Leire
Leire is a village and civil parish in the Harborough district, in the county of Leicestershire, England.
Leire is a village and civil parish in the Harborough district, in the county of Leicestershire, England. The name is thought to originate from the old British name for the river Soar, which has a tributary with a source south of the village.
Present day Leire has a population of around 500, measured at 587 in the 2011 census. The village is north of Lutterworth.
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Worth seeing in and around Leire
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.
- 01Church of St Mary
St Mary's Church is a church in Ashby Magna, Leicestershire. It is a Grade II* listed building.
3.9 km · church in Ashby Magna, Leicestershire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 02St Peter's Church, Ashby Parva
St Peter's Church is a church in Ashby Parva, Leicestershire. It is a Grade II* listed building.
1.6 km · church in Ashby Parva, Leicestershire, England, UK · Wikipedia
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Getting to Leire
- Airports
- Birmingham (BHX), 36 km · East Midlands (EMA), 37 km · London Luton (LTN), 92 km
- Luton, Luton → Leire89 km · quickest by road, 1h 55m · £9–12
- London → Leire134 km · quickest by road, 2h 41m · £14–18
- Manchester, Greater Manchester → Leire127 km · quickest by road, 2h 58m · £16–21
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Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for Leire
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 Leire. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
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If you know how people move in Leire – the stand, the rule, the fare – tell us, and the note gets an entry.
Next door to Leire
Leire is 16 km from Leicester, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Ashby Magnavillage and civil parish in Leicestershire, UK3.8 km
- Frolesworthvillage and civil parish in Leicestershire, United Kingdom2 km
- Broughton Astleyvillage in Leicestershire, England, UK2.3 km
- Dunton Bassettvillage and civil parish in Leicestershire, United Kingdom2.2 km
- Ashby Parvavillage and civil parish in Leicestershire, United Kingdom3 km
- Ullesthorpevillage in Leicestershire, England, UK3.1 km