Kilby is a Village in the county of Leicestershire.

Kilby in Leicestershire is located 9.9 km S from Leicester.

Retail in Kilby

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

Leicester is one of Kilby's best, nearby cities to visit in Kilby.

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

Grand Union Canal at Leicester is one of Kilby's best, nearby canals to visit in Kilby.

There are a several good hiking areas in the area around Kilby like Grand Union Canal at Leicester.

The area around Kilby boasts some of the best historic buildings including Leicester Cathedral, Church of St Nicholas - Leicester, Lavenham Guildhall, Bradgate House, and Old John Tower.

Kilby's best nearby parks can be found at Abbey Park, Wilton Park, and Bradgate Park.

There are a several good shopping centres in the area around Kilby like Highcross Leicester.

There are a several good airports in the Kilby area like Leicester Airport, and East Midlands Airport.

Loughborough, Ashby-de-la-Zouch, Melton Mowbray, and Market Harborough are great places to visit near Kilby if you like towns.

There are a several good villages in the Kilby area like Lavenham, Cropston, Newtown Linford, Saddington, and Rothley.

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

Don't miss Bradgate Park, and East Carlton Countryside Park's country parks if visiting the area around Kilby.

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

Kilby History

There are some historic monuments around Kilby:

• Moated site at Ingarsby
• Gumley medieval settlement remains and field systems, 620m south east of the Church of St Helen
• Petlinge medieval settlement and manorial garden remains 90m west and 160m south east of All Saints' Church
• Stretton Magna deserted village, two fishponds and moated site.
• Moated site and deserted medieval village at Old Ingarsby
• Knaptoft medieval settlement and manorial complex including church, three fishponds and windmill mound
• Pinslade moated grange, Mowsley
• Greyfriars, Leicester
• Medieval settlement remains 300m south east and 150m north of Wistow Hall
• Moated grange at Stoughton
• Motte, moat and fishponds west of All Saints Church
• Moated site at Cotes de Val, Gilmorton
• Leicester Castle and the Magazine Gateway
• Jewry Wall: remains of a Roman bath house, palaestra and Anglo-Saxon church
• Moat and hut circle at Glen Parva
• Motte in Hall Field
• Moated site at New Parks, Leicester
• Medieval settlement remains 230m north west and 140m west of the junction of Main Street and Hothorpe Road
• Moated site and fishponds south-east of St Mary's Church
• Leicester abbey and 17th century mansion and ornamental gardens
• Moated site with fishponds at Evington
• Gumley motte castle
• Gumley medieval settlement remains, rabbit warren and field systems, 600m south west of the Church of St Helen
• The Raw Dykes Roman aqueduct
• Manorial site immediately south east of St Peter's Church
• Churchyard cross, All Saints' churchyard
• Churchyard cross in St Mary's churchyard
• Churchyard cross in All Saints' churchyard
• The 'Roman' bridge, Aylestone
• Petlinge medieval settlement remains 170m north of Whitehouse Farm
• Site of St John's Church, Aldeby
• Medieval manorial fishponds at The Banks