Great Glen is a Village in the county of Leicestershire.

Great Glen in Leicestershire is located 9.6 km SE from Leicester.

Great Glen postcode: LE8 9FE

Retail in Great Glen

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

Don't miss Leicester's cities if visiting the area around Great Glen.

Historic Monuments to visit near Great Glen include The Arch of Remembrance.

Grand Union Canal at Leicester is a great place to visit close to Great Glen if you like canals.

Grand Union Canal at Leicester is one of Great Glen's best, nearby hiking areas to visit in Great Glen.

There are a several good historic buildings in the Great Glen area like Leicester Cathedral, Church of St Nicholas - Leicester, Lavenham Guildhall, Bradgate House, and Old John Tower.

Parks to visit near Great Glen include Abbey Park, Wilton Park, and Bradgate Park.

Great Glen is near some unmissable shopping centres like Highcross Leicester,

Leicester Airport, and East Midlands Airport are some of Great Glen best airports to visit near Great Glen.

There are a number of towns near Great Glen including Loughborough, Ashby-de-la-Zouch, Melton Mowbray, and Market Harborough.

Great Glen has some unmissable villages nearby like Lavenham, Cropston, Newtown Linford, Saddington, and Rothley.

There are a number of lakes near to Great Glen including Cropston Reservoir.

Country Parks to visit near Great Glen include Bradgate Park, and East Carlton Countryside Park.

Great Glen's best nearby ruins can be found at Bradgate House, and Old John Tower.

Great Glen History

There are some historic monuments around Great Glen:

• Market cross on west side of Market Place
• Chapel immediately north west of Manor House
• Medieval manorial fishponds at The Banks
• Old Hall moated site
• Churchyard cross, All Saints' churchyard
• Gumley medieval settlement remains and field systems, 620m south east of the Church of St Helen
• Medieval village remains immediately south of the church
• Churchyard cross in St Mary's churchyard
• Inclined plane immediately east of Foxton Locks
• Stretton Magna deserted village, two fishponds and moated site.
• Moated site with fishponds at Evington
• Kibworth Harcourt post mill
• Baggrave Deserted Medieval Village
• Moated site and deserted medieval village at Old Ingarsby
• Churchyard cross in St Michael's churchyard
• The 'Roman' bridge, Belgrave
• Medieval manorial earthworks and gardens 140m south of Manor House
• Pinslade moated grange, Mowsley
• Gumley medieval settlement remains, rabbit warren and field systems, 600m south west of the Church of St Helen
• Motte in Hall Field
• Petlinge medieval settlement and manorial garden remains 90m west and 160m south east of All Saints' Church
• Frisby medieval village remains
• Medieval settlement remains 300m south east and 150m north of Wistow Hall
• Moated grange at Stoughton
• Manorial site immediately south east of St Peter's Church
• Gumley motte castle
• Moated site at Ingarsby
• Roman villa N of Hamilton Grounds Farm
• Cold Newton shrunken medieval village and moated site
• Knaptoft medieval settlement and manorial complex including church, three fishponds and windmill mound
• Petlinge medieval settlement remains 170m north of Whitehouse Farm
• Churchyard cross in All Saints' churchyard
• Deserted medieval village of Hamilton
• Thorpe Lubenham moated site and remains of shifted medieval village