Thrussington

Worth seeing in and around Thrussington

6 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
   Church of St Michael

   The Church of St Michael and All Angels is a church in Brooksby, Leicestershire. It is a Grade II* listed building.

   2.3 km · church in Brooksby, Leicestershire, England, UK · Wikipedia
2. 02
   Brooksby Hall

   Brooksby Hall is a late–16th-century manor house on 3.2 square kilometres of land between Leicester and Melton Mowbray. Situated 13 kilometres northeast of Leicester, the hall and the neighbouring church of St Michael and All Angels are the last remnants of the medieval village of Brooksby, which was founded during the period of the Danelaw in the 9th century AD. In the 15th and 16th centuries Brooksby was depopulated by enclosures carried out by the estate's owners, which turned its cultivated land into sheep pastures in order to profit from a boom in wool.

   2.3 km · manor house in Leicestershire, England, UK · Wikipedia
3. 03
   SMB College Group

   Brooksby Melton College was a further education college based in Leicestershire. It was formed following the merger of Brooksby College and Melton College in September 2000.

   2.3 km · college in Leicestershire, UK · Wikipedia
4. 04
   Melton Mowbray Navigation

   The Melton Mowbray Navigation was formed when the River Wreake in Leicestershire, England, was made navigable upstream from its junction with the River Soar and the Leicester Navigation near Syston to Melton Mowbray, opening in 1797. Largely river navigation, there were numerous lock cuts, to accommodate the 12 broad locks built along its length, many of which were built at sites where it was necessary to maintain the water levels for an adjacent mill.

   3.5 km · canal in the UK · Wikipedia
5. 05
   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.

   2.3 km · church in Ratcliffe on the Wreake, Leicestershire, England, UK · Wikipedia
6. 06
   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.

   3.8 km · Grade I listed church in Queniborough, Leicestershire, England, UK · Wikipedia

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Getting to Thrussington

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East Midlands (EMA), 22 km · Birmingham (BHX), 57 km · London Luton (LTN), 106 km

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  104 km · quickest by road, 2h 12m · £12–16
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• Manchester, Greater Manchester → Thrussington

  115 km · quickest by road, 2h 47m · £15–20
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