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Husbands Bosworth

Husbands Bosworth is a large crossroads village in South Leicestershire on the A5199 road from Leicester city to Northampton and the A4304 road from Junction 20 of the M1 motorway to Market Harborough.

Husbands Bosworth
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The place

Husbands Bosworth is a large crossroads village in South Leicestershire on the A5199 road from Leicester city to Northampton and the A4304 road from Junction 20 of the M1 motorway to Market Harborough. The population of the village was 1,027 at the 2011 census.

Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

What is there

Worth seeing in and around Husbands Bosworth

6 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
    Church of St Mary

    St Mary's Church is an Anglican church and the parish church of Welford. It is a Grade II* listed building and stands on the east side of the junction of Church Lane and West Street.

    3.9 km · church in Welford, Northamptonshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
  2. 02
    Hothorpe Hall

    Hothorpe Hall, in Northamptonshire, is a Georgian manor house near Market Harborough. It lies in the parish of Marston Trussell in Northamptonshire but is close to Theddingworth in Leicestershire.

    2.8 km · country house in Northamptonshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
  3. 03
    North Kilworth Nature Reserve

    North Kilworth Nature Reserve is a 2.0 hectares Local Nature Reserve in North Kilworth Leicestershire. It is owned and managed by Harborough District Council, Millennium Green Trustee Management Group and Leicestershire County Council.

    2.8 km · park in United Kingdom · Wikipedia
  4. 04
    Sulby Reservoir

    Sulby Reservoir is in the English county of Northamptonshire. Sulby Reservoir is the higher of a pair of reservoirs owned by the Canal & River Trust – the other being Welford Reservoir – that provide water to the summit level of the Grand Union Canal by way of the navigable Welford Arm.

    3.6 km · reservoir in Northamptonshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
  5. 05
    Welford Reservoir

    Welford Reservoir is in the English county of Northamptonshire. Welford Reservoir is the lower of a pair of reservoirs owned by the Canal & River Trust – the other being Sulby Reservoir – that provide water to the summit level of the Grand Union Canal by way of the navigable Welford Arm.

    3.2 km · reservoir in Northamptonshire/Leicestershire, England, UK · Wikipedia
  6. 06
    Bosworth Hall

    Bosworth Hall actually consists of two houses, the Old Hall and a newer Georgian-style hall, situated in Theddingworth Road, Husbands Bosworth, Leicestershire. The Old Hall, originally constructed in Norman times, was substantially renovated in the 16th century as a west facing country house.

    500 m · historic country house at Husbands Bosworth, Harborough, Leicestershire, U.K. · Wikipedia

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Getting to Husbands Bosworth

Airports
East Midlands (EMA), 46 km · Birmingham (BHX), 47 km · London Luton (LTN), 80 km
  • Nottingham, Leicestershire → Husbands Bosworth
    56 km · quickest by road, 1h 25m · £7–9
  • Birmingham, West Midlands → Husbands Bosworth
    57 km · quickest by road, 1h 17m · £6–8
  • Luton, Luton → Husbands Bosworth
    77 km · quickest by road, 1h 45m · £9–12
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Not yet researched

No local-transport research exists yet for Husbands Bosworth

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 Husbands Bosworth. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

The nearest places where the work is done
  1. 01
    Isle of WightGB

    11 ways of moving, 22 sources

    197 km
  2. 02
    LundyGB

    7 ways of moving, 11 sources

    286 km
  3. 03
    VlielandNL

    10 ways of moving, 47 sources

    415 km
  4. 04
    Isle of ArranGB

    10 ways of moving, 31 sources

    438 km
  5. 05
    Tarbert, Loch Fyne and KintyreGB

    9 ways of moving, 15 sources

    473 km

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Around it

Next door to Husbands Bosworth

Husbands Bosworth is 21 km from Leicester, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.

  • Welfordvillage and civil parish in Northamptonshire, United Kingdom3.8 km
  • Mowsleyvillage and civil parish in Leicestershire, United Kingdom2.7 km
  • North Kilworthvillage and civil parish in Leicestershire, United Kingdom2.8 km
  • Theddingworthvillage and civil parish in Leicestershire, UK2.9 km