English Heritage sites near Donington Parish
SIBSEY TRADER WINDMILL
12 miles from Donington Parish
Built in 1877, this restored six storey mill with complete gear, sails and fantail still works today.
TATTERSHALL COLLEGE
14 miles from Donington Parish
Remains of a grammar school for church choristers, founded in the mid-15th century by Ralph, Lord Cromwell, the builder of nearby Tattershall Castle (National Trust).
BOLINGBROKE CASTLE
20 miles from Donington Parish
The remains of a 13th-century hexagonal castle, birthplace in 1367 of the future King Henry IV, with adjacent earthworks. Besieged and taken by Cromwell's Parliamentarians in 1643.
LONGTHORPE TOWER
23 miles from Donington Parish
Longthorpe Tower displays one of the most complete and important sets of 14th century domestic wall paintings in northern Europe.
LINCOLN MEDIEVAL BISHOPS' PALACE
27 miles from Donington Parish
Standing almost in the shadow of Lincoln cathedral, with sweeping views over the ancient city and the countryside beyond.
APETHORPE PALACE
28 miles from Donington Parish
Stately Apethorpe Palace, owned by Elizabeth I, then favourite Royal residence for James I and Charles I, has one of the country's most complete Jacobean interiors.
Churches in Donington Parish
St Mary & the Holy Rood
Church Street,
Donington
Spalding
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Pubs in Donington Parish
Black Bull
7 Market Place, Donington, PE11 4ST
(01775) 822228
theblackbulldonington.co.uk/