Leicestershire
Blaby
Kirby Muxloe

Kirby Muxloe Castle

Kirby Muxloe Castle, also known historically as Kirby Castle, is a ruined, fortified manor house in , , England. William, Lord Hastings, began work on the castle in 1480, founding it on the site of a pre-existing manor house.
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  • Type: Tourist attraction
  • Description: unfinished 15th century fortified manor house in Kirby Muxloe, Leicestershire, England, UK
  • Also known as: “Kirby Castle”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Church of St Bartholomew and Kirby Frith Nature Reserve.

Church
Photo: Kate Jewell, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is situated 1,000 feet west of Kirby Muxloe Castle.

Nature reserve
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Kirby Frith is a 2.1-hectare Local Nature Reserve on the western outskirts of . It is owned and managed by Leicester City Council. This site is described by Natural England as the richest wildflower grassland in the county, with species such as devil's-bit scabious, betony and yellow rattle.

Church
Photo: Peter Mackenzie, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a church, which is situated 1 mile southeast of Kirby Muxloe Castle.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Glenfield and Thorpe Astley.

Village
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is a large village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Glenfields, in the Blaby district of , England. At the 2011 Census, Glenfields had a population of 9,643.

Suburb
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is a suburban settlement on the southwestern edge of the city of , . It is part of the civil parish of , although a small part of the development, around Goodheart Way, extends into civil parish. is situated 2 miles southeast of Kirby Muxloe Castle.

Hamlet
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is a hamlet in the Hinckley and Bosworth district of about 6 miles west of . It is in the civil parish of and about a mile northeast of the village. is situated 2 miles west of Kirby Muxloe Castle.

Kirby Muxloe Castle

Latitude
52.6366° or 52° 38′ 12″ north
Longitude
-1.22733° or 1° 13′ 38″ west
Elevation
269 feet (82 metres)
Operator
English Heritage
Open location code
9C4WJQPF+J3
Open­Street­Map ID
way 516430426
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­castle
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Geo­Names ID
6286950
Wiki­data ID
Q17674633
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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Swedish—“Kirby Muxloe Castle” goes by many names.

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Kirby Muxloe Castle”. Photo: MikPeach, CC BY-SA 4.0.