Hardwick, one of the richest and most remarkable women of Elizabethan England, stands beside the New Hall she raised later in the 1590s.
RUFFORD ABBEY
23 miles from Sawley Parish
The best-preserved remains of a Cistercian abbey west cloister range in England, dating mainly from about 1170. Incorporated into part of a 17th century and later mansion, set in Rufford Country Park.
Churches in Sawley Parish
All Saints Sawley
Tamworth Road
Sawley
Derby/Nottingham
07968 956909
https://www.parishofsawley.org
Welcoming church, open to everyone, whatever your age or background. We offer a variety of styles of worship, and you are always sure to receive a warm welcome here, or at our daughter church St Mary's. We are happy to help you with life events too - births, marriages and death - please get in touch and we will be happy to help. We look forward to meeting you.
Pubs in Sawley Parish
Bell Inn
Tamworth Road, Sawley, NG10 3GR
(0115) 973 2566
thebellinnsawley.co.uk/
Harrington Arms
Originally an 18th century coaching inn, this large pub has been developed into a pub/restaurant. It has retained some original features and has been sympathetically developed. Close to Sawley Marina, the River Trent is only short walk away...
Lion & Dragon
Lion & Dragon, Sawley
Nags Head Inn
Wilne Road, Sawley, NG10 3AL
(0115) 973 2983
sawleypub.wix.com/nagshead
Railway Inn
Brick-built corner-house built around the early 1900's. Although open plan the pubis split into four distinct areas with a central bar. As you enter form the road there is a lounge to the left and a smaller 'snug' to the right. Further forw...
Shaftesbury Social Club
278 Tamworth Road, New Sawley, Sawley, NG10 3FF
(0115) 973 2910
Steamboat Inn
Trent Lock, Sawley, NG10 2FY
(0115) 946 4341
steamboattrentlock.co.uk/
Trent Lock
This large pub, formally known as The Navigation/Trent Navigation was redeveloped in the last three years as a country dining pub. It is a single roomed pub with a seated dining area and a small bar area, separated by the entry Both are com...
Trent Lock Golf Club
Golf Club with large bar open to the public. Comfortable lounge seating with view onto driving range. Separate area for families. Bar meals and separate restaurant with good range of choice. Close to River Trent and Trent Lock, easily acces...
White Lion
Tamworth Road, Sawley, NG10 3AT
(0115) 946 3061
oldsawley.com/