Castle · Ashby-de-la-Zouch · Leicestershire

Ashby de la Zouch Castle

Ashby de la Zouch Castle is a grade I listed ruins in Ashby-de-la-Zouch. The site is looked after by English Heritage. Add Calke Abbey, 6 km away, to a visit; it leads 29 places within 15 km.

Photo: Ashby de la Zouch Castle, Pahazzard (CC BY-SA 3.0)

Where

In Ashby-de-la-Zouch

inside the built-up area

Run by

English Heritage

a national heritage body

How well known

Top 8%

#682 of 8,556 places we list

Warmest months

Jun–Sep

highs of 18–22°C

In brief

Castle in Ashby-de-la-Zouch

One of the best-known places to visit in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland

#682 of the 8,556 museums, castles, gardens and other attractions we list, by how widely it is covered (8 Wikipedias). About ↓

Inside Ashby-de-la-Zouch

Ashby de la Zouch Castle is inside Ashby-de-la-Zouch’s built-up area, with 4 more places to visit within 5 km. Towns near it ↓

Cared for by English Heritage

One of the places English Heritage looks after; members usually get in free. About ↓

Scheduled monument

On the official list of protected heritage; Ashby-de-la-Zouch has 146 listed buildings in all, on its History page. About ↓

Written from OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, the ONS built-up areas and Met Office 1991–2020 averages.

When to go

Choosing a month

In Ashby-de-la-Zouch the warm season is June to September, with highs of 18–22°C.

Jan7° / 1°56 mm

Feb8° / 1°47 mm

Mar10° / 2°47 mm

Apr13° / 4°52 mm

May16° / 7°52 mm

Jun19° / 10°64 mm

Jul22° / 12°67 mm

Aug21° / 12°63 mm

Sep18° / 10°58 mm

Oct14° / 7°71 mm

Nov10° / 4°65 mm

Dec7° / 2°65 mm

Green months are the warmest. Typical afternoon highs and night lows in Ashby-de-la-Zouch, and rain in a month. Met Office HadUK-Grid 1991–2020 averages for Ashby-de-la-Zouch. Opening times change through the year: check before you go. Ashby-de-la-Zouch’s full climate →

About

Ashby de la Zouch Castle

Articles on it exist in 8 languages.

Ashby-de-la-Zouch’s listed buildings and monuments →

Type: Castle
Run by: English Heritage
Listed: Scheduled monument
Wikipedias: Covered in 8 languages
Town: in Ashby-de-la-Zouch
Official site: english-heritage.org.uk/visit/places/ashby-de-la-zouch-castle

Facts: Wikidata (CC0) and OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors).

The map

Where Ashby de la Zouch Castle is

Orange shows Ashby de la Zouch Castle; numbers mark the places near it.

Towns near it

Nearby towns

Of these 8 towns, the largest is Ashby-de-la-Zouch (15,121 people). They run in order of distance, starting where it stands.

1 · It’s in town

Ashby-de-la-Zouch

15,121 people · 10 places to visit

2 · 1.3 km south of it

Packington

851 people · 6 places to visit

3 · 2.9 km west of it

Moira

3,198 people · 6 places to visit

4 · 3.1 km west of it

Blackfordby

1,071 people · 6 places to visit

Compare the 8 towns

Town	Where Ashby de la Zouch Castle is	People	Places to visit
Ashby-de-la-Zouch	It’s in town	15,121	10
Packington	1.3 km south of it	851	6
Moira	2.9 km west of it	3,198	6
Blackfordby	3.1 km west of it	1,071	6
Woodville	3.4 km northwest of it	7,255	8
Coleorton	4.1 km east of it	331	6
Newbold	4.2 km northeast of it	880	6
Donisthorpe	4.2 km southwest of it	1,204	6

Make a day of it

Worth adding to a visit

A visit can add 2 abbeys or priories, 2 museums and a castle, from 29 places within 15 km.

Abbey or priory · National TrustCalke Abbey6 km away 2

CastleMelbourne Castle8.9 km away 3

Abbey or prioryMount St Bernard Abbey9.7 km away 4MuseumMuseumAshby de la Zouch Museum300 m away 5

Historic houseMelbourne Hall8.8 km away 6

ZooTwycross Zoo11 km away 7GardenGardenBluebell Arboretum2.7 km away 8MuseumMuseumDonington-le-Heath Manor House7.1 km away

Within 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.

Questions about Ashby de la Zouch Castle

Where is Ashby de la Zouch Castle?

Ashby de la Zouch Castle is in Ashby-de-la-Zouch, Leicestershire, inside the town’s built-up area.

What is Ashby de la Zouch Castle?

Grade I listed ruins in Ashby-de-la-Zouch, United Kingdom.

Who runs Ashby de la Zouch Castle?

English Heritage, so members usually get in free; check opening times before you go.

When is the best time to visit Ashby de la Zouch Castle?

June to September are the warmest months in Ashby-de-la-Zouch, with afternoon highs of 18–22°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).

Is Ashby de la Zouch Castle a listed building?

Yes: scheduled monument.

What else is there to see near Ashby de la Zouch Castle?

Within 15 km: Calke Abbey (6 km), Melbourne Castle (8.9 km), Mount St Bernard Abbey (9.7 km) and Ashby de la Zouch Museum (300 m).

Places: OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, Open Database Licence) and Wikidata (CC0), placed in the ONS 2022 built-up area (Open Government Licence v3.0). Visitor counts are the latest Wikidata gives, with their year.

Photos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).

Photo credits (6)

Ashby de la Zouch Castle: Pahazzard, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Calke Abbey: JThomas, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Melbourne Castle: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
Mount St Bernard Abbey: Gtatler at English Wikipedia, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
Melbourne Hall: Mark Anderson, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Twycross Zoo: Julielangford, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons

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