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Thorpe in the Glebe

Thorpe in the Glebe was a village in Nottinghamshire, England to the south of Wysall on the Leicestershire border.

Thorpe in the Glebe
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The place

Thorpe in the Glebe was a village in Nottinghamshire, England to the south of Wysall on the Leicestershire border. It was sometimes called Thorpe in the Clottes. Tradition has it that the village was destroyed either at the Battle of Willoughby Field or alternatively by a hail-storm. However, at the time of the English Civil War, there had been no village at Thorpe in the Glebe for nearly 200 years.

Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

What is there

Worth seeing in and around Thorpe in the Glebe

5 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
    All Saints' Church, Rempstone

    All Saints' Church, Rempstone is a parish church in the Church of England in Rempstone, Nottinghamshire. The church is Grade II listed by the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport as it is a building of special architectural or historic interest.

    3.4 km · grade II listed church in Rempstone, Rushcliffe, Nottinghamshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
  2. 02
    Church of St Mary and All Saints, Willoughby-on-the-Wolds

    The Church of St. Mary and All Saints, Willoughby-on-the-Wolds is a parish church in the Church of England in Willoughby on the Wolds, Nottinghamshire, England.

    2.7 km · Grade I listed church in Willoughby-on-the-Wolds, Rushcliffe, Nottinghamshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
  3. 03
    Holy Trinity Church

    Holy Trinity Church, Wysall is a parish church in the Church of England in Wysall.

    1.5 km · Grade I listed church in Wysall, Rushcliffe, Nottinghamshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
  4. 04
    St Giles' Church, Costock

    St. Giles' Church, Costock is a parish church in the Church of England in Costock, Nottinghamshire.

    3.3 km · church in Costock, Rushcliffe, Nottinghamshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
  5. 05
    St Peter and St Paul's Church, Widmerpool

    St. Peter's Church, Widmerpool is a parish church in the Church of England in Widmerpool.

    3.3 km · church in Widmerpool, Rushcliffe, Nottinghamshire, England, UK · Wikipedia

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Getting to Thorpe in the Glebe

Airports
East Midlands (EMA), 15 km · Birmingham (BHX), 60 km · Manchester (MAN), 98 km
  • Birmingham, West Midlands → Thorpe in the Glebe
    67 km · quickest by road, 1h 37m · £7–10
  • Manchester, Greater Manchester → Thorpe in the Glebe
    105 km · quickest by road, 2h 40m · £14–19
  • London → Thorpe in the Glebe
    161 km · quickest by road, 3h 11m · £17–23
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Not yet researched

No local-transport research exists yet for Thorpe in the Glebe

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 Thorpe in the Glebe. 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

    238 km
  2. 02
    LundyGB

    7 ways of moving, 11 sources

    305 km
  3. 03
    Isle of ArranGB

    10 ways of moving, 31 sources

    403 km
  4. 04
    VlielandNL

    10 ways of moving, 47 sources

    409 km
  5. 05
    Tarbert, Loch Fyne and KintyreGB

    9 ways of moving, 15 sources

    438 km

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Around it

Next door to Thorpe in the Glebe

Thorpe in the Glebe is 15 km from Nottingham, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.

  • Wymeswoldvillage and civil parish in Leicestershire, England, UK2.3 km
  • Willoughby-on-the-Woldsvillage in Nottinghamshire, England, UK2.8 km
  • Rempstonevillage and civil parish in Nottinghamshire, United Kingdom3.3 km
  • Wysallvillage in Nottinghamshire, England, UK1.7 km
  • Costockvillage in Nottinghamshire, England, UK3.1 km
  • Widmerpoolvillage in Nottinghamshire, England, UK3.9 km