Village in Leicestershire, England

Plungar

Plungar is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Redmile, and the Melton district of Leicestershire, England.

Plan a trip to Plungar→From Birmingham, West Midlands

Every way there

Birmingham, West Midlands → Plungar
84 km · quickest by road, 2h 5m · £10–13
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Manchester, Greater Manchester → Plungar
112 km · quickest by road, 3h · £14–19
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Luton, Luton → Plungar
117 km · quickest by road, 2h 28m · £14–19
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The field note

What is in and around Plungar, ranked by how widely it is written about, how you reach it, and the nearest places where we have researched how people move.

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What Plungar has

YScheduled flightsNottingham, Leicestershire (EMA), 32 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: Nottingham, 21 km.

52.897°, -0.859°

It is about nine miles north of the market town of Melton Mowbray and seven miles west from Grantham. Plungar is adjacent to the Grantham Canal and stands in the Vale of Belvoir. In 1931 the parish had a population of 205.

How locals move

Getting around Plungar the local way

Go nextDirect trains to London mean that the capital is in easy reach for a day trip or to continue your travels.

From Wikivoyage: East Midlands, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us. Last edited 2025-06.

Text adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.