Great Glen in England
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Via Devana

The Via Devana was a Roman Road in England that ran from Colchester in the south-east to Chester in the north-west. Both were important Roman military centres and it is conjectured that the main reason the road was constructed was military rather than civilian. The Latin name for Chester is Deva and it was thus 'The Chester Road'. Colchester was Colonia Victricensis 'the City of Victory' and lays claim to be the oldest Roman city in Britain.

Located at 52.6002, -1.03529 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Roman roads in Britannia, Newport, Shropshire, Archaeological sites in Essex, Archaeological sites in Cheshire, Archaeological sites in Shropshire

Great Glen railway station

Great Glen railway station was built by the Midland Railway in 1857 on its extension from Leicester to Bedford and Hitchin. Originally simply Glen, it was later renamed Glen Magna before receiving its final name. Passengers services finished in 1951, while goods services continued it was unstaffed in 1962, finally closing in 1964. The station houses remain and are occupied by a commercial business. Preceding station Disused railways Following station Wigston Magna   Midland Railway   Kibworth

Located at 52.5607, -1.0414 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Transport in Leicestershire, Disused railway stations in Leicestershire, Railway stations opened in 1857, Railway stations closed in 1964

Wistow, Leicestershire

Wistow is a hamlet and deserted medieval village in the English county of Leicestershire located to the south of the city of Leicester. The Elizabethan Hall and the 13th century parish church dedicated to Saint Wigstan remain. The name derives from Wistan's Stowe. Nowadays Wistow is notable as the location of a rural crafts and garden centre and of a maize maze.

Located at 52.5572, -1.05743 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Villages in Leicestershire

Wistow and Newton Harcourt

Wistow and Newton Harcourt is a civil parish in the English county of Leicestershire. It forms part of Harborough district. As both versions of its name suggests the main settlements in the parish are Newton Harcourt (which lost its civil parish status in 1936) and Wistow. {{#invoke:Coordinates|coord}}{{#coordinates:52.561|-1.057|region:GB|||||| |primary |name= }}

Located at 52.561, -1.057 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Civil parishes in Leicestershire, Civil parishes in Harborough

Newton Harcourt

Newton Harcourt is a village in the English county of Leicestershire, south of the city of Leicester. Newton Harcourt is divided from its church by the Grand Union Canal's Leicester Arm and the Midland Main Line railway both of which pass to the south of the main settlement. Administratively, Newton Harcourt forms part of the civil parish of Wistow Cum Newton Harcourt and of the district of Harborough.

Located at 52.5672, -1.06167 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Villages in Leicestershire

Pennbury

Pennbury was the working name given to a proposed eco-town of 15,000 to 20,000 new homes intended to be built on Leicester Airport, four miles from the centre of Leicester. On 16 July 2009, Housing Minister John Healey announced that the Pennbury project would not go ahead. The site is in the Harborough district council area and straddles the Harborough parliamentary constituency where the MP is Edward Garnier and the Rutland and Melton parliamentary constituency where the MP is Alan Duncan.

Located at 52.604, -1.039 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Leicestershire, Eco-towns

Great Glen Methodist Church

Great Glen Methodist Church, Leicestershire was built in 1827 and a church hall was later added to the east of the Church in 1979. See more detail of the history of the church below in the History section.

Located at 52.575, -1.0325 (Lat. / Lng.), about 0 miles away.
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Churches in Leicestershire, Religious buildings completed in 1827, 19th-century Methodist church buildings

Little Stretton, Leicestershire

Little Stretton is a small village and civil parish in the Harborough district of Leicestershire. Within the parish, to the west of Little Stretton village, lies a deserted medieval village called Stretton Magna (or Great Stretton). Gartree Road, a Roman Road, runs through the parish, adjacent to both Little and Great Stretton, and is the reason for those settlements' names.

Located at 52.5953, -1.01389 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Villages in Leicestershire, Civil parishes in Leicestershire, Civil parishes in Harborough