Allexton
in Leicestershire of England, United Kingdom

Noteable things around
Location Summary
Decimal Coordinates (Latitude, Longitude):
52.596 and -0.791 (Lat./Lng.)
Coordinates by Time:
N 52° 35' 47" and W -0° 47' 27"
Currency and Currency Code:
Pound - GBP
Spoken languages:
English, Welsh, Scottish Gaelic
Local electricity:
230 V - 50 Hz (plugs: G)
Mobile phone / cellular frequencies (MHz):
900 MHz, 1800 MHz, 3G, 4G
Local Time: 01:44 PM (Friday)
Timezone: Europe/London
UTC/GMT offset: 0 hours
Sunrise and Sunset:
5:39 am and 8:22 pm
Antipode Coordinates:
-45.817 and 170.717 (Lat./Lng.)
Closest place to antipode coordinates:
Otakou
References
This place on Wikipedia
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Current travel safety evaluation for United Kingdom in Northern Europe

Safety Score: 3,0 of 5.0 based on data from 9 authorites. Meaning we advice caution when travelling to United Kingdom.

Travel warnings are updated daily. Source: Travel Warning United Kingdom. Last Update: 2024-04-26 08:02:42

Delve into Allexton

Allexton in Leicestershire (England) is a town located in United Kingdom about 80 mi (or 129 km) north of London, the country's capital town.

Time in Allexton is now 01:44 PM (Friday). The local timezone is named Europe / London with an UTC offset of one hour. We know of 12 airports closer to Allexton, of which 5 are larger airports. The closest airport in United Kingdom is RAF Cottesmore in a distance of 11 mi (or 18 km), North-East. Besides the airports, there are other travel options available (check left side).

There are several Unesco world heritage sites nearby. The closest heritage site in United Kingdom is Derwent Valley Mills in a distance of 32 mi (or 52 km), North. Also, if you like the game of golf, there are some options within driving distance. In need of a room? We compiled a list of available hotels close to the map centre further down the page.

Since you are here already, you might want to pay a visit to some of the following locations: Ridlington, Brooke, Preston, Oakham and Manton. To further explore this place, just scroll down and browse the available info.

Local weather forecast

Todays Local Weather Conditions & Forecast: 6°C / 43 °F

Morning Temperature 1°C / 33 °F
Evening Temperature 6°C / 43 °F
Night Temperature 2°C / 36 °F
Chance of rainfall 1%
Air Humidity 80%
Air Pressure 1005 hPa
Wind Speed Gentle Breeze with 8 km/h (5 mph) from South-West
Cloud Conditions Overcast clouds, covering 97% of sky
General Conditions Light rain

Saturday, 27th of April 2024

6°C (43 °F)
5°C (41 °F)
Light rain, moderate breeze, overcast clouds.

Sunday, 28th of April 2024

12°C (53 °F)
5°C (41 °F)
Light rain, moderate breeze, overcast clouds.

Monday, 29th of April 2024

12°C (54 °F)
6°C (42 °F)
Light rain, moderate breeze, few clouds.

Hotels and Places to Stay

The Old Wisteria Hotel

Address
5,7 mi
Catmose Street
LE15 6HW Oakham
United Kingdom

Time Information

Checkout: 11:00 - Checkin: 14:00
Reception
Weekday: -
Weekend: closed


Brook Whipper-In Hotel

Address
5,7 mi
Market Place
LE15 6DT Oakham
United Kingdom

Time Information

Checkout: 11:00 - Checkin: 15:00
Reception
Weekday: 0:00 - 24:00
Weekend: 0:00 - 24:00


Hambleton Hall

Address
5,4 mi
HAMBLETON
LE15 8TH Egleton,Oakham
United Kingdom

Time Information

Checkout: 12:00 - Checkin: 15:00
Reception
Weekday: -
Weekend: closed


Videos from this area

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Shell Guides Travel Series by artist John Piper

Published: April 02, 2013
Length: 33:35 min
Rating: 5 of 5
Author: Goldmark Gallery

The Shell Guide series started in June 1934, with Betjeman's Cornwall, and continued until 1984, by which time about half the country had been covered. The series was sponsored by the oil company...


