Barkby is a Village in the county of Leicestershire.

Barkby postcode: LE7 3QJ

Retail in Barkby

There are great places to visit near Barkby including some great cities, historic monuments, canals, hiking areas, historic buildings, parks, shopping centres, airports, towns, villages, lakes, country parks and ruins.

There are a number of cities near to Barkby including Leicester.

Places near Barkby feature a number of interesting historic monuments including The Arch of Remembrance.

Don't miss Grand Union Canal at Leicester's canals if visiting the area around Barkby.

The area around Barkby's best hiking areas can be found at Grand Union Canal at Leicester.

Barkby has some unmissable historic buildings nearby like Leicester Cathedral, Church of St Nicholas - Leicester, Lavenham Guildhall, Bradgate House, and Old John Tower.

Barkby has some unmissable parks nearby like Abbey Park, Wilton Park, and Bradgate Park.

Don't miss Highcross Leicester's shopping centres if visiting the area around Barkby.

Barkby's best nearby airports can be found at Leicester Airport, and East Midlands Airport.

Barkby has some unmissable towns nearby like Loughborough, Ashby-de-la-Zouch, and Melton Mowbray.

Barkby's best nearby villages can be found at Lavenham, Cropston, Newtown Linford, Saddington, and Rothley.

Lakes to visit near Barkby include Cropston Reservoir.

Barkby is near some unmissable country parks like Bradgate Park,

There are a number of ruins near Barkby including Bradgate House, and Old John Tower.

Barkby History

There are some historic monuments around Barkby:

• Village cross at the western end of Main Street
• Moated site with fishponds at Evington
• Stump Cross, approximately 700m south of Main Street, Frisby on the Wreake
• Leicester Castle and the Magazine Gateway
• Monastic grange and water control features immediately south of Thrussington Grange
• Baggrave Deserted Medieval Village
• The 'Roman' bridge, Belgrave
• Mercian cross, St Mary and St John's churchyard
• Bridge at Rearsby
• Market cross on south side of Market Place
• Moated site and deserted medieval village at Old Ingarsby
• Site of Roman villa
• Churchyard cross, All Saints' churchyard
• Churchyard cross in St Mary's churchyard
• Jewry Wall: remains of a Roman bath house, palaestra and Anglo-Saxon church
• Leicester abbey and 17th century mansion and ornamental gardens
• Churchyard cross in All Saints' churchyard
• Churchyard cross, All Saints' churchyard
• Mountsorrel motte and bailey castle
• Moated site at Ingarsby
• Deserted medieval village of Hamilton
• Roman villa N of Hamilton Grounds Farm
• Stretton Magna deserted village, two fishponds and moated site.
• The Raw Dykes Roman aqueduct
• Moated grange at Stoughton
• Greyfriars, Leicester