Newbold Verdon
Newbold Verdon is a village and civil parish in the county of Leicestershire, England.
Newbold Verdon is a village and civil parish in the county of Leicestershire, England. The parish includes Newbold Heath to the north and Brascote to the south. Originally an agricultural centre Newbold Verdon grew in size during the 1850s with the expansion of coal mining in the area. That industry has now ceased leaving Newbold Verdon as a commuter village primarily serving Leicester and Hinckley. The 2001 census recorded a population of 3,193, which had reduced to 3,012 at the 2011 census.
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Worth seeing in and around Newbold Verdon
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.
- 01Cadeby Light Railway
The Cadeby Light Railway was a 2 ft narrow-gauge railway in the garden of the rectory in Cadeby, Leicestershire. In the early 1960s the Reverend Teddy Boston became rector of All Saints' Church, Cadeby.
3 km · Garden railway in England · Wikipedia - 02Osbaston Hall
Osbaston Hall is a privately owned 18th-century country house at Osbaston, Leicestershire. It is the home of the de Lisle family and a Grade II* listed building.
2.4 km · house in Osbaston, Hinckley and Bosworth, England, UK · Wikipedia - 03Tropical 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 km · zoo in Desford , United Kingdom · Wikipedia - 04Bosworth Hall
Bosworth Hall is a historic country house and Grade II* listed building in the rural town of Market Bosworth in Leicestershire, England, now known as the Bosworth Hall Hotel. It was the country seat of the Dixie family for nearly three hundred years.
3.7 km · English country house at Market Bosworth · Wikipedia
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Getting to Newbold Verdon
- Airports
- East Midlands (EMA), 22 km · Birmingham (BHX), 34 km · Manchester (MAN), 102 km
- Manchester, Greater Manchester → Newbold Verdon112 km · quickest by road, 2h 46m · £15–20
- London → Newbold Verdon150 km · quickest by road, 2h 56m · £15–21
- Luton, Luton → Newbold Verdon104 km · quickest by road, 2h 12m · £11–14
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No local-transport research exists yet for Newbold Verdon
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 Newbold Verdon. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
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Next door to Newbold Verdon
Newbold Verdon is 14 km from Leicester, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Hinckley and Bosworthnon-metropolitan district in Leicestershire, England, UK2.1 km
- Cadebyvillage and civil parish in Leicestershire, UK2.5 km
- Barlestonevillage in Leicestershire, England, UK2.8 km
- Osbastonvillage and civil parish in Leicestershire, England, UK2.2 km
- Desfordvillage and civil parish in Leicestershire, England3.2 km
- Peckletonvillage in Kirkby Mallory, Peckleton and Stapleton, Hinckley and Bosworth, Leicestershire, United Kingdom3.6 km