Shoji Hamada's Reference Museum with Phil Rogers

Published: March 31, 2014
Length: 08:42 min
Rating: 5 of 5
Author: Goldmark Gallery

During Phil's trip to Japan in 2008 he visited Hamada Shoji's reference museum, Mashiko. Phil shows us around Hamada's house, gallery, workshop, kiln and grounds. Much of the reference museum...


John Piper 'An Empty Stage' feature film

Published: August 12, 2014
Length: 34:25 min
Rating: 4 of 5
Author: Goldmark Gallery

John Piper was a complete artist who was inspired by all areas of artistic expression. His life was extraordinary in the true sense of real work and activity, real innovation, experiment and...


Nic Collins: Wood Fired Pots 'The Hard-Won Art'

Published: March 20, 2014
Length: 03:08 min
Rating: 4 of 5
Author: Goldmark Gallery

View new exhibition pots by Nic Collins here » http://bit.ly/10Wg5YN We sent our filmmaker Alex J. Wright down to Nic Collins' pottery to record the last kiln opening before his 2014 ceramics...


Home Farm, Iping 1944 by Ivon Hitchens

Published: February 17, 2014
Length: 02:14 min
Rating: 1 of 5
Author: Goldmark Gallery

Peter Khoroche presents 'the Ted Floate collection', a series of unseen works by British abstract artist, Ivon Hitchens. £1 million of art found in a woodcutter's cottage! How did a humble...


Ivon Hitchens | Encounter in the Woods | Exhibition Invitation

Published: March 07, 2014
Length: 49:49 min
Rating: 5 of 5
Author: Goldmark Gallery

View work by Ivon Hitchens here » http://www.bit.ly/1dSPY8q £1 million of art found in a woodcutter's cottage. How did a humble woodsman (Ted Floate) come to own a collection of Ivon Hitchens...


John Piper (artist) - Aldeburgh and Venice

Published: August 08, 2014
Length: 50:05 min
Rating: 5 of 5
Author: Goldmark Gallery

John Piper had a keen interest in the stage and worked with Benjamin Britten, designing the sets for what was to be his final opera Death in Venice. Work by John Piper can be viewed here:...


Phil Rogers Firing his Wood Kiln 2008

Published: April 03, 2014
Length: 46:55 min
Rating: 4 of 5
Author: Goldmark Gallery

Watch British potter Phil Rogers, firing his Wood-Kiln for only the second time in 2008. A must watch for anyone learning about ceramics. For more videos about Phil Rogers click here: http://bit.l...


Jankel Adler: 'The Work' by art historian Richard Cork

Published: May 16, 2014
Length: 16:53 min
Rating: 5 of 5
Author: Goldmark Gallery

Jankel Adler is considered one of the great modern artists from the first half of the twentieth century. His contemporary's include: Pablo Picasso, Paul Klee and Otto Dix. In this video, famous...


Phil Rogers 'A Passion for Pots' ceramics feature film

Published: March 27, 2014
Length: 25:51 min
Rating: 4 of 5
Author: Goldmark Gallery

Phil Rogers is a world renowned British potter and our film follows him on trips to Japan and the USA. Watch him throwing on the wheel, glazing, and firing pots in his wood kiln at his studio...


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Attractions and noteworthy things

Distances are based on the centre of the city/town and sightseeing location. This list contains brief abstracts about monuments, holiday activities, national parcs, museums, organisations and more from the area as well as interesting facts about the region itself. Where available, you'll find the corresponding homepage. Otherwise the related wikipedia article.

Kings Hill, Rutland

Kings Hill is a hamlet in the East Midlands county of Rutland, England, near the border between civil parishes of Beaumont Chase and Uppingham.

