Shearsby
in Leicestershire of England, United Kingdom
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Sywell Aerodrome (19 mi) - Coventry Airport (19 mi)
- East Midlands Airport (24 mi)
- RAF Cottesmore (24 mi)
- Birmingham International Airport (28 mi)
- Nottingham Airport (28 mi)
- Oxford (Kidlington) Airport (48 mi)
- RAF Waddington (51 mi)
- London Luton Airport (53 mi)
- RAF Brize Norton (57 mi)
- Robin Hood Doncaster Sheffield Airport (67 mi)
- Derwent Valley Mills (Unesco heritage, 43 mi)
- Blenheim Palace (Unesco heritage, 50 mi)
- Liverpool – Maritime Mercantile City (Unesco heritage, 62 mi)
- City of Bath (Unesco heritage, 82 mi)
- Tower of London (Unesco heritage, 85 mi)
- Palace of Westminster and Westminster Abbey including Saint Margaret’s Church (Unesco heritage, 87 mi)
- Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Unesco heritage, 92 mi)
- Saltaire (Unesco heritage, 99 mi)
- Stonehenge, Avebury and Associated Sites (Unesco heritage, 100 mi)
- Studley Royal Park including the Ruins of Fountains Abbey (Unesco heritage, 114 mi)
- Kilworth Springs Golf Club (Golf course, 5 mi)
- Humberstone Heights Golf Club (Golf course, 10 mi)
- Kirby Muxloe Golf Club (Golf course, 10 mi)
- Beedles Lake Golf Centre (Golf course, 14 mi)
- Greetham Valley Hotel Golf and Conference Centre (Golf course, 18 mi)
- Edwalton Golf Club (Golf course, 28 mi)
- Decimal Coordinates (Latitude, Longitude):
- 52.512 and -1.083 (Lat./Lng.)
- Coordinates by Time:
- N 52° 30' 44" and W -1° 4' 59"
- 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: 12:47 AM (Saturday)
- Timezone: Europe/London
- UTC/GMT offset: 0 hours
- Sunrise and Sunset:
- 5:53 am and 8:13 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: 2024-04-19 08:03:45
Explore Shearsby
Shearsby in Leicestershire (England) is located in United Kingdom about 80 mi (or 129 km) north-west of London, the country's capital.
Local time in Shearsby is now 12:47 AM (Saturday). The local timezone is named Europe / London with an UTC offset of one hour. We know of 11 airports in the wider vicinity of Shearsby, of which 5 are larger airports. The closest airport in United Kingdom is Sywell Aerodrome in a distance of 19 mi (or 30 km), South-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 43 mi (or 69 km), North-East. Also, if you like golfing, there are multiple options in driving distance. If you need a place to sleep, we compiled a list of available hotels close to the map centre further down the page.
Depending on your travel schedule, you might want to pay a visit to some of the following locations: Leicester, Glenfield, Northampton, Ridlington and Brooke. To further explore this place, just scroll down and browse the available info.
Local weather forecast
Todays Local Weather Conditions & Forecast: 12°C / 54 °F
| Morning Temperature | 9°C / 48 °F |
| Evening Temperature | 7°C / 45 °F |
| Night Temperature | 3°C / 37 °F |
| Chance of rainfall | 0% |
| Air Humidity | 72% |
| Air Pressure | 1016 hPa |
| Wind Speed | Fresh Breeze with 15 km/h (9 mph) from South-East |
| Cloud Conditions | Broken clouds, covering 78% of sky |
| General Conditions | Light rain |
Saturday, 20th of April 2024
9°C (49 °F)
2°C (35 °F)
Broken clouds, moderate breeze.
Sunday, 21st of April 2024
9°C (49 °F)
2°C (35 °F)
Overcast clouds, moderate breeze.
Monday, 22nd of April 2024
3°C (38 °F)
4°C (39 °F)
Light rain, light breeze, overcast clouds.
Hotels and Places to Stay
The Glasshouse Autograph Collection
Ramada Leicester Stage
Little Lodge
Leicester South (Oadby)
Videos from this area
These are videos related to the place based on their proximity to this place.
Lightning Preservation Group Photo Day 4th April 2009
Lightning Preservation Group Photo Day 09 .
Nimrod fast taxi
This was the Nimrod's first fast taxi run at Bruntingthorpe. Seemed to me that most people were waiting for her to go down the runway as a lot of people went to leave after she did :)
English Electric Lightning XS904 - May 2010
English Electric Lightning XS904 returns from its fast taxi run and shows off in front of the crowd before shutting down.
