Blackfordby
Blackfordby is a village in the civil parish of Ashby-de-la-Zouch, in the North West Leicestershire district, in the northwesternmost corner of Leicestershire, England.
Blackfordby is a village in the civil parish of Ashby-de-la-Zouch, in the North West Leicestershire district, in the northwesternmost corner of Leicestershire, England. It is about 2 miles (3.2 km) to the northwest of Ashby-de-la-Zouch and 2 miles (3.2 km) southeast of Swadlincote. On some early maps, such as one dated 1587, the village is shown as "Blaugherby", hence the local name of "Blofferby".
The village is dominated by the Church of St Margaret of Antioch, Blackfordby, erected in 1858 on the site of an earlier Anglican Chapel which was attached to the St Helen's Church, Ashby-de-la-Zouch. The church stands in an elevated position next to the village school, and is built in the early English style. The church has a nave and chancel, with a tower surmounted by a broach spire and, for the greater part of the work, constructed from local sandstone which has become blackened due to the effects of air pollution.
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Worth seeing in and around Blackfordby
8 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.
- 01Ashby de la Zouch Castle
Ashby de la Zouch Castle is a ruined fortification in the town of Ashby-de-la-Zouch, Leicestershire, England. The castle was built by William, Lord Hastings, a favourite of Edward IV, after 1473, accompanied by the creation of a 3,000-acre park.
3.5 km · Grade I listed ruins in Ashby-de-la-Zouch, United Kingdom · Wikipedia - 02St Stephen's Church, Woodville
St Stephen's Church, Woodville is a Grade II listed parish church in the Church of England in Woodville, Derbyshire.
1.9 km · church building in Woodville, South Derbyshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 03St Helen's Church, Ashby-de-la-Zouch
St Helen's Church is the Anglican parish church of Ashby-de-la-Zouch, in the deanery of North West Leicestershire and the Diocese of Leicester. There was a church in the town in the 11th century, but the core of the present building mainly dates from work started in 1474, when the church was rebuilt by the 1st Baron Hastings at the same time that he converted his neighbouring manor house into a castle.
3.3 km · church in North West Leicestershire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 04Church of St James
St James’ Church, Smisby is a Grade I listed parish church in the Church of England in Smisby, Derbyshire.
2.2 km · church in Smisby, Derbyshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 05Holy Trinity Church
Holy Trinity, Ashby-de-la-Zouch, is a parish church in the Church of England Diocese of Leicester in Ashby-de-la-Zouch, Leicestershire.
2.9 km · church in Ashby-de-la-Zouch, Leicestershire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 06Parish Church of St Mary and Saint George
St George and St Mary's Church, Church Gresley is a Grade II* listed parish church in the Church of England in Church Gresley, Derbyshire.
3.6 km · church in Church Gresley, South Derbyshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 07Parish Church of St Margaret of Antioch
The Church of St Margaret of Antioch is a church in Blackfordby, Leicestershire. It is a Grade II listed building.
200 m · church in Blackfordby, Leicestershire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 08Town Hall
Swadlincote Town Hall is a municipal building in The Delph in Swadlincote, a town in Derbyshire in England. The building, which serves a community events venue, is a Grade II listed building.
3.5 km · town hall in South Derbyshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
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Getting to Blackfordby
- Airports
- East Midlands (EMA), 15 km · Birmingham (BHX), 37 km · Manchester (MAN), 83 km
- Stations
- Woodville railway station, 1.5 km
- Manchester, Greater Manchester → Blackfordby94 km · quickest by road, 2h 45m · £12–16
- Liverpool → Blackfordby122 km · quickest by road, 2h 32m · £14–18
- London → Blackfordby168 km · quickest by road, 3h 15m · £17–23
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No local-transport research exists yet for Blackfordby
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 Blackfordby. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inThe airport mainly supports low-cost airlines such as Jet2.com, Ryanair and tour operators like Thomson Airways which serve a range of domestic and European short-haul destinations.
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Next door to Blackfordby
Blackfordby is 29 km from Leicester, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Ashby-de-la-Zouchtown in Leicestershire, England2.8 km
- Swadlincotetown and unparished area in South Derbyshire district, Derbyshire, England3.5 km
- Woodvillevillage and civil parish in South Derbyshire district, Derbyshire, England1.8 km
- Smisbyvillage and civil parish in South Derbyshire, England2 km
- Hartshornevillage and civil parish in South Derbyshire, Derbyshire, England3.6 km
- Ashby Wouldsvillage and civil parish in Leicestershire, England, UK1.8 km