Pickwell
Pickwell is a small, hill-crest village 5 miles (8.0 km) south-east of Melton Mowbray in the Melton district, in Leicestershire which used to have an ecclesiastical parish of its own and is since the early 20th century has been in the civil parish and Church of England parish of Somerby which is 0.5 miles (0.80 km) to the SSW, connected by an almost straight lane.
Pickwell is a small, hill-crest village 5 miles (8.0 km) south-east of Melton Mowbray in the Melton district, in Leicestershire which used to have an ecclesiastical parish of its own and is since the early 20th century has been in the civil parish and Church of England parish of Somerby which is 0.5 miles (0.80 km) to the SSW, connected by an almost straight lane.
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Worth seeing in and around Pickwell
3 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.
- 01Cold Overton Hall
Cold Overton Hall is a country house in the village of Cold Overton, Leicestershire, England. Built c. 1630 for John St John, it is a Grade I listed building.
2.8 km · Grade I listed country house in Knossington and Cold Overton, Melton, Leicestershire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 02Burrough Hill
Burrough Hill is an Iron Age hillfort in Burrough on the Hill, 7 miles south of Melton Mowbray in the English county of Leicestershire. Situated on a promontory about 210 metres above sea level, the site commands views over the surrounding countryside for miles around.
2.5 km · Iron Age hill fort in Leicestershire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 03Burrough on the Hill Manor
Burrough on the Hill Manor is an 18th-century brick-built house in the village of Burrough on the Hill, in the civil parish of Somerby, in the Melton district, in the county of Leicestershire, England. It is a grade II listed building.
2.8 km · house in Somerby, Melton, Leicestershire, England, UK · Wikipedia
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Getting to Pickwell
- Airports
- East Midlands (EMA), 36 km · Birmingham (BHX), 67 km · London Luton (LTN), 97 km
- Birmingham, West Midlands → Pickwell75 km · quickest by road, 2h · £9–12
- Luton, Luton → Pickwell95 km · quickest by road, 2h 35m · £11–15
- London → Pickwell141 km · quickest by road, 3h 15m · £16–21
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No local-transport research exists yet for Pickwell
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 Pickwell. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
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Next door to Pickwell
Pickwell is 21 km from Leicester, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Somerbyvillage and civil parish in Leicestershire, England, United Kingdom1 km
- Owston and Newboldcivil parish in Leicestershire, UK3.6 km
- Knossingtonvillage in Leicestershire, UK3.3 km
- Cold Overtonvillage in Leicestershire, UK2.8 km
- Burrough on the Hillvillage in Leicestershire, England, UK2.9 km
- Little Dalbyvillage in Leicestershire, United Kingdom2.6 km