Littlethorpe
Littlethorpe is a hamlet approximately six miles south of Leicester, separated from the village of Narborough by the Leicester to Birmingham railway line, and the River Soar of which it is the true discharge.
Littlethorpe is a hamlet approximately six miles south of Leicester, separated from the village of Narborough by the Leicester to Birmingham railway line, and the River Soar of which it is the true discharge.
Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Worth seeing in and around Littlethorpe
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.
- 01Church of All Saints
All Saints' Church is a church in Blaby, Leicestershire. It is a Grade I listed building.
3.1 km · Grade I listed church in Blaby, United Kingdom · Wikipedia - 02Narborough Bog
Narborough Bog is an 8.5-hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest east of Narborough in Leicestershire. It is owned and managed by the Leicestershire and Rutland Wildlife Trust.
1.3 km · UK Site of Special Scientific Interest · Wikipedia - 03Glen Parva Nature Reserve
Glen Parva or Glen Hills is an 11.9 hectares Local Nature Reserve in Glen Parva on the south-western outskirts of Leicester. It is owned and managed by Blaby District Council, Leicestershire County Council and Glen Parva Parish Council.
3.1 km · park in United Kingdom · Wikipedia - 04All Saints Church, Narborough
All Saints' Church, Narborough is a parish church in the Church of England in Narborough, Leicestershire.
600 m · church in Narborough, Leicestershire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 05Croft Hill
Croft Hill is a 128m high natural hill rising up the Soar flood-plain north of Croft quarry in Leicestershire, England. It stands out as an isolated landmark, and has been used as a meeting place for centuries.
3.2 km · hill and biological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Leicestershire, England · Wikipedia
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Getting to Littlethorpe
- Airports
- East Midlands (EMA), 31 km · Birmingham (BHX), 39 km · London Luton (LTN), 96 km
- Stations
- Narborough railway station, 400 m
- Luton, Luton → Littlethorpe93 km · quickest by road, 1h 58m · £9–13
- London → Littlethorpe139 km · quickest by road, 2h 43m · £14–19
- Manchester, Greater Manchester → Littlethorpe123 km · quickest by road, 2h 48m · £16–21
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
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 Littlethorpe
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 Littlethorpe. 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 Littlethorpe – the stand, the rule, the fare – tell us, and the note gets an entry.
Next door to Littlethorpe
Littlethorpe is 9 km from Leicester, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Blabynon-metropolitan district in Leicestershire, England700 m
- Narboroughvillage and civil parish in Leicestershire, UK600 m
- Enderbyvillage and parish in Blaby, Leicestershire, United Kingdom2 km
- Huncotevillage and civial parish in Leicestershire, United Kingdom2.4 km
- Whetstonevillage and civil parish in Blaby, Leicestershire, England1.7 km
- Cosbyvillage and civil parish in Leicestershire, England, UK1.9 km