Village in Leicestershire, England

Burrough on the Hill

Burrough-on-the Hill is a small village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Somerby, in the Melton district, in the county of Leicestershire, England.

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Birmingham, West Midlands → Burrough on the Hill
73 km · quickest by road, 1h 51m · £9–12
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Luton, Luton → Burrough on the Hill
95 km · quickest by road, 2h 29m · £11–15
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London → Burrough on the Hill
141 km · quickest by road, 3h 11m · £16–21
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What Burrough on the Hill has

YScheduled flightsNottingham, Leicestershire (EMA), 34 km
NTrains and coachesno timetable feed known for this country
NFerriesno crossing within 25 km
YDriving and taxiOpenStreetMap roads; cab fare from the country band
NBike and scooter shareno share feed known
NCruisesno open itinerary source anywhere

Y routable now · F found, not yet implemented · N no source known. Nearest place with more: Leicester, 18 km.

52.688°, -0.882°

It is 12 miles (19 km) north east of Leicester. The parish church is St. Mary the Virgin. Burrough Hill is an Iron Age hill fort near the village and is in an 86-acre (35 ha) country park of the same name. The hillfort stands on a promontory around 660 feet (200 m) above sea level, 7 miles (11 km) south of the ancient settlement of Melton Mowbray. In 1931 the parish had a population of 214.

Text adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Photograph: Robert Cutts from Bristol, England, UK (see Commons), Wikimedia Commons.