Swithland
Swithland is a linear village in the Charnwood borough of Leicestershire, England.
Swithland is a linear village in the Charnwood borough of Leicestershire, England. The civil parish population was put at 230 in 2004 and 217 in the 2011 census. It is in the old Charnwood Forest, between Cropston, Woodhouse and Woodhouse Eaves. It has a village hall, a parish church and a public house, the Griffin Inn. The village is known for the slate that was quarried in the area.
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Worth seeing in and around Swithland
10 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.
- 01Bradgate Park
Bradgate Park is a public park in Charnwood Forest, in Leicestershire, England, northwest of Leicester. It covers 850 acres.
3.3 km · 850 acre public park · Wikipedia - 02Quorn and Woodhouse railway station
Quorn and Woodhouse railway station is a heritage station on the Great Central Railway serving the villages of Quorn and Woodhouse in Leicestershire, England. It is situated between Loughborough Central and Rothley.
3 km · heritage station on the Great Central Railway · Wikipedia - 03Rothley Court
Rothley Court is a country house at Rothley in Leicestershire, England. It was mentioned in the Domesday Book and later, as Rothley Temple, associated with the Knights Templar.
2.4 km · building in Rothley, Leicestershire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 04Bradgate House
Bradgate House is a 16th-century ruin in Bradgate Park, Leicestershire, England.
3.3 km · Ruined 16th-century house in Bradgate Park, Newtown Linford, Leicestershire, England. The chapel is still intact. · Wikipedia - 05Cropston Reservoir
Cropston Reservoir lies in Charnwood Forest in Leicestershire, England. The dam and associated water works are in Cropston, while the bulk of the reservoir is in the neighbouring Newtown Linford parish.
2.2 km · reservoir in the United Kingdom · Wikipedia - 06Swithland Reservoir
Swithland Reservoir is a reservoir in the English county of Leicestershire. It is north-east of the village of Swithland from which it takes its name, north-west of Rothley and approximately 133 metres south-west of Mountsorrel Quarry.
1.4 km · lake in the United Kingdom · Wikipedia - 07St Bartholomew's Church, Quorn
St Bartholomew's Church, Quorn is the Church of England parish church for Quorn, Leicestershire. It is a Grade I listed, dating from 12th century-14th century with a later 1848 addition.
3.6 km · Grade I listed church in Quorn, Charnwood, Leicestershire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 08Swithland Hall
Swithland Hall is a 19th-century Neoclassical country house in Swithland, Leicestershire, designed by James Pennethorne.
1.1 km · English country house in Swithland, Charnwood, Leicestershire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 09Old John
Old John is the highest hill in Bradgate Park, Leicestershire, England, on the southern edge of Charnwood Forest. It gives its name to the folly that stands at its top.
3.1 km · highest hill in Bradgate Park, in Newtown Linford, Charnwood, Leicestershire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 10Swithland Viaduct
Swithland Reservoir is a reservoir in the English county of Leicestershire. It is north-east of the village of Swithland from which it takes its name, north-west of Rothley and approximately 133 metres south-west of Mountsorrel Quarry.
1.1 km · railway viaduct in Leicestershire, England · Wikipedia
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Getting to Swithland
- Airports
- East Midlands (EMA), 16 km · Birmingham (BHX), 48 km · Manchester (MAN), 102 km
- Stations
- Rothley railway station, 2.1 km
- Birmingham, West Midlands → Swithland55 km · quickest by road, 1h 28m · £7–9
- Manchester, Greater Manchester → Swithland111 km · quickest by road, 2h 39m · £14–19
- Luton, Luton → Swithland26 km · quickest by road, 39 min · £3–3.5
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Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for Swithland
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 Swithland. 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 Swithland – the stand, the rule, the fare – tell us, and the note gets an entry.
Next door to Swithland
Swithland is 9 km from Leicester, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Charnwoodnon-metropolitan district in Leicestershire, England, UK3.9 km
- Mountsorrelvillage and civil parish in Leicestershire, UK3.2 km
- Rothleyvillage and civil parish in Leicestershire, UK3.5 km
- Quornvillage in Leicestershire, England3.5 km
- Woodhouse Eavesvillage in Leicestershire, England, UK2.3 km
- Woodhousevillage and civil parish in Leicestershire, England, UK2.2 km