Wanlip
Wanlip is a small village and civil parish in the Charnwood district of Leicestershire, with a population measured at 305 at the 2011 census.

Wanlip is a small village and civil parish in the Charnwood district of Leicestershire, with a population measured at 305 at the 2011 census. It is a countryside village, north of Birstall, and west of Watermead Country Park and the River Soar. The A46 road runs directly past the village. Wanlip won the 2008 Leicester and Rutland Best Village Competition for villages with a population under 500.
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Worth seeing in and around Wanlip
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.
- 01Belgrave 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.
3.6 km · Queen Anne-style Grade II* listed building in Belgrave, Leicester, England, UK · Wikipedia - 02Rothley 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.
3.1 km · building in Rothley, Leicestershire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 03St 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.
2.9 km · Grade I listed parish church in Syston, Charnwood, Leicestershire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 04Parish Church of St Peter
St Peter's Church is a church in Belgrave, Leicestershire. It is a Grade II* listed building.
3.6 km · church in Belgrave, Leicester, England, UK · Wikipedia - 05Church 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.
1.9 km · church building in Birstall, Charnwood, Leicestershire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 06The 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.
2.7 km · monument in Rushey Mead · Wikipedia - 07St Mary's Church, Barkby
St Mary's Church, Barkby is the Church of England Parish Church for Barkby, Leicestershire, England. The church dates from the late 13th century and was extensively renovated in the 19th century.
3.9 km · Grade I listed church in Barkby, Charnwood, Leicestershire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 08Church 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.
2.3 km · church in Rothley, Charnwood, Leicestershire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 09Birstall Meadows
Birstall Meadows is a 15.6 hectares Local Nature Reserve east of Birstall in Leicestershire. It is part of Watermead Country Park, and is owned and managed by Leicester City Council.
1.1 km · park in United Kingdom · Wikipedia - 10Wanlip Meadows
Wanlip Meadows is a 16.2 hectares nature reserve south of Wanlip and north of Leicester. It is owned and managed by the Leicestershire and Rutland Wildlife Trust.
500 m · park in United Kingdom · Wikipedia
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Getting to Wanlip
- Airports
- East Midlands (EMA), 21 km · Birmingham (BHX), 50 km · London Luton (LTN), 104 km
- Stations
- Syston railway station, 2.2 km · Rothley railway station, 3.4 km
- Birmingham, West Midlands → Wanlip58 km · quickest by road, 1h 22m · £7–9
- Luton, Luton → Wanlip103 km · quickest by road, 2h 4m · £11–15
- London → Wanlip149 km · quickest by road, 2h 49m · £16–21
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
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 Wanlip
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 Wanlip. 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 Wanlip – the stand, the rule, the fare – tell us, and the note gets an entry.
Next door to Wanlip
Wanlip is 6 km from Leicester, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Systontown in Leicestershire, England, UK2.6 km
- Birstallvillage and civil parish in Leicestershire, England2 km
- Rothleyvillage and civil parish in Leicestershire, UK2.5 km
- Thurmastonvillage and civil parish in Leicestershire, UK2 km
- Barkbyvillage and civil parish in Leicestershire, United Kingdom3.7 km
- Barkby Thorpehamlet and civil parish in Leicestershire, United Kingdom3.9 km