Packington
Packington is a village and civil parish in the district of North West Leicestershire.

Packington is a village and civil parish in the district of North West Leicestershire. It is situated close to the A42 road and the towns of Ashby de la Zouch and Measham. The population of Packington according to the 2001 UK census is 738, reducing slightly to 734 at the 2011 census. Nearby villages include Normanton le Heath and Heather.
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Worth seeing in and around Packington
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.
- 01Ashby de la Zouch Castle
Ashby de la Zouch Castle is a ruined fortification in the town of Ashby-de-la-Zouch, Leicestershire, England. The castle was built by William, Lord Hastings, a favourite of Edward IV, after 1473, accompanied by the creation of a 3,000-acre park.
1.9 km · Grade I listed ruins in Ashby-de-la-Zouch, United Kingdom · Wikipedia - 02St Helen's Church, Ashby-de-la-Zouch
St Helen's Church is the Anglican parish church of Ashby-de-la-Zouch, in the deanery of North West Leicestershire and the Diocese of Leicester. There was a church in the town in the 11th century, but the core of the present building mainly dates from work started in 1474, when the church was rebuilt by the 1st Baron Hastings at the same time that he converted his neighbouring manor house into a castle.
2.1 km · church in North West Leicestershire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 03Holy Trinity Church
Holy Trinity, Ashby-de-la-Zouch, is a parish church in the Church of England Diocese of Leicester in Ashby-de-la-Zouch, Leicestershire.
2.1 km · church in Ashby-de-la-Zouch, Leicestershire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 04Town Hall
Ashby-de-la-Zouch Town Hall is a municipal building in Market Street in Ashby-de-la-Zouch, Leicestershire, England. The structure, which was used as the offices of Ashby-de-la-Zouch Urban District Council, is a Grade II listed building.
2.2 km · town hall in Ashby-de-la-Zouch, North West Leicestershire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 05Coleorton Hall
Coleorton Hall is a 19th-century country mansion, formerly the seat of the Beaumont baronets of Stoughton Grange. Situated at Coleorton, Leicestershire, it is a Grade II* listed building now converted into residential apartments.
4 km · country house in Leicestershire, England, UK · Wikipedia
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Getting to Packington
- Airports
- East Midlands (EMA), 15 km · Birmingham (BHX), 36 km · Manchester (MAN), 88 km
- Manchester, Greater Manchester → Packington98 km · quickest by road, 2h 51m · £12–17
- Liverpool → Packington126 km · quickest by road, 2h 37m · £14–19
- London → Packington164 km · quickest by road, 3h 9m · £17–22
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No local-transport research exists yet for Packington
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 Packington. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
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Next door to Packington
Packington is 25 km from Leicester, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Ashby-de-la-Zouchtown in Leicestershire, England2.1 km
- Meashamvillage in Leicestershire, England, United Kingdom3.7 km
- Normanton le Heathvillage and civil parish in Leicestershire, England, UK2.4 km
- Swepstonevillage in Leicestershire, England, UK3.9 km
- Willesleyvillage in Leicestershire (formerly Derbyshire), UK2.1 km
- Farm Townvillage in Leicestershire, England, UK3.5 km