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Towns near LE5 1LR

Humberstone (1 Mile)*

Thurnby (2 Miles)*

Belgrave (2 Miles)*

Evington (3 Miles)*

Leicester (3 Miles)*
Leicester is one of the few cities in England that can trace its growth from the Iron Age. In Leicester you can travel through the ages, and learn about the history of the city in its excellent Museums, and by taking an Old Town Heritage Trail

Birstall (3 Miles)*
Birstall has become a major dormitory area for Leicester, but there are several examples of its earlier history in evidence.

Great Stretton (3 Miles)*

Houghton on the Hill (4 Miles)*

Syston (4 Miles)*
In Victorian times Syston was a busy cattle dealing town. There is still evidence of the late 18th century development in its conservation area around the parish church of St. Peter.

Hungerton (4 Miles)*

Queniborough (4 Miles)*
Queniborough is a pleasing conservation village with visible links back to the Civil War period. A 175 feet high crocketed spire, acknowledged by Pevsner to be one of the finest in Leicestershire, caps St. Mary's Church.

Oadby (4 Miles)*

Wigston (4 Miles)*

Little Stretton (5 Miles)*

Aylestone (5 Miles)*

Rearsby (5 Miles)*

Barsby (5 Miles)*

Thurcaston (5 Miles)*
Thurcaston claims to be the birthplace of the martyred Tudor Bishop, Hugh Latimer. As a youth, he may well have been familiar with All Saints Church, parts of which date back to Norman times.

Ratcliffe (5 Miles)*
Ratcliffe is sited between the banks of the River Wreake and the main A46 highway. Home to Ratcliffe College, started by Pugin in 1844 as the first Roman Catholic College in England since the Reformation.

Great Glen (5 Miles)*
Great Glen is a historic village located in the beautiful South Leicestershire countryside. Perfect for a great day out, Great Glen offers visitors many things to visit/do, including: Wistow Maze and Rural centre, a large village Library

Gaddesby (5 Miles)*

Braunstone (5 Miles)*

Rothley (5 Miles)*
Rothley is another stop on the Great Central Railway, a quiet village on the eastern edge of the Charnwood Forest, originally built around Rothley Brook, a tributary of the Soar.

Glen Parva (6 Miles)*
Glen Parva - The Manor House is of interest, dating back to the 14th century and local records suggest that the ill-fated King Charles I stayed there after the Battle of Naseby.

Anstey (6 Miles)*
Anstey's role as a southern gateway to the Charnwood Forest is shown by the 15th century Packhorse Bridge, just a mere 5 feet wide, straddling Rothley River.

* Distances shown are in a direct line. Distances by road will be longer.

Attractions near LE5 1LR

National Space Centre (3 Miles)*
The award winning National Space Centre is the UK's largest attraction dedicated to space.

Leicester Racecourse (3 Miles)*
Extending to 200 acres and steeped in more than 100 years of history, the Leicester Racecourse estate provides the perfect venue for the private or business client.

Gorse Hill City Farm (4 Miles)*
See the daily workings of the farm. Feed and touch the animals within a relaxed and friendly environment.

National Gas Museum (4 Miles)*
At the Gas Museum you will gain a fascinating insight into the story of gas past and present, with particular reference to the East Midlands region.

Great Central Railway (10 Miles)*
The Great Central Railway is Britain's only double track main line heritage railway. The stations of this railway are restored to different periods of the main line's history.

Melton Carnegie Museum (11 Miles)*
This exciting newly refurbished museum contains informative and innovative displays.

Harborough Museum (12 Miles)*
Harborough Museum is closed until Autumn 2009 while the site is refurbished to hold a new and important exhibition - the Hallaton Treasure!

Donington le Heath Manor House (14 Miles)*
Step back in time and experience how people really lived in Medieval, Tudor and Stuart Times at Donington le Heath Manor House.

Rutland County Museum (14 Miles)*
The Rutland County Museum is a warm ironstone building, erected in 1794-95 on the site of maltings by Sir Gerard Noel Edwards

Oakham Castle (14 Miles)*
The splendid Great Hall of Oakham Castle is one of the finest examples of late 12th century domestic architecture in England.

Snibston (14 Miles)*
Snibston is set on the site of a former colliery and consists of an award winning interactive museum, scheduled ancient colliery buildings, the Century Theatre, and a one hundred acre country park and nature reserve.

Bosworth Water Trust Leisure and Water Park (16 Miles)*
Bosworth Water Trust is a 50 acre leisure park with 20 acres of lakes for dinghy, boardsailing and fishing.

Stanford Hall (16 Miles)*
Stanford, where Shakespeare's Avon flows gently through the Park, has been the home of the Cave family, ancestors of the present owner Lady Braye since 1430.

Barnsdale Gardens (17 Miles)*
The Barnsdale Gardens familiar to millions of BBC2 viewers as the home of Geoff Hamilton and Gardeners World is open every day. The gardens comprise 37 individual gardens and features that all blend together by linking borders into one 8 acre garden.

Kelmarsh Hall and Gardens (17 Miles)*
Kelmarsh is a 3,363 acre (1361ha) agricultural estate at the heart of which stands the eighteenth century Kelmarsh Hall, surrounded by its pleasure gardens and parkland.

* Distances shown are in a direct line. Distances by road will be longer.