Whetstone

Whetstone is a village and civil parish in the Blaby district of , England. It is close to , which is five miles to the north. The population at the 2011 census was 6,556.
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Photo: Kate Jewell, CC BY-SA 2.0.
  • Type: Village with 6,560 residents
  • Description: village and civil parish in Blaby, Leicestershire, England
  • Also known as: “Whetstone, Leicestershire”

Places of Interest

Highlights: Church of St Peter and Narborough Bog.

Church
Photo: Kate Jewell, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Nature reserve
Photo: Dudley Miles, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is an 8.5-hectare biological Site…

Railway station
Photo: Mat Fascione, CC BY-SA 2.0.
serves the large village…

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Littlethorpe and Narborough.

Village
Photo: Mat Fascione, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a hamlet approximately six miles south…

Village
Photo: Kev747, Public domain.
is a large village and civil parish in the…

Suburb
is a large village to the south of , . is situated 2 miles east of Whetstone.

Whetstone

Latitude
52.56914° or 52° 34′ 9″ north
Longitude
-1.17882° or 1° 10′ 44″ west
Population
6,560
Elevation
233 feet (71 metres)
UN/LOCODE
GB WSO
Open location code
9C4WHR9C+MF
Open­Street­Map ID
node 26852572
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
2634156
Wiki­data ID
Q7993522
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In Other Languages

From Basque to Welsh—“Whetstone” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “Whetstone (Leicestershire)”
  • Basque: “Whetstone”
  • Bengali: “হোয়েটস্টোন”
  • Cebuano: “Whetstone (parokya)”
  • Cebuano: “Whetstone”
  • Chinese: “韋斯通”
  • Chinese: “韦斯通”
  • Dutch: “Whetstone”
  • French: “Whetstone”
  • German: “Whetstone”
  • Gujarati: “વેટસ્ટોન”
  • Hebrew: “וטסטון”
  • Irish: “Whetstone”
  • Japanese: “ウェットストーン”
  • Kannada: “ವೀಟ್ಟೋನ್”
  • Korean: “헤트스톤, 레스터셔”
  • Ladin: “Whetstone”
  • Lithuanian: “Vetstaunas”
  • Polish: “Whetstone”
  • Portuguese: “Whetstone”
  • Russian: “Уэтстоун”
  • Spanish: “Whetstone”
  • Swedish: “Whetstone, Leicestershire”
  • Swedish: “Whetstone”
  • Tamil: “வ்ஹீட்ஸ்டோன்”
  • Telugu: “వెట్ స్టోన్,”
  • Turkish: “Whetstone, Leicestershire”
  • Urdu: “وہیتسٹنی”
  • Welsh: “Whetstone, Swydd Gaerlŷr”
  • Welsh: “Whetstone”
  • “Whetstone”

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Localities in the Area

Places to explore: Blaby and Blaby Hill.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Blaby & Whetstone Youth Club and Whetstone United Reform Church.

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