Lount is a Village in the county of Leicestershire.

Lount in Leicestershire is located 3.9 km NE from Ashby de la Zouch.

Lount postcode: LE65 1SN

Retail in Lount

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

Places near Lount feature a number of interesting cities including Leicester.

The area close to Lount boasts some of the best historic monuments including The Arch of Remembrance.

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

Grand Union Canal at Leicester is a great place to visit close to Lount if you like hiking areas.

Lount's best nearby historic buildings can be found at Leicester Cathedral, Church of St Nicholas - Leicester, Lavenham Guildhall, Bradgate House, and Old John Tower.

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

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

Leicester Airport, and East Midlands Airport are great places to visit near Lount if you like airports.

Towns to visit near Lount include Loughborough, Ashby-de-la-Zouch, Melton Mowbray, and Market Harborough.

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

There are a several good lakes in the area around Lount like Cropston Reservoir.

Lount's best nearby country parks can be found at Bradgate Park, and East Carlton Countryside Park.

The area around Lount boasts some of the best ruins including Bradgate House, and Old John Tower.

Lount History

There are some historic monuments around Lount:

• Calke Park Tunnel
• Snibston Colliery
• Melbourne Castle fortified manor and earlier medieval manorial remains
• Medieval church and cross 45m south of St George's Church
• The Bulwarks (earthworks)
• Grace Dieu Priory with two ponds and a fishpond, Belton
• Ashby Castle and associated formal garden
• Circular enclosure 300m north east of Forest Field
• Swarkestone Bridge
• Iron Age settlement and cursus, with other air photographic marks, SE of Aston-on-Trent
• Enclosure castle at Castle Donington
• Settlement site
• Viking barrow cemetery in Heath Wood
• Swarkestone Lows round barrow cemetery and part of an aggregate field system 300m north west of The Lowes Farm
• Coal mining remains at The Conery, 500m south of Coleorton Hall
• Settlement site and enclosures
• Coal mining remains 600m south west of Smoile Farm
• Coal mining remains at Birch Coppice and Rough Park, 950m and 1.5km south of Smoile Farm
• Whitwick Castle
• Henge complex NW of Hickens Bridge
• Lock up known as The Round House, at the junction of Church Street and St Matthew's Avenue
• Coal mining remains in Lount Wood
• Twyford henge and Round Hill bowl barrow