Heritage sites in WOLSTON PARISH

English Heritage sites near Wolston Parish

KENILWORTH CASTLE AND ELIZABETHAN GARDEN

9 miles from Wolston Parish

Once home to Robert Dudley, the great love of Queen Elizabeth I. Today you can walk in the beautifully recreated Elizabethan garden and marvel at the mighty Norman keep.

KIRBY MUXLOE CASTLE

20 miles from Wolston 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

21 miles from Wolston 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.

J. W. EVANS SILVER FACTORY

24 miles from Wolston Parish

Established in 1881, J. W. Evans is one of the most complete surviving historic factories in Birmingham's Jewellery Quarter.

ASHBY DE LA ZOUCH CASTLE

26 miles from Wolston 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.

RUSHTON TRIANGULAR LODGE

26 miles from Wolston Parish

This delightful triangular building was designed by Sir Thomas Tresham (father of one of the Gunpowder Plotters) and constructed between 1593 and 1597.

Churches in Wolston Parish

Wolston - St. Margaret's

Main Street Wolston Coventry
07422715360
http://www.wolston.org

St Margaret's is a lively church in the centre of
the village of Wolston. We work closely with the
village Baptist Church, local community and
primary school.

Our worship is varied from Morning Prayer
to a monthly Messy Church style service. We are a
community of all ages seeking to discover what it
means to worship God intergenerationally.