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Leicester Forest West

Leicester Forest West is a hamlet and civil parish in the Blaby district of Leicestershire, England.

The place

Leicester Forest West is a hamlet and civil parish in the Blaby district of Leicestershire, England. It has a population of c. 30, making it smaller than its neighbour Leicester Forest East. The village is named for the ancient Leicester Forest.

Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

What is there

Worth seeing in and around Leicester Forest West

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.

  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.

    3.9 km · unfinished 15th century fortified manor house in Kirby Muxloe, Leicestershire, England, UK · Wikipedia
  2. 02
    Tropical Birdland, Leicestershire

    Tropical Birdland in the north of the village of Desford, Leicestershire, England, is a visitor attraction that has many bird species including parrots, hornbills and owls on display. Some of the birds are allowed to fly out-of-doors during visiting hours.

    3.1 km · zoo in Desford , 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 West

Airports
East Midlands (EMA), 25 km · Birmingham (BHX), 37 km · London Luton (LTN), 102 km
  • Luton, Luton → Leicester Forest West
    100 km · quickest by road, 2h 6m · £11–14
  • London → Leicester Forest West
    145 km · quickest by road, 2h 51m · £15–20
  • Manchester, Greater Manchester → Leicester Forest West
    117 km · quickest by road, 2h 54m · £15–20
  • From anywhere
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Not yet researched

No local-transport research exists yet for Leicester Forest West

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 West. 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

    214 km
  2. 02
    LundyGB

    7 ways of moving, 11 sources

    283 km
  3. 03
    Isle of ArranGB

    10 ways of moving, 31 sources

    415 km
  4. 04
    VlielandNL

    10 ways of moving, 47 sources

    425 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 West – the stand, the rule, the fare – tell us, and the note gets an entry.

Around it

Next door to Leicester Forest West

Leicester Forest West is 10 km from Leicester, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.

  • Kirby Muxloevillage in Leicestershire, England, UK3.5 km
  • Desfordvillage and civil parish in Leicestershire, England2.6 km
  • Peckletonvillage in Kirkby Mallory, Peckleton and Stapleton, Hinckley and Bosworth, Leicestershire, United Kingdom2.7 km
  • Thurlastonvillage and civil parish in Leicestershire, England2.3 km
  • Leicester Forest Eastvillage and civil parish in Leicestershire, United Kingdom3.1 km
  • Botchestonhamlet in Leicestershire, England, UK3.7 km