Ashby de la Zouch & Coalville
Ashby de la Zouch has a charming main street which is great for shopping, the heritage-rich areas surrounding Coalville share the history of its industrial past, and the flourishing National Forest is bursting with places to visit and things to do.
Days out in Ashby de la Zouch
See all in /explore → Winner 20251620s House & Garden
Step back into the 1620s at this beautifully furnished historic house with period gardens, tearoom and live events.
Conkers
Step into Conkers, a glorious woodland playground sitting right at the heart of the National Forest. Little ones can splash through water features, scramble across rope bridges and peer into the shadowy undergrowth in search of creepy-crawly surprises, while grown-ups breathe in that gorgeous fresh pine scent and remember what it feels like to simply play.
Greenwood Days
We run over 60 courses a year, teaching beginners and experienced people a wide range of heritage crafts. All our tutors are highly skilled professional craft workers and share our passion for preserving, promoting and passing on these crafts and techniques.
Statfold Country Park
There are so many things to do from Toby’s Barn: Play & Climb, Toby’s Dig It, or Strawberry Play Park to our woodland nature walk and Fellumpa Mini Golf! Statfold Country Park is also home to an award winning narrow-gauge railway which runs both steam and diesel trains plus a her
The Ferrers Centre for Arts & Crafts
Staunton Harold Ashby-de-la-Zouch Leicestershire LE65 1RU Tel: 01332 864 863 https://ferrerscentre.co.uk/ arts & crafts. The first crafts unit in the Georgian Stable block was established in 1974.
The National Forest
Over nine and a half million trees have been planted since the early 1990s, transforming former coal pits and clay works at the heart of the Forest and joining the ancient forests of Charnwood in the east and Needwood in the west. A ‘hidden gem’ at the heart of the country, the N
