Syston
Syston is a town and civil parish in the district of Charnwood in Leicestershire, England. The population was 11,508 at the 2001 census, rising to 12,804 at the 2011 census.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Town with 11,500 residents
- Description: town in Leicestershire, England, UK
- Also known as: “Syston, Charnwood” and “Syston, Leicestershire”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Syston railway station and Wreake Valley Academy.
Syston railway station
Railway station
Photo: Mat Fascione, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Syston railway station is a railway station serving the town of Syston in Leicestershire, England. The station is on the Midland Main Line from Leicester to Loughborough, 103 miles 63 chains down the line from London St Pancras.
Wreake Valley Academy
School
Wreake Valley Academy is a co-educational secondary school with academy status in Syston, Leicestershire, England. The school is known locally just as 'Wreake' or 'Wreake Valley', which is the name of the geographical area.
St Mary’s Church, Barkby
Church
Photo: Kate Jewell, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St Mary's Church, Barkby is the Church of England Parish Church for Barkby, Leicestershire, England. The church dates from the late 13th century and was extensively renovated in the 19th century.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Cossington and Birstall.
Cossington
Village
Photo: Kev747, Public domain.
Cossington is a village within the Soar Valley in Leicestershire, England. It is between Sileby, Rothley, Ratcliffe-on-the-Wreake and Syston. The population of the civil parish at the 2011 census was 598. Cossington is situated 1½ miles northwest of Syston.
Birstall
Village
Photo: Wesley Trevor Johnston, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Birstall is a large village and civil parish within the Charnwood borough of Leicestershire, England. It is three miles north of Leicester city centre and is part of the wider Leicester Urban Area. Birstall is situated 2½ miles southwest of Syston.
Sileby
Village
Photo: Kev747, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Sileby is a former industrial village and civil parish in the Soar Valley in the Charnwood borough of Leicestershire, England. It is located between Leicester and Loughborough. Sileby is situated 2½ miles northwest of Syston.
Syston
- Categories: civil parish and locality
- Location: Barkby, Charnwood District, Leicestershire, East Midlands, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
52.69925° or 52° 41′ 57″ northLongitude
-1.07298° or 1° 4′ 23″ westPopulation
11,500Elevation
207 feet (63 metres)United Nations Location Code
GB SYSOpen location code
9C4WMWXG+MROpenStreetMap ID
node 26852464OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Welsh—“Syston” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Syston”
- Basque: “Syston”
- Belarusian: “Сайстан”
- Bengali: “সিস্টন”
- Catalan: “Syston”
- Cebuano: “Syston”
- Chinese: “希斯頓”
- Chinese: “希斯顿”
- Chinese: “西斯顿”
- Dutch: “Syston”
- French: “Syston”
- German: “Syston”
- Gujarati: “સિસ્ટન”
- Hebrew: “סיסטון”
- Irish: “Syston”
- Italian: “Syston”
- Japanese: “シストン”
- Kannada: “ಸಿಸ್ಟನ್”
- Korean: “시스턴”
- Lithuanian: “Sistonas”
- Persian: “سیستون”
- Polish: “Syston”
- Portuguese: “Syston”
- Russian: “Сайстон”
- South Azerbaijani: “سیستون”
- Spanish: “Syston (Leicestershire)”
- Spanish: “Syston”
- Swedish: “Syston”
- Tamil: “ஹோரலே”
- Telugu: “సిస్టన్”
- Turkish: “Syston”
- Ukrainian: “Сайстон”
- Urdu: “سیسٹن”
- Volapük: “Syston”
- Welsh: “Syston”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include The Fox And Hounds Public House and Syston Post Office.
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