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Billesdon

Billesdon is a village and civil parish in the Harborough district of Leicestershire, England, with a population of 745 according to the 2001 census, increasing to 901 at the 2011 census.

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Billesdon is a village and civil parish in the Harborough district of Leicestershire, England, with a population of 745 according to the 2001 census, increasing to 901 at the 2011 census. It is just off the A47, nine miles east of Leicester. The Billesdon bypass opened in October 1986. Nearby places include Houghton on the Hill, Skeffington, Tilton on the Hill, and Gaulby. The Billesdon Brook flows through the village.

Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Getting to Billesdon

Airports
East Midlands (EMA), 35 km · Birmingham (BHX), 58 km · London Luton (LTN), 91 km
  • Birmingham, West Midlands → Billesdon
    67 km · quickest by road, 1h 45m · £8–10
  • Luton, Luton → Billesdon
    90 km · quickest by road, 2h 14m · £10–14
  • London → Billesdon
    135 km · quickest by road, 2h 58m · £15–20
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Not yet researched

No local-transport research exists yet for Billesdon

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 Billesdon. 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

    216 km
  2. 02
    LundyGB

    7 ways of moving, 11 sources

    302 km
  3. 03
    VlielandNL

    10 ways of moving, 47 sources

    403 km
  4. 04
    Isle of ArranGB

    10 ways of moving, 31 sources

    428 km
  5. 05
    Tarbert, Loch Fyne and KintyreGB

    9 ways of moving, 15 sources

    463 km

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