English Heritage sites near Wing Parish
LYDDINGTON BEDE HOUSE
4 miles from Wing Parish
Set beside the church of a picturesque ironstone village, Lyddington Bede House originated as the late medieval wing of a palace belonging to the Bishops of Lincoln.
KIRBY HALL
7 miles from Wing Parish
Kirby Hall is one of England's greatest Elizabethan and 17th-century houses. Begun by Sir Humphrey Stafford, it was purchased by Sir Christopher Hatton, one of Queen Elizabeth's 'comely young men'.
APETHORPE PALACE
9 miles from Wing Parish
Stately Apethorpe Palace, owned by Elizabeth I, then favourite Royal residence for James I and Charles I, has one of the country's most complete Jacobean interiors.
ELEANOR CROSS, GEDDINGTON
13 miles from Wing Parish
In 1290 Eleanor of Castile, the beloved wife of Edward I and mother of his 14 children, died at Harby in Nottinghamshire.
RUSHTON TRIANGULAR LODGE
13 miles from Wing Parish
This delightful triangular building was designed by Sir Thomas Tresham (father of one of the Gunpowder Plotters) and constructed between 1593 and 1597.
LONGTHORPE TOWER
17 miles from Wing Parish
Longthorpe Tower displays one of the most complete and important sets of 14th century domestic wall paintings in northern Europe.
Churches in Wing Parish
St Peter & St Paul
Pubs in Wing Parish
Kings Arms
Top Street, Wing, LE15 8SE
(01572) 737634
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