History & Heritage.

The Battlefield Line is the last remaining part of the former Ashby and Nuneaton Joint Railway which was opened in 1873.
Shackerstone Station is at the northern end of the line, and is the headquarters of the railway with museum.
Victorian tea room souvenir shop, loco shed and main rolling stock located here. There is ample free parking, and the Ashby Canal is just a stones throw away.

Take a step back in time where you can explore the early 17th century house and its gardens and see how people lived 400 years ago.
There are furnished rooms where you can handle objects and talk to the team of volunteers to discover what life was like in the 1620s.
Learn about the many families who have lived at the house during its 700-year history, including the Digby family, which included the Gunpowder Plotter Sir Everard Digby, who lived in the house for more than 200 years.
Set in beautiful 17th century style gardens with labelled plants and flowers, an orchard, herb gardens and a maze.
Tea room & small shop

Discover the history of The Great Battle of Bosworth.
Journey through medieval England in the interactive exhibition at Bosworth Battlefield Heritage Centre, witness the horrors of medieval warfare in the Barber Surgeons tent and discover if you would have made a valiant knight with armour to try on and weapons to handle.
See history brought to life in Ambion Events Arena with a host of events throughout the year with something for all the family.