Upper Broughton
Upper Broughton or Broughton-Sulney or Over-Broughton is a village and civil parish about seven miles north west of Melton Mowbray, in the Rushcliffe district of the county of Nottinghamshire, England.
Upper Broughton or Broughton-Sulney or Over-Broughton is a village and civil parish about seven miles north west of Melton Mowbray, in the Rushcliffe district of the county of Nottinghamshire, England. In 2011 the built-up area had a population of 327, the same as the parish. The parish count increased to 346 at the 2021 census. The parish touches Wymeswold, Hickling, Widmerpool, Broughton and Old Dalby and Willoughby on the Wolds. Upper Broughton is a conservation area that was designated in 1973 and is 16 hectares. The settlement is near the boundary with Leicestershire, and Nether Broughton is across the county boundary.
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Worth seeing in and around Upper Broughton
3 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.
- 01St Luke's Church, Hickling
St Luke's Church, Hickling is a Grade I listed parish church in the Church of England in Hickling, Nottinghamshire.
3.3 km · Grade I listed church in Hickling, Rushcliffe, Nottinghamshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 02St Luke's Church, Upper Broughton
St Luke's Church is a Grade I listed parish church in the Church of England in Upper Broughton.
100 m · church in Upper Broughton, Nottinghamshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 03Grantham Canal
The Grantham Canal ran 33 miles from Grantham through 18 locks to West Bridgford, where it joined the River Trent. It was built primarily for the transportation of coal to Grantham.
3.7 km · canal in the East Midlands, United Kingdom · Wikipedia
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Getting to Upper Broughton
- Airports
- East Midlands (EMA), 23 km · Birmingham (BHX), 66 km · Manchester (MAN), 104 km
- Birmingham, West Midlands → Upper Broughton72 km · quickest by road, 1h 42m · £9–12
- Manchester, Greater Manchester → Upper Broughton109 km · quickest by road, 2h 46m · £15–20
- Luton, Luton → Upper Broughton113 km · quickest by road, 2h 24m · £13–17
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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 Upper Broughton
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 Upper Broughton. 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 Upper Broughton – the stand, the rule, the fare – tell us, and the note gets an entry.
Next door to Upper Broughton
Upper Broughton is 18 km from Nottingham, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Hicklingvillage and civil parish in Nottinghamshire, UK1.1 km
- Broughton and Old Dalbycivil parish in Leicestershire, United Kingdom1.2 km
- Nether Broughtonvillage in Leicestershire, United Kingdom2 km
- Old Dalbyvillage in Leicestershire, United Kingdom2.5 km