Appleby Magna is a village and parish in Leicestershire.
Understand
The parish includes the small hamlets of Appleby Parva and Little Wigston, and the villages of Norton-Juxta, Twycross, Snarestone and Swepstone; which even though in north west Leicester have a postal address of Derbyshire.
Get in
Just off the A444, exit 11 of M42.
Get around
See
- Twycross Zoo, Burton Road, Atherstone, 52.652359°, -1.529077°, +44 844 474 1777. the largest collections of monkeys and apes in the Western World
- The Moat House, 52.684991°, -1.533822°.
Do
Buy
Eat
- Appleby Inn, 11 Atherstone Road,, Appleby Parva (6 miles south of the town), 52.677267°, -1.545428°, +44 1530 270463.
Drink
- The Crown Inn, 23 Church St, 52.68476°, -1.535493°, +44 1530 271478.
Sleep
- Best Western Appleby Park Hotel, Junction 11 M42, 52.688558°, -1.545621°, +44 1530 279500.
- Upper Rectory Farm Cottages, Snarestone Road, 52.674899°, -1.520069°, +44 1827 880448.