Orton on the Hill
Orton on the Hill is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Twycross, in the Hinckley and Bosworth district of Leicestershire, England. Orton adjoins Morebarne, Sheepy and Newhouse Grange on the south, Appleby and Austrey to the east.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: David Rogers, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Village
- Description: hamlet in Leicestershire, England, UK
- Also known as: “Orton”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Twycross Zoo and Church of All Saints.
Twycross Zoo
Zoo
Photo: Julielangford, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Twycross Zoo is a medium to large zoo near Norton Juxta Twycross, Leicestershire. The zoo has the largest collection of monkeys and apes in the Western World, and in 2006 re-launched itself as "Twycross Zoo – The World Primate Centre". Twycross Zoo is situated 1½ miles northeast of Orton on the Hill.
Church of All Saints
Church
Photo: KevinWright, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Church of All Saints is situated 2 miles southwest of Orton on the Hill.
Church of St James
Church
Photo: John Salmon, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Church of St James is situated 2 miles east of Orton on the Hill.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Warton and Austrey.
Warton
Village
Warton is a village in the North Warwickshire district of Warwickshire, England. It is five miles east of Tamworth and four miles north-west of Atherstone, and is in the civil parish of Polesworth.
Austrey
Village
Austrey is a village and civil parish in the North Warwickshire District of Warwickshire, England. Austrey is situated 2 miles northwest of Orton on the Hill.
Norton Juxta Twycross
Village
Norton Juxta Twycross, usually known as simply "Norton", is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Twycross, in the Hinckley and Bosworth district of Leicestershire, England. Norton Juxta Twycross is situated 2 miles northeast of Orton on the Hill.
Orton on the Hill
- Categories: hamlet, civil parish, and locality
- Location: Twycross, Hinckley and Bosworth District, Leicestershire, East Midlands, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
52.63129° or 52° 37′ 53″ northLongitude
-1.54909° or 1° 32′ 57″ westElevation
338 feet (103 metres)Open location code
9C4WJFJ2+G9OpenStreetMap ID
node 29626669OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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In Other Languages
From Irish to Swedish—“Orton on the Hill” goes by many names.
- Irish: “Orton on the Hill”
- Ladin: “Orton on the Hill”
- Polish: “Orton-on-the-Hill”
- Swedish: “Orton-on-the-Hill”
- “Orton on the Hill”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Sheepy Magna and Twycross.
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Highlights include St Edith of Polesworth and Atherstone Solar Farm.
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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 “Orton on the Hill”. Photo: David Rogers, CC BY-SA 2.0.