Ashby Folville
District of Barsby
in Leicestershire of England, United Kingdom
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RAF Cottesmore (14 mi) - Nottingham Airport (16 mi)
- East Midlands Airport (18 mi)
- Sywell Aerodrome (28 mi)
- Coventry Airport (31 mi)
- Birmingham International Airport (37 mi)
- RAF Waddington (37 mi)
- RAF Scampton (46 mi)
- Robin Hood Doncaster Sheffield Airport (54 mi)
- London Luton Airport (62 mi)
- RAF Brize Norton (70 mi)
- Derwent Valley Mills (Unesco heritage, 30 mi)
- Liverpool – Maritime Mercantile City (Unesco heritage, 49 mi)
- Blenheim Palace (Unesco heritage, 61 mi)
- Saltaire (Unesco heritage, 85 mi)
- Tower of London (Unesco heritage, 93 mi)
- City of Bath (Unesco heritage, 95 mi)
- Palace of Westminster and Westminster Abbey including Saint Margaret’s Church (Unesco heritage, 95 mi)
- Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Unesco heritage, 99 mi)
- Studley Royal Park including the Ruins of Fountains Abbey (Unesco heritage, 101 mi)
- Stonehenge, Avebury and Associated Sites (Unesco heritage, 110 mi)
- Beedles Lake Golf Centre (Golf course, 4 mi)
- Humberstone Heights Golf Club (Golf course, 6 mi)
- Greetham Valley Hotel Golf and Conference Centre (Golf course, 10 mi)
- Kirby Muxloe Golf Club (Golf course, 12 mi)
- Edwalton Golf Club (Golf course, 16 mi)
- Kilworth Springs Golf Club (Golf course, 18 mi)
- Belton Woods Woodside Course (Golf course, 20 mi)
- Decimal Coordinates (Latitude, Longitude):
- 52.695 and -0.968 (Lat./Lng.)
- Coordinates by Time:
- N 52° 41' 43" and W -0° 58' 4"
- Currency and Currency Code:
- Pound - GBP
- Spoken languages:
- English, Welsh, Scottish Gaelic
- Local electricity:
- Mobile phone / cellular frequencies (MHz):
- Local Time: 10:02 PM (Saturday)
- Timezone: Europe/London
- UTC/GMT offset: 0 hours
- Sunrise and Sunset:
- 6:23 am and 9:37 pm
- Antipode Coordinates:
- -45.817 and 170.717 (Lat./Lng.)
- Closest place to antipode coordinates:
Otakou - References
- This place on Geonames.org
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: 2024-05-04 08:22:41
Touring Ashby Folville
The district Ashby Folville of Barsby in Leicestershire (England) is a subburb located in United Kingdom about 90 mi north-west of London, the country's capital place.
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Local weather forecast
Todays Local Weather Conditions & Forecast: 16°C / 60 °F
| Morning Temperature | 8°C / 47 °F |
| Evening Temperature | 13°C / 56 °F |
| Night Temperature | 9°C / 48 °F |
| Chance of rainfall | 0% |
| Air Humidity | 64% |
| Air Pressure | 1009 hPa |
| Wind Speed | Gentle Breeze with 8 km/h (5 mph) from North-East |
| Cloud Conditions | Broken clouds, covering 67% of sky |
| General Conditions | Broken clouds |
Sunday, 5th of May 2024
16°C (62 °F)
10°C (50 °F)
Light rain, gentle breeze, scattered clouds.
Monday, 6th of May 2024
14°C (57 °F)
9°C (49 °F)
Light rain, gentle breeze, overcast clouds.
Tuesday, 7th of May 2024
17°C (62 °F)
11°C (51 °F)
Light rain, light breeze, scattered clouds.
Hotels and Places to Stay
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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.
Frisby on the Wreake
Frisby on the Wreake is a village in England located near Melton Mowbray in Leicestershire. The name of the village was coined by Danish invaders in the 9th or 10th centuries and refers to the farm or settlement of the Frisians. The "on the Wreake" suffix was added later to distinguish the village from another Frisby, near Billesdon, about 8 mi to the south east. Wreake refers to the River Wreake.
