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 for the Nintendo 64 and more recently the Banjo Kazooie games for the Xbox.

• Appleby Magna local information

Get in

Just off the A444, exit 11 of M42.

See

• 1 Twycross Zoo, Burton Road, Atherstone, ☏ +44 844 474 1777. The largest collections of monkeys and apes in the Western World.  
• 2 The Moat House. 

Eat

• 1 Appleby Inn, 11 Atherstone Road,, Appleby Parva (6 miles south of the town), ☏ +44 1530 270463. 

Drink

• 1 The Crown Inn, 23 Church St, ☏ +44 1530 271478. 

Sleep

• 1 Best Western Appleby Park Hotel, Junction 11 M42, ☏ +44 1530 279500. 
• 2 Upper Rectory Farm Cottages, Snarestone Road, ☏ +44 1827 880448. 

Go next

• Ashby-de-la-Zouch

Routes through Appleby Magna

Birmingham ← Tamworth ←	SW  NE	→ merges with
merges with ←	SW  NE	→ Ashby-de-la-Zouch → Nottingham