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Village and civil parish in Leicestershire, United Kingdom · England

Leicester Forest East

Leicester Forest East (LFE) is a large suburban village in Leicestershire, England, west of Leicester, straddling the M1 motorway.

The place

Leicester Forest East (LFE) is a large suburban village in Leicestershire, England, west of Leicester, straddling the M1 motorway. It is part of the Blaby district.

Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

What is there

Worth seeing in and around Leicester Forest East

4 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
    Kirby Muxloe Castle

    Kirby Muxloe Castle, also known historically as Kirby Castle, is a ruined, fortified manor house in Kirby Muxloe, Leicestershire, England. William, Lord Hastings, began work on the castle in 1480, founding it on the site of a pre-existing manor house.

    1.6 km · unfinished 15th century fortified manor house in Kirby Muxloe, Leicestershire, England, UK · Wikipedia
  2. 02
    Braunstone Park

    Braunstone Park is a large public park located in Braunstone, Leicester, England.

    3.3 km · public park · Wikipedia
  3. 03
    Western Park

    Western Park is a park and surrounding suburb located in West End of Leicester. It is also a ward of the City of Leicester whose population at the 2011 census was 10,609.

    3.6 km · park and surrounding suburb in Leicester and also a ward of the City of Leicester · Wikipedia
  4. 04
    Winstanley House

    Winstanley House in Leicestershire previously called Braunstone Hall, is a building of historical significance and is Grade II listed on the English Heritage Register. It was built in 1775 by Clement Winstanley and remained in this family for the next 150 years.

    3.2 km · Grade II listed country house hotel in Leicester, United Kingdom · Wikipedia

Ranked by the number of language editions of Wikipedia with an article on each, from Wikidata; the sentences are the openings of those articles, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Go there

Getting to Leicester Forest East

Airports
East Midlands (EMA), 24 km · Birmingham (BHX), 40 km · London Luton (LTN), 102 km
  • Birmingham, West Midlands → Leicester Forest East
    49 km · quickest by road, 1h 17m · £6–8
  • Luton, Luton → Leicester Forest East
    99 km · quickest by road, 1h 59m · £10–13
  • London → Leicester Forest East
    145 km · quickest by road, 2h 45m · £15–20
  • From anywhere
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Not yet researched

No local-transport research exists yet for Leicester Forest East

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 Leicester Forest East. 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

    215 km
  2. 02
    LundyGB

    7 ways of moving, 11 sources

    286 km
  3. 03
    Isle of ArranGB

    10 ways of moving, 31 sources

    416 km
  4. 04
    VlielandNL

    10 ways of moving, 47 sources

    422 km
  5. 05
    Tarbert, Loch Fyne and KintyreGB

    9 ways of moving, 15 sources

    451 km

If you know how people move in Leicester Forest East – the stand, the rule, the fare – tell us, and the note gets an entry.

Around it

Next door to Leicester Forest East

Leicester Forest East is 7 km from Leicester, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.

  • Glenfieldvillage in Leicestershire, England3.2 km
  • Kirby Muxloevillage in Leicestershire, England, UK1.6 km
  • Ratbycommuter village and civil parish in the Hinckley and Bosworth district of Leicestershire, England3.1 km
  • Leicester Forest Westvillage and civil parish in Leicestershire, UK3.1 km
  • Braunstone Towntown in Leicestershire, United Kingdom3.4 km
  • Lubbesthorpehamlet and civil parish in Blaby, Leicestershire, England2.5 km