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Tripontium

Tripontium was a town in Roman Britain.

The place

Tripontium was a town in Roman Britain. It lay on the Roman road later called Watling Street at a site now chiefly within the civil parish of Churchover in the English county of Warwickshire and partly in Leicestershire, some 3.4 miles north-east of Rugby and 3.1 miles south of Lutterworth.

Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

What is there

Worth seeing in and around Tripontium

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
    Rugby

    Rugby is a market town in eastern Warwickshire, England, close to the River Avon. At the 2021 census, its population was 78,117, making it the second-largest town in Warwickshire.

    5.4 km · market town in Warwickshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
  2. 02
    Church of Saint Andrew

    The Church of St Andrew is a Church of England parish church and civic church in the centre of Rugby, in Warwickshire, England. It is a grade II* listed building.

    5.2 km · church in Rugby, United Kingdom · Wikipedia
  3. 03
    Church of St Mary

    St Mary's Church is the ancient parish church of the town of Lutterworth, Leicestershire.

    5.2 km · church building in Lutterworth, Leicestershire, England, UK · Wikipedia
  4. 04
    Rugby Art Gallery and Museum

    The Rugby Art Gallery and Museum is a combined art gallery and museum in central Rugby, Warwickshire, in England. The purpose-built building housing it is shared with Rugby library; it was opened in 2000 and was built in the place of Rugby's previous library.

    5.5 km · Art gallery and museum in the United Kingdom · Wikipedia
  5. 05
    St Michael and All Angels Church, Brownsover

    St Michael and All Angels Church is a redundant Anglican church in the former village of Brownsover, which is now a suburb of the town of Rugby, Warwickshire, 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.

    3.4 km · church in Rugby, Warwickshire, West Midlands, England, UK · Wikipedia
  6. 06
    Brownsover Hall

    Brownsover Hall is a 19th-century mansion house in the old village of Brownsover, Rugby, Warwickshire which has been converted for use as a hotel. It is a Grade II* listed building.

    3.4 km · country house in Warwickshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
  7. 07
    Macready Theatre

    The Macready Theatre is a professional theatre on Lawrence Sheriff Street in the town centre of Rugby, Warwickshire, it is owned by Rugby School. The theatre is housed in an old Victorian building which dates from 1885 which was originally built as classrooms for Rugby School.

    5.4 km · building in Rugby, Warwickshire, England · Wikipedia
  8. 08
    Stanford Hall, Leicestershire

    Stanford Hall is a stately home in Leicestershire, England, near the village of Stanford on Avon and the town of Lutterworth, Leicestershire. The population of any residents in the area is included in the civil parish of Misterton with Walcote.

    5 km · Grade I listed historic house museum near Lutterworth, United Kingdom · Wikipedia
  9. 09
    Church of St Botolph, Newbold-on-Avon

    The Church of St Botolph is a grade I listed 15th century parish church in Newbold-on-Avon, Rugby, Warwickshire, England. The church is located on an elevated position overlooking the River Avon.

    5.4 km · Grade I listed church in Warwickshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
  10. 10
    Roman Catholic Church of St Marie

    St Marie's Church is the main Roman Catholic church in Rugby, Warwickshire, England, located to the south of the town centre on Dunchurch Road, one of the main roads into the town. It is one of the town's most well-known landmarks as it is quite dominant on the skyline.

    5.9 km · church in Rugby in Rugby, Warwickshire, West Midlands, England, UK · Wikipedia

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Getting to Tripontium

Airports
Birmingham (BHX), 37 km · East Midlands (EMA), 48 km · London Luton (LTN), 83 km
Stations
Rugby railway station, 4.2 km · Clifton Mill railway station, 3.2 km · Yelvertoft and Stanford Park railway station, 5.3 km
  • Nottingham, Leicestershire → Tripontium
    61 km · quickest by road, 1h 19m · £6–9
  • Luton, Luton → Tripontium
    80 km · quickest by road, 1h 30m · £8–10
  • London → Tripontium
    125 km · quickest by road, 2h 42m · £12–16
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Not yet researched

No local-transport research exists yet for Tripontium

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 Tripontium. 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

    191 km
  2. 02
    LundyGB

    7 ways of moving, 11 sources

    274 km
  3. 03
    VlielandNL

    10 ways of moving, 47 sources

    427 km
  4. 04
    Isle of ArranGB

    10 ways of moving, 31 sources

    436 km
  5. 05
    Tarbert, Loch Fyne and KintyreGB

    9 ways of moving, 15 sources

    471 km

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

Around it

Next door to Tripontium

Tripontium is 20 km from Coventry, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.

  • Lutterworthtown in Leicestershire, England, UK5.5 km
  • Clifton upon Dunsmorevillage and civil parish in Warwickshire, England, UK2.2 km
  • Lilbournevillage and civil parish in Northamptonshire, United Kingdom3.7 km
  • Churchovervillage and civil parish in Warwickshire, United Kingdom2.3 km
  • Catthorpevillage in Leicestershire, England, UK2 km
  • Swinfordvillage and civil parish in Leicestershire, England, UK3.2 km