Frisby, Leicestershire
Frisby is a hamlet, deserted medieval village and civil parish in the Harborough district of Leicestershire. According to the 2001 census the parish had a population of 26. The modern hamlet is situated between Gaulby and Billesdon, the ancient village site is nearby to the south-east, and is a Scheduled Ancient Monument.
Great Dalby
Great Dalby is quite a large village 3 miles south of Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire. It has a population of between 300-400 and the parish church of St. Swithun was built during the 14th century. It is referred to in some UK census records as Dalby Magna.
Gaddesby
Gaddesby is a village in Leicestershire, England, south of Melton Mowbray and north east of Leicester. In 1936 the civil parish of Ashby Folville was merged with Gaddesby. Present day Gaddesby has 170 households and a population of almost 450. Recent housing development has made the village a popular, rural dormitory for Leicester.
Melton Mowbray Navigation
The Melton Mowbray Navigation was formed when the River Wreake in Leicestershire, England, was made navigable upstream from its junction with the River Soar and the Leicester Navigation near Syston to Melton Mowbray, opening in 1797. Largely river navigation, there were numerous lock cuts, to accommodate the 12 broad locks built along its length, many of which were built at sites where it was necessary to maintain the water levels for an adjacent mill.
Brooksby Hall
Brooksby Hall is a 16th century manor house in 3.2 square kilometres of land between Leicester and Melton Mowbray and is 13 kilometres northeast of Leicester. Many famous and influential people have lived at the hall. The Villiers family lived at the hall for almost 500 years from 1235 to 1711, when the last baronet, Sir William Villiers, 3rd Baronet, died. It was also the home of Admiral David Beatty.
Marefield Junction
Marefield Junction was a railway junction in Marefield, Leicestershire, England. Railway lines from the triangular junction ran westwards to Leicester, northwards to Nottingham and south to Market Harborough. There was never a station at this location, but just to the north was John O' Gaunt railway station; just to the south was Tilton railway station, and just to the west was Lowesby railway station.
Asfordby railway station
Asfordby railway station was a station serving the villages of Asfordby and Kirby Bellars in Leicestershire. The station was situated at a level crossing on the road between the two villages. It opened in 1846 and was originally named Kirby, but had been renamed Asfordby by 1863. It closed to passengers in 1951 but remained in use for goods until 1964.
Ingarsby railway station
Ingarsby railway station was a railway station in Ingarsby, Leicestershire, on the Great Northern Railway Leicester branch. It opened in 1882, closing to passengers on 29 April 1957 and to goods on 7 December 1953. To the west, about halfway to the next station at Thurnby, lies Ingarsby tunnel, 516 yards long. Former Services Preceding station Disused railways Following station Thurnby and Scraptoft Great Northern Railway Lowesby Thurnby and Scraptoft Great Northern Railway Lowesby
Lowesby railway station
Lowesby railway station (originally Loseby) was a railway station serving the villages of Lowesby and Tilton on the Hill, Leicestershire, on the Great Northern Railway Leicester branch.
John O' Gaunt railway station
John O' Gaunt railway station was a railway station serving the villages of Twyford and Burrough on the Hill, Leicestershire on the Great Northern and London and North Western Joint Railway. It opened in 1879 as Burrow & Twyford and was renamed John O' Gaunt in 1883. It closed to regular traffic in 1953. To the south of the station was Marefield Junction.
Great Dalby railway station
Great Dalby railway station was a railway station serving the village of Great Dalby, Leicestershire on the Great Northern and London and North Western Joint Railway. It opened in 1879 and closed to regular traffic in 1953. Former Services Preceding station Disused railways Following station John O' Gaunt London and North Western Railway Melton Mowbray North John O' Gaunt Great Northern Railway Melton Mowbray North
Twyford and Thorpe
Twyford and Thorpe is a civil parish in Leicestershire, England, comprising the villages of Twyford and Thorpe Satchville, and the hamlet of John O' Gaunt. The parish, which is in the Melton district, has a population of 612 at the time of the 2001 census. Twyford is in the south of the parish, and the name is derived from the two fords in the village.
