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 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.
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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.
- 01Quorn 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 - 02Swithland 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 - 03St 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 - 04Church 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 - 05Quorn 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 - 06Sileby Primitive Methodist Church
Sileby Primitive Methodist Church is a Methodist church in Sileby, Leicestershire.
3.5 km · church in Sileby, England · Wikipedia - 07Sileby Wesleyan Methodist Church
Sileby Wesleyan Methodist Church is a former Methodist church in Sileby, Leicestershire.
3.6 km · church in Sileby, Leicestershire, England · Wikipedia - 08Church 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 - 09Barrow 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 - 10Halstead 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
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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 Soar59 km · quickest by road, 1h 29m · £6–9
- Manchester, Greater Manchester → Barrow upon Soar109 km · quickest by road, 2h 39m · £14–19
- Luton, Luton → Barrow upon Soar109 km · quickest by road, 2h 14m · £12–16
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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.
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If you know how people move in Barrow upon Soar – the stand, the rule, the fare – tell us, and the note gets an entry.
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