Name: Ashby de la Zouch Castle
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Location: Ashby-De-La-Zouch, East Midlands, England, United Kingdom

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1. Ashby de la Zouch Castle – St Helen's Church loop from Ashby de la Zouch

8.25km

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50m

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2. Ashby de la Zouch Castle – Ashby de la Zouch Castle Ruins loop from Ashby de la Zouch

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120m

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3. Ashby de la Zouch Castle – St Helen's Church loop from Ashby de la Zouch

5.08km

01:19

30m

Easy hike. Great for any fitness level. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels.

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Roger

August 21, 2018

An imposing royalist stronghold. Now ruins. open 10am -4pm most days. English Heritage

Stewart

August 17, 2019

Good Castle ruins

The castle became famous after it featured in Sir Walter Scott's novel Ivanhoe in 1819, and its owner, Francis Rawdon, opened the ruins to visitors. Restoration work was carried out over the course of the next century, but by 1932 the Rawdon family could no longer afford to maintain the castle. It passed into the guardianship of the Ministry of Works, who carried out extensive repairs and opened the castle gardens. In the 21st century, the castle is managed by English Heritage as a tourist attraction.

Stewart

August 17, 2019

Ashby de la Zouch often shortened to Ashby, is a town and civil parish in North West Leicestershire, England, close to the Derbyshire border. It is twinnedwith Pithiviers in north-central France. Its 2001 census population of 11,410 increased to 12,370 in 2011. Ashby de la Zouch Castle had importance in the 15th–17th centuries. In the 19th century the town's main industries were ribbon manufacture, coal mining, and brickmaking, and from 1849 it was served by the Leicester–Burton upon Trent line of the Midland Railway. The civil parish includes the hamlets of Shellbrook to the west and Boundary to the north-west. Nearby villages include Lount, Normanton le Heath, Smisby, Packington, Donisthorpe, Oakthorpe, Moira, Measham and Coleorton. Swadlincote, Burton-upon-Trent, Melbourne and Coalvilleare within 10 miles (16 km), with Derby 11 1⁄2miles (19 km) due north. Ashby lies at the heart of The National Forest, about 24 miles (39 km) south of the Peak District National Park, on the A42 between Tamworth and Nottingham.

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Location: Ashby-De-La-Zouch, East Midlands, England, United Kingdom

Ashby de la Zouch Castle

1. Ashby de la Zouch Castle – St Helen's Church loop from Ashby de la Zouch

2. Ashby de la Zouch Castle – Ashby de la Zouch Castle Ruins loop from Ashby de la Zouch

3. Ashby de la Zouch Castle – St Helen's Church loop from Ashby de la Zouch

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