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Groby Castle

Groby Castle is part of what Groby has to see. Close by, within 5 km, are 6 more places to see. Its status is a scheduled monument.

Photo: Groby Castle, Charles Wall (Public domain)

Where

In Groby

inside the built-up area

How well known

Top 18%

#1,466 of 8,556 places we list

Warmest months

Jun–Sep

highs of 18–22°C

In brief

Castle in Groby

Inside Groby

Groby Castle is inside Groby’s built-up area, with 6 more places to visit within 5 km. Towns near it ↓

Scheduled monument

On the official list of protected heritage; Groby has 12 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

In Groby, June to September bring the warmest days: highs of 18–22°C.

Jan7° / 2°57 mm

Feb8° / 1°51 mm

Mar10° / 3°48 mm

Apr13° / 4°52 mm

May17° / 7°54 mm

Jun19° / 10°68 mm

Jul22° / 12°70 mm

Aug21° / 12°67 mm

Sep18° / 9°61 mm

Oct14° / 7°72 mm

Nov10° / 4°68 mm

Dec7° / 2°69 mm

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

About

Groby Castle

Readers can find it on Wikipedia in 6 languages. First among the places near it is Leicester Cathedral, at 6.9 km.

Groby’s listed buildings and monuments →

Type: Castle
Listed: Scheduled monument
Wikipedias: Covered in 6 languages
Town: in Groby

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

The map

Around Groby Castle, mapped

Numbered points are the places near Groby Castle, which is in orange.

Towns near it

Staying near Groby Castle

The 8 towns are led in size by Leicester, with 406,612 people. The town it is in comes first, then the others whose pages list it, nearest first.

1 · It’s in town

Groby

6,559 people · 10 places to visit

2 · 1.5 km southwest of it

Ratby

4,262 people · 7 places to visit

3 · 1.6 km north of it

Newtown Linford

526 people · 6 places to visit

4 · 1.6 km southeast of it

Leicester

406,612 people · 30 places to visit

Compare the 8 towns

Town	Where Groby Castle is	People	Places to visit
Groby	It’s in town	6,559	10
Ratby	1.5 km southwest of it	4,262	7
Newtown Linford	1.6 km north of it	526	6
Leicester	1.6 km southeast of it	406,612	30
Anstey	1.9 km northeast of it	7,043	13
Leicester Forest East and Kirby Muxloe	2.5 km south of it	13,847	20
Markfield	2.9 km northwest of it	4,761	5
Cropston	4.2 km northeast of it	1,120	7

Make a day of it

Worth adding to a visit

Within 15 km are 48 places, among them 2 castles, 2 museums and 2 abbeys or priories.

CathedralLeicester Cathedral6.9 km away 2

Castle · English HeritageKirby Muxloe Castle3 km away 3

GardenBradgate Park3.1 km away 4

CastleLeicester Castle6.8 km away 5

MuseumNational Space Centre6.5 km away 6

MuseumLeicester Museum and Art Gallery7.7 km away 7

Abbey or prioryLeicester Abbey6.3 km away 8

Abbey or prioryMount St Bernard Abbey11 km away

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

Your questions on Groby Castle

Where is Groby Castle?

Groby Castle is in Groby, Leicestershire, inside the town’s built-up area.

What is Groby Castle?

Castle in Leicestershire, England, UK.

When is the best time to visit Groby Castle?

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

Is Groby Castle a listed building?

Yes: scheduled monument.

What else is there to see near Groby Castle?

Within 15 km: Leicester Cathedral (6.9 km), Kirby Muxloe Castle (3 km), Bradgate Park (3.1 km) and Leicester Castle (6.8 km).

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 (9)

Groby Castle: Charles Wall, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
Leicester Cathedral: NotFromUtrecht, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Kirby Muxloe Castle: en:User:Neddyseagoon, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Bradgate Park: Duncharris, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Leicester Castle: Kris1973, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
National Space Centre: Kate Jewell, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Leicester Museum and Art Gallery: NotFromUtrecht, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Leicester Abbey: Kev747 at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Mount St Bernard Abbey: Gtatler at English Wikipedia, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons

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