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Barrow upon Soar

Barrow upon Soar is a large village in northern Leicestershire, in the Soar Valley between Leicester and Loughborough, with a population at the 2011 census of 5,856.

Barrow upon Soar
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The place

Barrow upon Soar is a large village in northern Leicestershire, in the Soar Valley between Leicester and Loughborough, with a population at the 2011 census of 5,856.

Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

What is there

Worth seeing in and around Barrow upon Soar

10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.

  1. 01
    Quorn and Woodhouse railway station

    Quorn and Woodhouse railway station is a heritage station on the Great Central Railway serving the villages of Quorn and Woodhouse in Leicestershire, England. It is situated between Loughborough Central and Rothley.

    2.8 km · heritage station on the Great Central Railway · Wikipedia
  2. 02
    Swithland Reservoir

    Swithland Reservoir is a reservoir in the English county of Leicestershire. It is north-east of the village of Swithland from which it takes its name, north-west of Rothley and approximately 133 metres south-west of Mountsorrel Quarry.

    3.6 km · lake in the United Kingdom · Wikipedia
  3. 03
    St Bartholomew's Church, Quorn

    St Bartholomew's Church, Quorn is the Church of England parish church for Quorn, Leicestershire. It is a Grade I listed, dating from 12th century-14th century with a later 1848 addition.

    1.6 km · Grade I listed church in Quorn, Charnwood, Leicestershire, England, UK · Wikipedia
  4. 04
    Church of St Mary

    St Mary's Church, Sileby is a parish church in the Church of England Diocese of Leicester in Sileby, Leicestershire.

    3.4 km · church in Sileby, Leicestershire, England, UK · Wikipedia
  5. 05
    Quorn Hall

    Quorn Hall is a grade II listed country house in the village of Quorn, Leicestershire. It is a three-storey brick built house originally constructed circa 1680 but later much modified.

    800 m · grade II listed building in Quorn, Charnwood, Leicestershire, England, UK · Wikipedia
  6. 06
    Sileby Primitive Methodist Church

    Sileby Primitive Methodist Church is a Methodist church in Sileby, Leicestershire.

    3.5 km · church in Sileby, England · Wikipedia
  7. 07
    Sileby Wesleyan Methodist Church

    Sileby Wesleyan Methodist Church is a former Methodist church in Sileby, Leicestershire.

    3.6 km · church in Sileby, Leicestershire, England · Wikipedia
  8. 08
    Church of the Holy Trinity

    Holy Trinity Church is a church in Barrow upon Soar, Leicestershire. It is a Grade II* listed building.

    200 m · church in Barrow upon Soar, Leicestershire, England, UK · Wikipedia
  9. 09
    Barrow Gravel Pits

    Barrow Gravel Pits is a 35.6 hectares biological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Barrow upon Soar in Leicestershire. This site in the flood plain of the River Soar has open water in the former gravel pits, marshes, hay meadows, woodland and scrub.

    1 km · site of Special Scientific Interest in Barrow upon Soar, Leicestershire · Wikipedia
  10. 10
    Halstead Road Centenary Pasture

    Halstead Road Centenary Pasture is a 3.2-hectare local nature reserve in Mountsorrel, Leicestershire. It is owned and managed by Charnwood Borough Council.

    3.3 km · park in United Kingdom · Wikipedia

Ranked by the number of language editions of Wikipedia with an article on each, from Wikidata; the sentences are the openings of those articles, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Go there

Getting to Barrow upon Soar

Airports
East Midlands (EMA), 15 km · Birmingham (BHX), 52 km · Manchester (MAN), 101 km
Stations
Barrow-upon-Soar railway station, 400 m · Sileby railway station, 3.5 km · Loughborough Central railway station, 3.6 km
  • Birmingham, West Midlands → Barrow upon Soar
    59 km · quickest by road, 1h 29m · £6–9
  • Manchester, Greater Manchester → Barrow upon Soar
    109 km · quickest by road, 2h 39m · £14–19
  • Luton, Luton → Barrow upon Soar
    109 km · quickest by road, 2h 14m · £12–16
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Not yet researched

No local-transport research exists yet for Barrow upon Soar

Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Barrow upon Soar. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

The nearest places where the work is done
  1. 01
    Isle of WightGB

    11 ways of moving, 22 sources

    230 km
  2. 02
    LundyGB

    7 ways of moving, 11 sources

    298 km
  3. 03
    Isle of ArranGB

    10 ways of moving, 31 sources

    407 km
  4. 04
    VlielandNL

    10 ways of moving, 47 sources

    414 km
  5. 05
    Tarbert, Loch Fyne and KintyreGB

    9 ways of moving, 15 sources

    443 km

If you know how people move in Barrow upon Soar – the stand, the rule, the fare – tell us, and the note gets an entry.

Around it

Next door to Barrow upon Soar

Barrow upon Soar is 13 km from Leicester, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.

  • Charnwoodnon-metropolitan district in Leicestershire, England, UK1.6 km
  • Mountsorrelvillage and civil parish in Leicestershire, UK3.2 km
  • Silebyvillage and civil parish in the Soar Valley in Leicestershire, England3.7 km
  • Walton on the Woldsvillage in Leicestershire, England, UK2.9 km
  • Quornvillage in Leicestershire, England1.7 km
  • Burton on the Woldsvillage and civil parish in Leicestershire. United Kingdom4 km