Thornton
Thornton is a village in the civil parish of Bagworth and Thornton, in the Hinckley and Bosworth district, in the county of Leicestershire, England. It is a linear village lying along a scarp overlooking Thornton Reservoir.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Mat Fascione, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Photo: Mat Fascione, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Village with 991 residents
- Description: village in Leicestershire, United Kingdom
- Also known as: “Thornton, Leicestershire”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Church of St Peter and South Charnwood High School.
South Charnwood High School
School
South Charnwood High School is a mixed secondary school located between the villages of Markfield and Thornton in the Hinckley and Bosworth district of Leicestershire.
Church of St Michael
Church
Photo: Les Golding, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Church of St Michael is situated 2 miles northeast of Thornton.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Bagworth and Merry Lees.
Bagworth
Village
Photo: Bjrobinson, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Bagworth is a village in the civil parish of Bagworth and Thornton, in the Hinckley and Bosworth district, in Leicestershire, England, 9 miles west of Leicester.
Merry Lees
Hamlet
Merry Lees is a small settlement and industrial park located in the Hinckley and Bosworth district of Leicestershire, England. It forms as part of the Bagworth and Thornton civil parish.
Botcheston
Village
Photo: Mat Fascione, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Botcheston is a hamlet in the Hinckley and Bosworth district of Leicestershire about 6.5 miles west of Leicester. It is in the civil parish of Desford and about a mile north of the village. Botcheston is situated 2½ miles southeast of Thornton.
Thornton
Latitude
52.66866° or 52° 40′ 7″ northLongitude
-1.31902° or 1° 19′ 9″ westPopulation
991Elevation
486 feet (148 metres)Open location code
9C4WMM9J+F9OpenStreetMap ID
node 32346530OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
2635975Wikidata ID
Q7796487
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Welsh—“Thornton” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Thornton, Leicestershire”
- Irish: “Thornton”
- Polish: “Thornton (Leicestershire)”
- Polish: “Thornton”
- Spanish: “Thornton”
- Swedish: “Thornton, Leicestershire”
- Welsh: “Thornton, Swydd Gaerlŷr”
- Welsh: “Thornton”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Thornton Primary School and Thornton Plantation.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Thornton”. Photo: Mat Fascione, CC BY-SA 2.0.