Kirby Bellars

Worth seeing in and around Kirby Bellars

5 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
   St Mary's Church, Melton Mowbray

   St Mary is the parish church of Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire. The large medieval church, described as "one of the finest parish churches in Leicestershire", suffered from a poor Victorian restoration, and was left in a poor state of repair and deemed "unfit for purpose".

   3.9 km · Grade I listed church in Melton, Leicestershire, England,UK · Wikipedia
2. 02
   All Saints' Church, Asfordby

   All Saints' Church is a church in Asfordby, Leicestershire, England. It is a Grade I listed building.

   1.6 km · church in Asfordby, Leicestershire, England, UK · Wikipedia
3. 03
   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.

   3.8 km · hill in Leicestershire, England, UK · Wikipedia
4. 04
   Frisby Marsh

   Frisby Marsh is a 10.2-hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest east of Frisby on the Wreake in Leicestershire. This site has spring-fed marshes, grassland, woodland and a pool and channel which are relicts of a former ox-bow lake of the adjacent River Wreake.

   3 km · Site of Special Scientific Interest in Leicestershire, England, UK · Wikipedia
5. 05
   Melton Mowbray Navigation

   The Melton Mowbray Navigation was formed when the River Wreake in Leicestershire, England, was made navigable upstream from its junction with the River Soar and the Leicester Navigation near Syston to Melton Mowbray, opening in 1797. Largely river navigation, there were numerous lock cuts, to accommodate the 12 broad locks built along its length, many of which were built at sites where it was necessary to maintain the water levels for an adjacent mill.

   3.8 km · canal in the UK · Wikipedia

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Getting to Kirby Bellars

Airports

East Midlands (EMA), 28 km · Birmingham (BHX), 64 km · London Luton (LTN), 105 km

Stations

Melton Mowbray railway station, 3.8 km · RAF Melton Mowbray, 3.5 km

• Birmingham, West Midlands → Kirby Bellars

  71 km · quickest by road, 1h 44m · £9–12
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• Luton, Luton → Kirby Bellars

  102 km · quickest by road, 2h 26m · £12–17
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• London → Kirby Bellars

  148 km · quickest by road, 3h 8m · £17–23
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