Appleby Magna
Appleby Magna is an historic 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 northwest Leicester have a postal address of Derbyshire.
Twycross is the home of the video game developer Rare, who developed Goldeneye and the Banjo Kazooie games for the Nintendo 64.
- Appleby Magna local information
Get in
Just off the A444, exit 11 of M42.
Get around
See
- 🌍 Twycross Zoo, Burton Road, Atherstone, ☏ +44 844 474 1777. The largest collections of monkeys and apes in the Western World.
- 🌍 The Moat House. View from the outside. A partly medieval house with a 15th-century gatehouse and later extensions.
Do
Buy
Eat
- 🌍 Appleby Inn, 11 Atherstone Rd, Appleby Parva (6 miles south of the town), ☏ +44 1530 270463.
Drink
- 🌍 The Crown Inn, 23 Church St, ☏ +44 1530 271478.
Sleep
- 🌍 Best Western Appleby Park Hotel, Junction 11 M42, ☏ +44 1530 279500.
- 🌍 Upper Rectory Farm Cottages, Snarestone Road, ☏ +44 1827 880448.
Connect
Go next
| Routes through Appleby Magna |
| Birmingham ← Tamworth ← | SW  NE |
→ merges with  |
| merges with ← |
SW NE |
→ Ashby-de-la-Zouch → Nottingham |