Ashby-de-la-Zouch CastleSouth Street, Ashby-de-la-Zouch, Leicestershire, LE65 1BR
Tel: 01530 413343 or 0870 333 1181
Fax: 01530 411677
URL: www.english-heritage.org.uk/daysout/prop...Ashby Castle forms the backdrop to the famous jousting scenes in Sir Walter Scott's classic novel of 1819, Ivanhoe. The castle began as a manor house in the 12th century.