Wet Lightning Taxi Run - Bruntingthorpe - 23 August 1998
A high speed taxi run by a Lightning Preservation Group machine from August 1998. Our friends on the '558 team had allowed us to shelter under the Vulcan to keep dry - or so we thought!
De Havilland DH106 Comet 4C
De Havilland DH106 Comet 4C taxi run at Bruntingthorpe 6th May 2012.
Lightning and Hunter fast taxi
Jimmy Dell memorial day @ Bruntingthorpe Fast taxi runs by the Hunter and LPGs EE Lightning.
Lightning XR728 Fast Taxi
728s first public taxi since 2005 . Still 1 burner is u/s but the LPG will continue to chase the fault and fix her , good luck guys :)
Cold War Jets 29th May 2011
Sorry about the sound break up in this vid , nothing I can do about it im afraid :(
Comet
Comet at Bruntingthorpe 08, short clip - it was raining too heavily.
XH558 Vulcan out of the hangar 18Oct07
XH558 sits in the morning sunshine after being rolled out of the hangar at Bruntingthorpe. Two hours later it flew again. Magnificent.
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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.
Walton, Leicestershire
Walton is a village in the county of Leicestershire in the English Midlands, south of Leicester and west of Market Harborough. The village has a pub named The Dog and Gun. According to the local population the Village is supposedly haunted by at least 4 ghosts. Including the appearance of the hanging body of a local person, that has been spotted by motorists driving out of the village at night, in one of the large trees on the roadside.
RAF Bruntingthorpe
RAF Bruntingthorpe was a Royal Air Force station in Leicestershire between 1942 and 1962.
Fleckney
Fleckney is a village and civil parish in the Harborough district of Leicestershire, England The village appeared in the Domesday Book, and was a farming community until the 19th century, which saw development of industry, first bricks (some were used in the construction of St Pancras railway station) and then later hosiery. The population increased after the Second World War with new housing being constructed, and reached 4,295 according to the 1991 census, most of whom now commute.
Knaptoft
Knaptoft is a civil parish in the Harborough district of Leicestershire, England, with a population of around 50. It is also a deserted village in this parish. Knaptoft is just off the A5199 near Husbands Bosworth. Knaptoft House Farm is a nearby bed and breakfast and stud farm. The medieval fish ponds were restored from 1976 to 1982 and are now run commercially.
Shearsby
Shearsby is a rural village in the English county of Leicestershire. It is in the Harborough district around nine miles due south of Leicester and north east of Lutterworth. In the early 17th Century the Vicar of St Mary Magdelene, and also Rector of Knaptoft was Puritan John Moore, who wrote A Mappe of Man's Mortalite in 1617 and often struggled to maintain his principles against the authorities within the Church of England.
Kilby
Kilby is a village and civil parish in the Blaby district of Leicestershire, England. It is the easternmost village in the district, and is south of Leicester. It has a population of about 300. Kilby has only one pub called the Dog & Gun, An Anglican Primary School and a Parish Church. There is also a park for the residents of Kilby. The park has a small football field, swings, a roundabout, climbing obstacles and a picnic table.
Arnesby
Arnesby is a village and civil parish in the Harborough district of Leicestershire, England. According to the 2001 census the parish had a population of 343. The village is south of Leicester, on the Welford Road, between Kilby and Shearsby. The village has an early 12th century Norman church and a Baptist church which dates from the early 18th century. The Rev. Robert Hall was born at Arnesby, where his father, Robert Hall, was pastor of the Baptist congregation.
Bruntingthorpe, Leicestershire
Bruntingthorpe is a village and civil parish in the Harborough district of Leicestershire, England. According to the census the parish had a population of 398. The parish also includes the hamlet of Upper Bruntingthorpe. The former RAF Bruntingthorpe is now Bruntingthorpe Aerodrome.
These are some bigger and more relevant cities in the wider vivinity of Shearsby.
- Leicester
- Glenfield
- Northampton
- Ridlington
- Brooke
- Langham
- Preston
- Oakham
- Manton
- Wing
- Ashwell
- Seaton
- Burley
- Coventry
- Nottingham
- Morcott
- Keresley
- Market Overton
- Cottesmore
- Edith Weston
- Hanslope
- North Luffenham
- South Luffenham
- Exton
- Ravenstone
- Castlethorpe
- Stoke Goldington
- Greetham
- Weston Underwood
- Hanwell