Countesthorpe
Countesthorpe is a large village and civil parish in the Leicestershire district of Blaby, with a population of 6,393 (2001 census, falling slightly to 6,377 at the 2011 census.
Countesthorpe is a large village and civil parish in the Leicestershire district of Blaby, with a population of 6,393 (2001 census, falling slightly to 6,377 at the 2011 census. It lies to the south of Leicester, and is about 6 miles from the city centre, but only two miles south of the suburb of South Wigston. Nearby places are Blaby and South Wigston to the north, Kilby to the east, Peatling Magna and Willoughby Waterleys to the south, and Broughton Astley, Cosby and Whetstone to the west.
Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Worth seeing in and around Countesthorpe
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.
- 01Church of All Saints
All Saints' Church is a church in Blaby, Leicestershire. It is a Grade I listed building.
2.7 km · Grade I listed church in Blaby, United Kingdom · Wikipedia - 02Church of St Thomas
St Thomas’ Church, South Wigston is a Grade II* listed parish church in the Church of England in South Wigston, Leicestershire.
2.8 km · church in South Wigston, Leicestershire, England, UK · Wikipedia
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Getting to Countesthorpe
- Airports
- East Midlands (EMA), 33 km · Birmingham (BHX), 43 km · London Luton (LTN), 92 km
- Stations
- South Wigston railway station, 3.1 km
- Birmingham, West Midlands → Countesthorpe52 km · quickest by road, 1h 23m · £7–9
- Luton, Luton → Countesthorpe90 km · quickest by road, 1h 54m · £9–12
- London → Countesthorpe136 km · quickest by road, 2h 40m · £14–18
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Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for Countesthorpe
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 Countesthorpe. 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 Countesthorpe – the stand, the rule, the fare – tell us, and the note gets an entry.
Next door to Countesthorpe
Countesthorpe is 9 km from Leicester, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Blabyvillage and civil parish in Leicestershire, UK2.7 km
- Peatling Magnavillage in Leicestershire, England, UK2.7 km
- Cosbyvillage and civil parish in Leicestershire, England, UK3.6 km
- Whetstonevillage and civil parish in Blaby, Leicestershire, England3.4 km
- Glen Parvavillage in Leicestershire, England, UK3.8 km
- Kilbyvillage and civil parish in Leicestershire, United Kingdom3.9 km