English Heritage sites near Thurmaston Parish

Porth Hellick Down Burial Chamber

PORTH HELLICK DOWN BURIAL CHAMBER

1000 miles from Thurmaston Parish

A large and imposing Scillonian Bronze Age entrance grave, with kerb, inner passage and burial chamber all clearly visible.

Halliggye Fogou

HALLIGGYE FOGOU

1000 miles from Thurmaston Parish

Roofed and walled in stone, this complex of passages is the largest and best-preserved of several mysterious underground tunnels associated with Cornish Iron Age settlements.

Innisidgen Lower and Upper Burial Chambers

INNISIDGEN LOWER AND UPPER BURIAL CHAMBERS

1000 miles from Thurmaston Parish

Two Bronze Age communal burial cairns of Scillonian type, with fine views. The upper cairn is the best preserved on the islands.

Harry's Walls

HARRY'S WALLS

1000 miles from Thurmaston Parish

An unfinished artillery fort, built above St Mary's Pool harbour in 1552-53.

Garrison Walls

GARRISON WALLS

1000 miles from Thurmaston Parish

You can enjoy a two-hour walk alongside the ramparts of these defensive walls and earthworks, dating from the 16th to 18th centuries.

Cromwell's Castle

CROMWELL'S CASTLE

1000 miles from Thurmaston Parish

The castle stands guarding the lovely anchorage between Bryher and Tresco and is one of the few surviving Cromwellian fortifications in Britain.


Churches in Thurmaston Parish

Thurmaston: St Michael & All Angels

St Michael & All Angels Church 737 Melton Road Thurmaston Leicester
07599 505133
http://www.stmichaelsthurmaston.org

The Church of England in Thurmaston - St Michael & All Angels, Thurmaston.

Living as Christ in our community to share the love of God


Pubs in Thurmaston Parish

Harrow

635 Melton Road, Thurmaston, LE4 8EB
(0116) 260 2240

Two rooms, refurbished and extended in 1992, when the bar and lounge were swapped around. On the left, a good plain bar on two levels with darts at the back. On the right, a large lounge with sports TVs and a modern conservatory extension;...
Lonsdale

40 Lonsdale Road, Thurmaston, LE4 8JF

An estate pub from the 1950s. Closed in 2012, and the site has been redeveloped as a small housing estate.
Prince of Wales

813 Melton Road, Thurmaston, LE4 8EE

A small local, formerly owned by Ind Coope & Allsopp. The pub was converted to a private house in about 2014, after a period of closure.
Thurmaston Conservative Club

768 Melton Road, Thurmaston, LE4 8BD
(0116) 269 2823

Admission is available to Club Members, Members Guests and ACC (Association of Conservative Clubs) affiliated members. However, non-members are welcome. Essentially one large room dived in two by fixed seating; the front part of which has t...
Thurmaston Progressive Working Mens Club
Thurmaston Royal British Legion Club

615 Melton Road, Thurmaston, LE4 8EB
(0116) 269 2280

Thurmaston Royal British Legion Club, Thurmaston
Top House

796 Melton Road, Thurmaston, LE4 8BE
(0116) 319 1588

Originally a Beeston Brewery Co house, it was later owned by Shipstones of Nottingham. Formerly the Unicorn & Star, it was always known as the 'Top House' to locals, and the name was formally changed in 2003. A corner pub with a very good V...