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Illston on the Hill

Illston on the Hill is a small village and parish seven miles north of Market Harborough in the county of Leicestershire.

The place

Illston on the Hill is a small village and parish seven miles north of Market Harborough in the county of Leicestershire. The population of the civil parish at the 2011 census was 179. The old part of Illston is a rare "dead end" village: literally, at the end of the road which leads to it. Illston also has a village hall available for rent. In the summer it hosts events including a Village Fete and 'Onion Sunday'.

Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

What is there

Worth seeing in and around Illston on the Hill

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
    Church of St John the Baptist

    The Church of St John the Baptist is a church in Billesdon, Leicestershire. It is a Grade II* listed building.

    3.6 km · church in Billesdon, Leicestershire, England, UK · Wikipedia
  2. 02
    Noseley Hall

    Noseley Hall is a privately owned 18th-century country house situated at Noseley, Billesdon, Leicestershire. It is a Grade II* listed building.

    3.2 km · country house in Leicestershire, England, UK · Wikipedia
  3. 03
    Carlton Curlieu Hall

    Carlton Curlieu Hall is a privately owned 17th-century country house at Carlton Curlieu, Leicestershire. It is the home of the Palmer family and is a Grade II* listed building.

    2.4 km · country house in Leicestershire, England, UK · Wikipedia

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Getting to Illston on the Hill

Airports
East Midlands (EMA), 37 km · Birmingham (BHX), 55 km · London Luton (LTN), 89 km
  • Birmingham, West Midlands → Illston on the Hill
    65 km · quickest by road, 1h 54m · £8–10
  • Luton, Luton → Illston on the Hill
    87 km · quickest by road, 2h 11m · £10–13
  • London → Illston on the Hill
    133 km · quickest by road, 2h 55m · £14–19
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Not yet researched

No local-transport research exists yet for Illston on the Hill

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 Illston on the Hill. 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

    212 km
  2. 02
    LundyGB

    7 ways of moving, 11 sources

    299 km
  3. 03
    VlielandNL

    10 ways of moving, 47 sources

    405 km
  4. 04
    Isle of ArranGB

    10 ways of moving, 31 sources

    430 km
  5. 05
    Tarbert, Loch Fyne and KintyreGB

    9 ways of moving, 15 sources

    465 km

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Around it

Next door to Illston on the Hill

Illston on the Hill is 13 km from Leicester, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.

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  • Rollestonvillage and civil parish in Leicestershire, England, UK3.1 km
  • Little Strettonvillage and civil parish in Harborough, Leicestershire, England, UK3.9 km
  • Burton Overyvillage in Leicestershire, England, UK3.6 km