English Heritage sites near Osmaston Parish
CROXDEN ABBEY
8 miles from Osmaston 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.
ARBOR LOW STONE CIRCLE AND GIB HILL BARROW
13 miles from Osmaston Parish
The region's most important prehistoric site, Arbor Low is a Neolithic henge monument atmospherically set in high moorland. A circle of some 50 white limestone slabs within an earthen bank and ditch.
NINE LADIES STONE CIRCLE
13 miles from Osmaston Parish
A small early Bronze Age stone circle of (actually) ten stones. Believed to be nine ladies turned to stone as a penalty for dancing on Sunday.
WINGFIELD MANOR
13 miles from Osmaston 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.
HOB HURST'S HOUSE
17 miles from Osmaston Parish
A square prehistoric burial mound with an earthwork ditch and outer bank. Named after a local goblin.
ASHBY DE LA ZOUCH CASTLE
19 miles from Osmaston 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.
Churches in Osmaston Parish
St Martin's Church, Osmaston Village
Pubs in Osmaston Parish
Shoulder of Mutton
Thriving village local, has post office/shop in outbuilding. Uusally three ales on, including one from a local brewery such as Derby Brewing Co, often an interesting guest from further afield. Food at most times, separate games room, they r...