Burton and Dalby

Worth seeing in and around Burton and Dalby

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.

1. 01
   Ankle Hill

   Ankle Hill is a hill located in the centre of Melton Mowbray, in Leicestershire. In February 1645 during the First English Civil War the town of Melton Mowbray was the scene of a battle between Sir Marmaduke Langdale's Royalist force of 1,500 men and the Roundhead garrison commanded by Colonel Sir Edward Rossiter which was stationed in the town.

   3.6 km · hill in Leicestershire, England, UK · Wikipedia
2. 02
   River Eye SSSI

   River Eye SSSI is a 6.0 hectares biological Site of Special Scientific Interest covering a stretch of the River Eye between Ham Bridge, north-west of Stapleford, and the eastern outskirts of Melton Mowbray in Leicestershire. It is a Nature Conservation Review site.

   3.5 km · UK Site of Special Scientific Interest · Wikipedia
3. 03
   Burrough Hill

   Burrough Hill is an Iron Age hillfort in Burrough on the Hill, 7 miles south of Melton Mowbray in the English county of Leicestershire. Situated on a promontory about 210 metres above sea level, the site commands views over the surrounding countryside for miles around.

   3.2 km · Iron Age hill fort in Leicestershire, England, UK · Wikipedia

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Getting to Burton and Dalby

Airports

East Midlands (EMA), 33 km · Birmingham (BHX), 67 km · London Luton (LTN), 101 km

Stations

Melton Mowbray railway station, 4 km · RAF Melton Mowbray, 2.3 km

• Birmingham, West Midlands → Burton and Dalby

  75 km · quickest by road, 1h 49m · £9–12
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• Luton, Luton → Burton and Dalby

  99 km · quickest by road, 2h 32m · £13–17
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• London → Burton and Dalby

  145 km · quickest by road, 3h 13m · £17–23
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