English Heritage sites near Cottingham Parish
LYDDINGTON BEDE HOUSE
4 miles from Cottingham 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
5 miles from Cottingham 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'.
RUSHTON TRIANGULAR LODGE
5 miles from Cottingham Parish
This delightful triangular building was designed by Sir Thomas Tresham (father of one of the Gunpowder Plotters) and constructed between 1593 and 1597.
ELEANOR CROSS, GEDDINGTON
6 miles from Cottingham Parish
In 1290 Eleanor of Castile, the beloved wife of Edward I and mother of his 14 children, died at Harby in Nottinghamshire.
APETHORPE PALACE
11 miles from Cottingham 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.
CHICHELE COLLEGE
15 miles from Cottingham Parish
The gatehouse, chapel and other remains of a communal residence for priests serving the parish church, founded by locally-born Archbishop Chichele before 1425. Regularly used for events, and art and heritage exhibitions.
Churches in Cottingham Parish
St Mary Magdalene
Church Street
Cottingham
Market Harborough
01858 456314
The parish Church of St mary Magdalene dates from the 13th Century, although most of what we see now was built in the 15th Century.
The exterior is dominated by the particularly fine four stage tower and spire with twinned two-light belfry windows.
The interior has many interesting and unusal features making it worth a visit.
Pubs in Cottingham Parish
Blackthorn Wood Golf Complex
Corby Road, Cottingham, LE16 8XJ
(01536) 403119
blackthornwoodgc.co.uk/
Royal George
Blind Lane, Cottingham, LE16 8XE
(01536) 660505
theroyalgeorgecottingham.co.uk