Twyford, Leicestershire
Twyford is in the south of the parish of Twyford and Thorpe, and the name is derived from the two fords in the village. There are two churches in the village; St Andrew, which is a Grade I listed building with some parts dated from the 12th century, and a Methodist church. The other main focal points of Twyford consist of The Saddle Inn public house, run by mother and daughter Amanda and Eli Lowe, Twyford Recreation Ground and Twyford Village Hall.
Frisby railway station
Frisby railway station was a former station serving the village of Frisby on the Wreake in Leicestershire. The station was situated at a level crossing on the road to Hoby. The station opened in 1847 on the Syston and Peterborough Railway, but until 1849 it only had a service on Melton market days. It closed in 1961. There were no goods facilities at the station. Former Services Preceding station Disused railways Following station Brooksby Midland Railway Asfordby
Brooksby railway station
Brooksby railway station was a former station serving the villages of Brooksby, Hoby and Rotherby in Leicestershire. The station was situated at a level crossing on the Brooksby to Hoby road. The station opened in 1846 on the Syston and Peterborough Railway and closed in 1961. It remained in use for goods until 1964. Former Services Preceding station Disused railways Following station Rearsby Midland Railway Frisby
Lowesby
Lowesby is a small village and former manor eight miles east of Leicester in Leicestershire. Near the church is situated the Georgian mansion Lowesby Hall, the former manor house. The village once had Lowesby railway station on the way to Tilton on the Hill.
Cold Newton
Cold Newton is a small hamlet and civil parish in the Harborough district of Leicestershire. It is situated about two miles from Tilton on the Hill and two miles north of Billesdon. Some 700 feet above sea level, it overlooks the Wreake valley. For administrative purposes the village is linked with Lowesby parish. It has no church, public house or shop. A village green was created in 1977 to mark Queen Elizabeth II's Silver Jubilee on land gifted to the parish by the Quenby estate.
John O'Gaunt, Leicestershire
John O'Gaunt, (properly John O' Gaunt) is a locality in the English county of Leicestershire.
RAF Melton Mowbray
Royal Air Force Station Melton Mowbray or more simply RAF Melton Mowbray is a former Royal Air Force station located 2.3 miles south of the centre of Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire and 13.6 miles south east of Loughborough, Leicestershire, England.
Asfordby Hill
Asfordby Hill is a hamlet on the A6006 road, in the parish of Asfordby, in the Melton District, in the English county of Leicestershire.
Gaddesby Hall
Gaddesby Hall is an 18th-century brick-built house in the village of Gaddesby, Leicestershire. It was built in the late 1740s as a three-storey house. In 1950 the wings and top storey were demolished.
Quenby Hall
Quenby Hall is a Jacobean house in parkland near the villages of Cold Newton and Hungarton, Leicestershire, England. It is described by Pevsner as: the most important early-seventeenth century house in the county (of Leicestershire). The Hall is Grade I listed, and the park and gardens grade II, by English Heritage.
Burrough Court
Burrough Court is a former stately home in Burrough on the Hill near Melton Mowbray in the East Midlands, United Kingdom. Burrough Court was once the site of a large country house of which today only the stable yard, chauffer and grooms quarters remain. The remaining buildings have now been converted into office suites, meeting rooms and a conference centre.
Baggrave Hall
Baggrave Hall is an 18th-century Grade II* listed country house in the parish of Hungarton, Leicestershire, UK. It is a two and three-storey Palladian-style building constructed during the 1750s in ashlar, with a Swithland slate hipped roof and brick ridge chimney stacks. An additional wing in red brick can be dated to 1776. The current grounds of the hall cover 220 acres (0.89 km2). The hall was listed Grade II* in 1951.
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