English Heritage sites near Barlestone Parish
KIRBY MUXLOE CASTLE
6 miles from Barlestone 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.
ASHBY DE LA ZOUCH CASTLE
8 miles from Barlestone 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.
JEWRY WALL
10 miles from Barlestone 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.
WALL ROMAN SITE
21 miles from Barlestone 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.
KENILWORTH CASTLE AND ELIZABETHAN GARDEN
23 miles from Barlestone 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.
J. W. EVANS SILVER FACTORY
26 miles from Barlestone Parish
Established in 1881, J. W. Evans is one of the most complete surviving historic factories in Birmingham's Jewellery Quarter.
Churches in Barlestone Parish
Barlestone St Giles
Church Road
Barlestone
Leicester
01455 290195
St Giles is the small, friendly parish church of the village of Barlestone. You are very welcome to all our services and events and you can make enquiries about weddings and baptisms through this website.
We try to be a church which reflects and celebrates the community it belongs to.
We gather at 10.00am each Sunday morning apart from the last Sunday in the month where we gather in the afternoon (3pm during the winter months; 4pm during the summer months); we provide a range of biblical, accessible and contemporary worship.
We believe that individuals matter so we try to personalise baptisms, weddings and funerals to serve the needs of those who come.
If have a safeguarding concern, then please contact our local Safeguarding Co-ordinator Prue Crowley on 01455 824148. If you wish to speak to the Diocesan Safeguarding Team or to someone outside the church, their contact details are available here https://www.Leicester.anglican.org/about/safeguarding/
Church Together in Barlestone brings together those who worship at St Giles, the Baptist and Elohim Christian Church. We actively believe in one church that allows for diversity in worship.
The Parish is served by two ordained ministers and a Teo reader. Revd. John Downs who particularly looks after St Giles has lived in the village for over 30 years, as a working and now retired biology lecturer and for many years a non stipendiary minister, Revd. Hazel Aucken who is a curate currently attached to the Benefice and Roger Dunster who plays a key role as Reader.
Pubs in Barlestone Parish
Red Lion
Reopened late 2022 with new landlords. Please use the email link at the bottom of this listing to let the local branch know of any changes, particularly opening times.
A 3 roomed pub with a bar, lounge and dining area serving home cooked...
Three Tuns
Please use the email link at the bottom of this listing to let the local branch know of any changes.
Drinkers village pub, loud music.
New landlady May 2017