English Heritage sites near Ketton Parish
APETHORPE PALACE
6 miles from Ketton 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.
LYDDINGTON BEDE HOUSE
8 miles from Ketton Parish
Set beside the church of a picturesque ironstone village, Lyddington Bede House originated as the late medieval wing of a palace belonging to the Bishops of Lincoln.
KIRBY HALL
8 miles from Ketton Parish
Kirby Hall is one of England's greatest Elizabethan and 17th-century houses. Begun by Sir Humphrey Stafford, it was purchased by Sir Christopher Hatton, one of Queen Elizabeth's 'comely young men'.
LONGTHORPE TOWER
12 miles from Ketton Parish
Longthorpe Tower displays one of the most complete and important sets of 14th century domestic wall paintings in northern Europe.
ELEANOR CROSS, GEDDINGTON
14 miles from Ketton Parish
In 1290 Eleanor of Castile, the beloved wife of Edward I and mother of his 14 children, died at Harby in Nottinghamshire.
RUSHTON TRIANGULAR LODGE
16 miles from Ketton Parish
This delightful triangular building was designed by Sir Thomas Tresham (father of one of the Gunpowder Plotters) and constructed between 1593 and 1597.
Churches in Ketton Parish
St Mary the Virgin
Pubs in Ketton Parish
Northwick Arms
High Street, Ketton, PE9 3RD
(01780) 720238
thenorthwickarms.com