Great Wilne is a Village in the county of Derbyshire.

Great Wilne postcode: DE72 2HF

Retail in Great Wilne

There are great places to visit near Great Wilne including some great ancient sites, historic monuments, towns, caves, old mines, mountains, hiking areas, lakes, hills, ruins, rivers and streams, waterfalls, historic buildings, cities and shopping centres.

Great Wilne has some unmissable ancient sites nearby like Arbor Low Henge, Gib Hill Oval Barrow and Bowl Barrow, and Carl Wark Hillfort.

Arbor Low Henge is one of Great Wilne's best, nearby historic monuments to visit in Great Wilne.

Castleton, Buxton, Darley Dale, and Hope are great places to visit near Great Wilne if you like towns.

There are a several good caves in the area around Great Wilne like Blue John Cavern.

Blue John Cavern is a great place to visit close to Great Wilne if you like old mines.

Great Wilne is near some unmissable mountains like Kinder Scout,

Don't miss Kinder Scout, Errwood Hall (ruin), Three Shires Head, and Hope Valley's hiking areas if visiting the area around Great Wilne.

There are a several good lakes in the area around Great Wilne like Errwood Reservoir.

Great Wilne has some unmissable hills nearby like Shining Tor, and Higger Tor.

There are a number of ruins near Great Wilne including Errwood Hall (ruin), and Castedge (ruin).

There are a several good rivers and streams in the Great Wilne area like River Dane at Three Shires Head, and Panniers Pool.

The area around Great Wilne boasts some of the best waterfalls including Panniers Pool Waterfall, and Three Shires Head Waterfall.

Solomon's Temple, and St Mary's Church Derby are some of Great Wilne best historic buildings to visit near Great Wilne.

Cities to visit near Great Wilne include Derby.

Places near Great Wilne feature a number of interesting shopping centres including Derbion.

Great Wilne History

There are some historic monuments around Great Wilne:

• Iron Age settlement and cursus, with other air photographic marks, SE of Aston-on-Trent
• Medieval settlement remains immediately east of The Wymeshead
• Circular enclosure 300m north east of Forest Field
• Medieval iron working remains at Stanley monastic grange
• Moated site with fishpond and flood banks at Long Whatton
• Dale Abbey
• Moated site with fishpond at Long Whatton
• Moat and fishpond at Strelley, 240m SE of All Saints' Church
• Melbourne Castle fortified manor and earlier medieval manorial remains
• Roman villa and enclosures N of Ratcliffe Lane
• Coal mining remains at Broad Oak Farm
• Settlement site
• Village cross at junction of Church Street and Cross Street
• Site revealed by aerial photography, SE of Dunster Barn
• Moated site SE of Sawley Locks
• Roman fort 200yds (182m) E of All Saints' Church
• Henge complex NW of Hickens Bridge
• Hermitage 170m south east of All Saints Church
• Enclosure castle at Castle Donington
• Lock up known as The Round House, at the junction of Church Street and St Matthew's Avenue
• Lock up and pinfold
• The Bulwarks (earthworks)
• Roman site on Red Hill
• Anglo-Scandinavian high cross shaft in the churchyard of St Werburgh's Church, Spondon
• All Saints' Church, Dishley
• Anglian high cross in the churchyard of St Helen's Church
• Moated site and two fishponds at Moat Wood
• Cistercian abbey and mansion, with fishpond and mound at Garendon
• Heavy Anti-aircraft gunsite 340m south east of Gardens Farm
• Hemington Chapel
• Motte south-west of Morley House Farm