Barwell
Barwell is a village and civil parish in Leicestershire, England, with a population of 8,750 residents in 2001, increasing to 9,022 at the 2011 census.
Barwell is a village and civil parish in Leicestershire, England, with a population of 8,750 residents in 2001, increasing to 9,022 at the 2011 census. The name "Barwell" literally translates as "Stream of the Boar" and is said to originate from a boar that used to drink from the well near a brook in Barwell. It was originally known as "Borewell", but later became "Barwell". The brook near Barwell is not the River Tweed, but rather a local stream or brook in Leicestershire, possibly feeding into the River Soar or Avon, which are tributaries of the River Trent.
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Worth seeing in and around Barwell
5 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.
- 01St Mary's Church, Hinckley
St Mary's Parish Church is the oldest building in Hinckley, and is situated in central Hinckley. It is an Anglican Parish Church in the Diocese of Leicester and is designated by Historic England as a Grade II* listed building.
3.5 km · church in Leicestershire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 02Church of St Mary
St Mary's Church is a church in Barwell, Leicestershire. It is a Grade I listed building.
400 m · church in Barwell, Leicestershire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 03Burbage Wood and Aston Firs
Burbage Wood and Aston Firs is a 51.1-hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Leicestershire.
3.1 km · UK Site of Special Scientific Interest · Wikipedia - 04De Montfort Park
De Montfort Park was the first name given to a football stadium built off Leicester Road in Hinckley, Leicestershire. It was the home of Hinckley United, an English football club from the town, until it was dissolved in October 2013.
1.1 km · football stadium complex in Hinckley, United Kingdom · Wikipedia - 05Leicester Road
The Leicester Road Ground is a cricket ground based in the town of Hinckley, Leicestershire. It has, in the past, been used by Leicestershire as an outground and has held 11 first class games in total.
1.2 km · Cricket ground in Hinckley, Leicestershire · Wikipedia
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Getting to Barwell
- Airports
- East Midlands (EMA), 29 km · Birmingham (BHX), 30 km · London Luton (LTN), 102 km
- London → Barwell145 km · quickest by road, 2h 49m · £14–19
- Luton, Luton → Barwell100 km · quickest by road, 2h 4m · £10–13
- Manchester, Greater Manchester → Barwell117 km · quickest by road, 2h 45m · £15–20
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No local-transport research exists yet for Barwell
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 Barwell. 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 Barwell – the stand, the rule, the fare – tell us, and the note gets an entry.
Next door to Barwell
Barwell is 16 km from Leicester, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
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