The area around Leicester Castle is a Scheduled Monument of major importance. The site to the north of The Newarke and to the west of Southgates includes Castle View and the Castle Yard, plus parts of Castle Street and Castle Gardens. Most of the site is within the Castle Gardens Conservation Area. The Magazine Gateway is also part of the monument, but detached.
There are many features and buildings of historic interest within this area, although the whole area is now officially defined as a single Monument. National Monument Number 17127. Grid references SK58270416 and SK 58440411.
Some of the more significant features are:
There are several other buildings of architectural or historic interest within the area of the Ancient Monument. These include:
- on Castle Street: Castle House, The Gate House and the tower at the west end of Stretton's Factory
- on Castle View: nos 5-9 and the 'Deacon's Workshop'
- on The Newarke: parts of Chantry House and Skeffington House (Newarke Houses Museum)
- within Castle Gardens: a fragment of the former Castle Wall
The map below is based upon OS Mapping with the permission of the Controller of Her Majesty's Stationery Office. © Crown copyright. All rights reserved. Leicester City Council Licence 100019264 (2006).
