Peckleton
Peckleton is a village in the civil parish of Kirkby Mallory, Peckleton and Stapleton, in the Hinckley and Bosworth district of Leicestershire, England.
Peckleton is a village in the civil parish of Kirkby Mallory, Peckleton and Stapleton, in the Hinckley and Bosworth district of Leicestershire, England. The villages of Kirkby Mallory and Stapleton also form part of the parish. Thus, according to the 2001 census, the parish had a population of 1,077, falling slightly to 1,067 at the 2011 census. Due east of the village is Peckleton Common, adjacent to The Glebe Fisheries, an angling centre of excellence completed in 1996. The local church, St Mary Magdalene, is located just south of the village centre.
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Worth seeing in and around Peckleton
One place 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.
- 01Tropical 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.
2.8 km · zoo in Desford , United Kingdom · Wikipedia
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Getting to Peckleton
- Airports
- East Midlands (EMA), 25 km · Birmingham (BHX), 34 km · London Luton (LTN), 103 km
- London → Peckleton147 km · quickest by road, 2h 54m · £15–20
- Luton, Luton → Peckleton101 km · quickest by road, 2h 10m · £10–14
- Manchester, Greater Manchester → Peckleton115 km · quickest by road, 2h 51m · £15–20
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No local-transport research exists yet for Peckleton
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 Peckleton. 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 Peckleton – the stand, the rule, the fare – tell us, and the note gets an entry.
Next door to Peckleton
Peckleton is 12 km from Leicester, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Hinckley and Bosworthnon-metropolitan district in Leicestershire, England, UK3.3 km
- Earl Shiltontown and civil parish in Leicestershire, United Kingdom3.1 km
- Newbold Verdonvillage and civil parish in Leicestershire, UK3.6 km
- Desfordvillage and civil parish in Leicestershire, England2.2 km
- Thurlastonvillage and civil parish in Leicestershire, England3.9 km
- Leicester Forest Westvillage and civil parish in Leicestershire, UK2.7 km