English Heritage sites near Anglesey Parish
ASHBY DE LA ZOUCH CASTLE
8 miles from Anglesey Parish
Ashby Castle forms the backdrop to the famous jousting scenes in Sir Walter Scott's classic novel of 1819, Ivanhoe. Now a ruin, the castle began as a manor house in the 12th century.
WALL ROMAN SITE
13 miles from Anglesey Parish
Wall was an important staging post on Watling Street, the Roman military road to North Wales. It provided overnight accommodation for travelling Roman officials and imperial messengers.
CROXDEN ABBEY
16 miles from Anglesey Parish
The impressive remains of an abbey of Cistercian 'white monks', including towering fragments of its 13th-century church, infirmary and 14th-century abbot's lodging.
KIRBY MUXLOE CASTLE
21 miles from Anglesey Parish
The picturesque moated remains - including the fine gatehouse and a complete corner tower - of this brick-built fortified mansion have recently been extensively conserved by English Heritage.
WINGFIELD MANOR
22 miles from Anglesey Parish
The vast and immensely impressive ruins of a palatial medieval manor house, with a huge undercrofted Great Hall and a defensible High Tower 22 metres (72 feet) tall.
JEWRY WALL
24 miles from Anglesey Parish
A length of Roman bath-house wall over 9 metres (30 feet) high, near a museum displaying the archaeology of Leicester and its region.
Churches in Anglesey Parish
All Saints Church
Branston Road, Burton
Burton-on-Trent
01283 749162
http://trentsideparish.church/
Built in 1905 years ago in mock gothic style. We hope we offer a very warm and friendly welcome awaiting all those who come inside.
We are one parish with St Saviour's, Branston, known as Trentside Parish
Pubs in Anglesey Parish
Argyle Arms
Typical Victorian two-roomed back-street locals pub, featuring a basic public bar, a comfortable lounge, plus a pool room. Beer 'garden' comprises long enclosed yard at rear, part concreted and part grassed, with a few picnic tables and a...
Branston Arms
115 Branston Road, Burton upon Trent, DE14 3DD
(01283) 741401
branstonarmsburton.com
Coopers Arms
Typical two room (public bar and lounge) friendly back-street locals pub, built in 1905. Previously a Marston's pub, but now a free-house (since 2013).
Pool table in lounge, where can be found several amusing pictures of caricature dogs pl...
Labourers Union
Basic locals pub with public bar, lounge and separate games room (darts, pool). Some fine etched windows: 'Smoke Room' and 'Worthingtons'. Reputedly the last pub in Burton to have a men-only bar.
New Talbot
Three-storey brick building built in the early 1900s on the site of the earlier Talbot Hotel. The New Talbot was also once a hotel, but now a two-roomed lively locals pub featuring a fairly basic public bar and a larger comfortable lounge...
Oddfellows Arms
Late Victorian basic back-street locals pub with a main bar plus a pool room and small snug. Snug features two framed documents of the Oddfellows Friendly Society. Outdoor drinking on patio with picnic tables. Karaoke alternative Saturda...
Thomas Sykes
Wonderful atmospheric pub, converted from the former stables and wagon sheds of the old Everards Brewery in 1991. The main bar at one end has a high ceiling, cobblestone floor, brewery and football memorabilia adorning the walls, and an un...
Uxbridge Arms
1 Queen Street, Burton upon Trent, DE14 3LR
(01283) 500767
uxbridgearms.co.uk/index