English Heritage sites near Foremark Parish
ASHBY DE LA ZOUCH CASTLE
6 miles from Foremark 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
18 miles from Foremark 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.
WINGFIELD MANOR
18 miles from Foremark 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.
CROXDEN ABBEY
19 miles from Foremark 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.
WALL ROMAN SITE
19 miles from Foremark 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.
JEWRY WALL
20 miles from Foremark 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.
Churches in Foremark Parish
St Saviour
Church Lane
Foremark
01283 703259
The parish church of Saint Saviour is on a small mount in south-western Foremark. It was built in 1662 by Sir Francis Burdett, and retains most of its original furnishings.
The church was consecrated in 1662, the year of the publication of the Prayer Book. It is possibly the first church to be consecrated after the Restoration of the Monarchy under Charles II.
The church interior contains the original box pews, altar screen and three decker pulpit.
Altar rails and ornate gates are thought to be by Robert Bakewell.
No churches found in Foremark Parish