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Syston

Syston is a town and civil parish in the district of Charnwood in Leicestershire, England.

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The place

Syston is a town and civil parish in the district of Charnwood in Leicestershire, England. The population was 11,508 at the 2001 census, rising to 12,804 at the 2011 census.

Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

What is there

Worth seeing in and around Syston

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.

  1. 01
    Belgrave Hall

    Belgrave Hall is a Queen Anne-style Grade II* listed building in Belgrave, on the northern edge of Leicester, England. It was built between 1709 and 1713, being owned by various wealthy individuals including John Ellis and has received worldwide attention for its paranormal activity.

    5.4 km · Queen Anne-style Grade II* listed building in Belgrave, Leicester, England, UK · Wikipedia
  2. 02
    Rothley 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.

    5.1 km · building in Rothley, Leicestershire, England, UK · Wikipedia
  3. 03
    St Peter & St Paul, Syston

    St Peter and St Paul's Church, Syston is a Grade I listed parish church in the Church of England in Syston, Leicestershire.

    400 m · Grade I listed parish church in Syston, Charnwood, Leicestershire, England, UK · Wikipedia
  4. 04
    All Saints Church, Beeby

    All Saints Church is a redundant Anglican church in the village of Beeby, Leicestershire, England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II* listed building, and is under the care of the Churches Conservation Trust.

    5.4 km · church in Beeby, Charnwood, Leicestershire, England, UK · Wikipedia
  5. 05
    Parish Church of St Peter

    St Peter's Church is a church in Belgrave, Leicestershire. It is a Grade II* listed building.

    5.5 km · church in Belgrave, Leicester, England, UK · Wikipedia
  6. 06
    Church of Saint James the Great

    The Church of St James the Great is a church in Birstall, Leicestershire. It is a Grade II listed building.

    3.9 km · church building in Birstall, Charnwood, Leicestershire, England, UK · Wikipedia
  7. 07
    The World Tree

    Rushey Mead is an area, suburb, electoral ward, and administrative division of the city of Leicester, in the ceremonial county of Leicestershire, England. It comprises the northern Leicester suburb of Rushey Mead in its entirety, as well as a part of the neighbouring area and suburb of Belgrave, and historical parts of neighbouring Northfields and Thurmaston.

    4.1 km · monument in Rushey Mead · Wikipedia
  8. 08
    Church of St Botolph

    St Botolph's Church is a Grade II* listed Church of England church in the village of Ratcliffe on the Wreake, Leicestershire, England.

    2.9 km · church in Ratcliffe on the Wreake, Leicestershire, England, UK · Wikipedia
  9. 09
    St Mary's Church, Queniborough

    St Mary's Church, Queniborough is the Church of England parish church of Queniborough, Leicestershire, England. The church mostly dates from the late 13th and early 14th centuries.

    2.8 km · Grade I listed church in Queniborough, Leicestershire, England, UK · Wikipedia
  10. 10
    Church of St Mary the Virgin and St John the Baptist, Rothley

    St Mary & St John is a Church of England parish church in the centre of Rothley, England. It has a congregation of mixed ages and backgrounds.

    3.8 km · church in Rothley, Charnwood, Leicestershire, England, UK · Wikipedia

Ranked by the number of language editions of Wikipedia with an article on each, from Wikidata; the sentences are the openings of those articles, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Go there

Getting to Syston

Airports
East Midlands (EMA), 22 km · Birmingham (BHX), 53 km · London Luton (LTN), 104 km
Stations
Syston railway station, 700 m · Sileby railway station, 4 km · Rothley railway station, 5.4 km
  • Birmingham, West Midlands → Syston
    61 km · quickest by road, 1h 29m · £8–10
  • Luton, Luton → Syston
    100 km · quickest by road, 2h 11m · £11–15
  • London → Syston
    146 km · quickest by road, 2h 55m · £16–21
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Not yet researched

No local-transport research exists yet for Syston

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 Syston. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

The nearest places where the work is done
  1. 01
    Isle of WightGB

    11 ways of moving, 22 sources

    224 km
  2. 02
    LundyGB

    7 ways of moving, 11 sources

    299 km
  3. 03
    VlielandNL

    10 ways of moving, 47 sources

    410 km
  4. 04
    Isle of ArranGB

    10 ways of moving, 31 sources

    415 km
  5. 05
    Tarbert, Loch Fyne and KintyreGB

    9 ways of moving, 15 sources

    450 km

If you know how people move in Syston – the stand, the rule, the fare – tell us, and the note gets an entry.

Around it

Next door to Syston

Syston is 8 km from Leicester, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.

  • Charnwoodnon-metropolitan district in Leicestershire, England, UK5.7 km
  • Birstallvillage and civil parish in Leicestershire, England4 km
  • Mountsorrelvillage and civil parish in Leicestershire, UK5 km
  • Rothleyvillage and civil parish in Leicestershire, UK3.9 km
  • Silebyvillage and civil parish in the Soar Valley in Leicestershire, England3.9 km
  • Thrussingtonvillage and civil parish in Leicestershire, United Kingdom4.9 km