Located at 52.58, -0.751 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
Wikipedia Article
Hamlets in England, Geography of Rutland

Launde

Launde is a civil parish in the Harborough district of Leicestershire, bordering Rutland. The parish is the site of Launde Abbey. It gives its name to an electoral division of Leicestershire that stretches all the way from Scraptoft, Thurnby and Stoughton, near Leicester, to the border with Rutland. Launde Park lies in the valley of the River Chater. The Elizabethan house embodies the relics of the old priory and is an E-shaped building of two storeys.

Located at 52.629, -0.83 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3 miles away.
Wikipedia Article
Villages in Leicestershire, Civil parishes in Leicestershire, Civil parishes in Harborough

Hallaton Rural District

The rural district of Hallaton existed in Leicestershire, England from 1894 to 1935. It included the following civil parishes, which were the parts of the Uppingham Rural Sanitary District in Leicestershire. Blaston Bringhurst Drayton Great Easton Hallaton Horninghold Medbourne Nevill Holt Stockerston In 1935 it was merged into the Market Harborough Rural District, under the review caused by the Local Government Act 1929.

Located at 52.56, -0.83 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3 miles away.
Wikipedia Article
History of Leicestershire, Local government in Leicestershire, Districts of England created by the Local Government Act 1894, Rural districts of England

Stockerston

Stockerston is a village and civil parish in the Harborough district of Leicestershire, England, located on the border with Rutland, by the Eye Brook. According to the 2001 census the parish had a population of 35. The two principle buildings in the village are Stockerston Church and Stockerston Hall

Located at 52.5667, -0.766667 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
Wikipedia Article
Villages in Leicestershire, Civil parishes in Leicestershire, Civil parishes in Harborough

Launde Abbey

Launde Abbey is located in Leicestershire, England, 14 miles east of the city of Leicester and six miles south west of Oakham, Rutland. The building is used as a conference and retreat centre, by the Church of England Dioceses of Leicester and Peterborough.

Located at 52.6312, -0.8234 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3 miles away.
Wikipedia Article
Country houses in Leicestershire, Monasteries in Leicestershire, Augustinian monasteries in England, Scheduled Ancient Monuments in Leicestershire, 1125 establishments, 1120s establishments in England, 1530s disestablishments in England, Christian monasteries established in the 12th century

East Norton railway station

East Norton railway station was a railway station serving the village of East Norton, Leicestershire. The station was half a mile east of the village on the north side of the Uppingham to Leicester road, now the A47. on the Great Northern and London and North Western Joint Railway. It opened in 1879 and closed in 1953. Former Services Preceding station Disused railways Following station Tilton   London and North Western Railway   Hallaton Tilton   Great Northern Railway   Hallaton

Located at 52.5948, -0.8306 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
Wikipedia Article
Disused railway stations in Leicestershire, Railway stations opened in 1879, Railway stations closed in 1953

Stockerston Hall

Stockerston Hall is a late-18th-century English country house in Leicestershire, near the town of Uppingham, Rutland. It is a Grade II listed building. The Manor of Stockerston was owned by the Boyville family in the 15th century and passed by marriage to Sothill and then to Drury. It was sold by Henry Drury in 1580 to John Burton of Braunston, whose son was the first of the Burton baronets of Stockerston.

Located at 52.5689, -0.7718 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
Wikipedia Article
Grade II listed buildings in Leicestershire, Country houses in Leicestershire, History of Leicestershire

St Peter's Church, Allexton

St Peter's Church, Allexton, is a redundant Anglican church in the village of Allexton, Leicestershire, England. It has been designated by English Heritage as a Grade II* listed building, and is under the care of the Churches Conservation Trust. Its most important feature is the Norman north arcade dating from about 1160.

Located at 52.5953, -0.7944 (Lat. / Lng.), about 0 miles away.
Wikipedia Article, Homepage
Grade II* listed buildings in Leicestershire, Grade II* listed churches, Church of England churches in Leicestershire, Norman architecture, 12th-century architecture, English Gothic architecture, 15th-century architecture, Churches preserved by the Churches Conservation Trust


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Allexton