Lount is a Village in the county of Leicestershire.

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.

There are a several good cities in the area around Lount like Leicester.

The Arch of Remembrance is a great place to visit close to Lount if you like historic monuments.

The area close to Lount boasts some of the best canals including Grand Union Canal at Leicester.

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

Leicester Cathedral, Church of St Nicholas - Leicester, Lavenham Guildhall, Bradgate House, and Old John Tower are some of Lount best historic buildings to visit near Lount.

Don't miss Abbey Park, Wilton Park, and Bradgate Park's parks if visiting the area around Lount.

There are a number of shopping centres near to Lount including Highcross Leicester.

Lount has some unmissable airports nearby like Leicester Airport, and East Midlands Airport.

Loughborough, Ashby-de-la-Zouch, Melton Mowbray, and Market Harborough are some of Lount best towns to visit near Lount.

The area around Lount features a number of interesting villages including Lavenham, Cropston, Newtown Linford, Saddington, and Rothley.

Lakes to visit near Lount include Cropston Reservoir.

There are a several good country parks in the Lount area like Bradgate Park, and East Carlton Countryside Park.

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

Lount History

There are some historic monuments around Lount:

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