Botcheston
Botcheston is a hamlet in the Hinckley and Bosworth district of Leicestershire about 6.5 miles (10.5 km) west of Leicester.
Botcheston is a hamlet in the Hinckley and Bosworth district of Leicestershire about 6.5 miles (10.5 km) west of Leicester. It is in the civil parish of Desford and about a mile north of the village. The population is included in the civil parish of Desford. Botcheston's only Grade II* listed building is the War Memorial North of Polebrook House commemorating 36 attendees of the hamlet's former Industrial School for Boys who gave their lives during World War One, which now functions as a residential home.
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Worth seeing in and around Botcheston
2 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.
- 01Thornton Reservoir
For the quarry in Chicago, see Thornton Quarry Thornton Reservoir is a small reservoir situated in the National Forest near the village of Thornton in Leicestershire. It has a surface area of 75 acres and a perimeter of 2.45 miles.
2.8 km · lake in the United Kingdom · Wikipedia - 02Tropical Birdland, Leicestershire
Tropical Birdland in the north of the village of Desford, Leicestershire, England, is a visitor attraction that has many bird species including parrots, hornbills and owls on display. Some of the birds are allowed to fly out-of-doors during visiting hours.
1.1 km · zoo in Desford , United Kingdom · Wikipedia
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Getting to Botcheston
- Airports
- East Midlands (EMA), 21 km · Birmingham (BHX), 37 km · Manchester (MAN), 103 km
- Manchester, Greater Manchester → Botcheston113 km · quickest by road, 2h 44m · £15–20
- London → Botcheston149 km · quickest by road, 2h 52m · £15–20
- Luton, Luton → Botcheston103 km · quickest by road, 2h 8m · £11–14
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No local-transport research exists yet for Botcheston
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 Botcheston. 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 Botcheston – the stand, the rule, the fare – tell us, and the note gets an entry.
Next door to Botcheston
Botcheston is 11 km from Leicester, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Kirby Muxloevillage in Leicestershire, England, UK3.7 km
- Ratbycommuter village and civil parish in the Hinckley and Bosworth district of Leicestershire, England3.3 km
- Newbold Verdonvillage and civil parish in Leicestershire, UK3.8 km
- Desfordvillage and civil parish in Leicestershire, England1.7 km
- Peckletonvillage in Kirkby Mallory, Peckleton and Stapleton, Hinckley and Bosworth, Leicestershire, United Kingdom4 km
- Leicester Forest Westvillage and civil parish in Leicestershire, UK3.7 km