Shangton
Shangton is a parish and village 1 mile (2 km) north of Tur Langton in Leicestershire, England.

Shangton is a parish and village 1 mile (2 km) north of Tur Langton in Leicestershire, England. The parish is part of the Harborough district. According to the University of Nottingham English Place-names project, the settlement name Shangton could mean 'shank farm/settlement', a long, narrow bent piece of ground; a narrow ridge or 'shank' projecting from high ground beside the village. The population of the civil parish at the 2011 census was approximately 125.
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Worth seeing in and around Shangton
2 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.
- 01Carlton Curlieu Hall
Carlton Curlieu Hall is a privately owned 17th-century country house at Carlton Curlieu, Leicestershire. It is the home of the Palmer family and is a Grade II* listed building.
2.8 km · country house in Leicestershire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 02Noseley Hall
Noseley Hall is a privately owned 18th-century country house situated at Noseley, Billesdon, Leicestershire. It is a Grade II* listed building.
2.5 km · country house in Leicestershire, England, UK · Wikipedia
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Getting to Shangton
- Airports
- East Midlands (EMA), 40 km · Birmingham (BHX), 56 km · London Luton (LTN), 86 km
- Nottingham, Leicestershire → Shangton45 km · quickest by road, 1h 23m · £5–7
- Birmingham, West Midlands → Shangton66 km · quickest by road, 1h 49m · £9–11
- Luton, Luton → Shangton84 km · quickest by road, 2h 6m · £10–13
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No local-transport research exists yet for Shangton
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 Shangton. 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 Shangton – the stand, the rule, the fare – tell us, and the note gets an entry.
Next door to Shangton
Shangton is 16 km from Leicester, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Illston on the Hillvillage in Leicestershire, England, UK3.2 km
- Carlton Curlieuvillage and civil parish in Leicestershire, United Kingdom3 km
- Stonton Wyvillehamlet in Leicestershire, England, UK1.9 km
- Gloostonvillage in Leicestershire, England, UK2.8 km
- Noseleyvillage and civil parish in Leicestershire, United Kingdom3.1 km
- Tur Langtonvillage in Leicestershire, England, UK2.1 km