Broughton Astley
Broughton Astley is a large village and civil parish located in the Harborough district of Leicestershire, England.
Broughton Astley is a large village and civil parish located in the Harborough district of Leicestershire, England. It is situated in the south of Leicestershire, about 6 miles (10 km) east of Hinckley, about 9 miles (14 km) from the centre of Leicester, and about 14 miles from Coventry. The parish borders the Blaby district to the north, as well as sharing borders with the parishes of Cosby, Leire, and Dunton Bassett. The population of the civil parish at the time of the 2011 census was 8,940. A tributary of the River Soar runs through it.
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Worth seeing in and around Broughton Astley
3 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.
- 01Stoney Cove
Stoney Cove is a large flooded quarry which is a popular inland scuba diving site, located between Stoney Stanton and Sapcote in Leicestershire, England.
3.5 km · lake in the United Kingdom · Wikipedia - 02Church of St Mary
St Mary's Church is a church in Broughton Astley, Leicestershire. It is a Grade II* listed building.
200 m · church in Broughton Astley, Leicestershire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 03St Peter's Church, Ashby Parva
St Peter's Church is a church in Ashby Parva, Leicestershire. It is a Grade II* listed building.
3.9 km · church in Ashby Parva, Leicestershire, England, UK · Wikipedia
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Getting to Broughton Astley
- Airports
- East Midlands (EMA), 34 km · Birmingham (BHX), 36 km · London Luton (LTN), 93 km
- Luton, Luton → Broughton Astley90 km · quickest by road, 1h 51m · £9–12
- London → Broughton Astley136 km · quickest by road, 2h 37m · £14–18
- Manchester, Greater Manchester → Broughton Astley126 km · quickest by road, 2h 57m · £16–21
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No local-transport research exists yet for Broughton Astley
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 Broughton Astley. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
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Next door to Broughton Astley
Broughton Astley is 14 km from Leicester, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Sapcotevillage and civil parish in Leicestershire, UK3.6 km
- Cosbyvillage and civil parish in Leicestershire, England, UK3.5 km
- Frolesworthvillage and civil parish in Leicestershire, United Kingdom2.4 km
- Croftvillage in Leicestershire, UK3.2 km
- Dunton Bassettvillage and civil parish in Leicestershire, United Kingdom2.9 km
- Leirevillage in Leicestershire, United Kingdom2.3 km