Knossington
Knossington is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Knossington and Cold Overton, in the Melton borough of Leicestershire, England. It is located close to the border with Rutland, around 4 miles west of Oakham.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Kate Jewell, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Village
- Description: village in Leicestershire, UK
- Also known as: “Knossington, Leicestershire”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Church of St Peter and The Fox And Hounds.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Cold Overton and Pickwell.
Cold Overton
Village
Photo: Mat Fascione, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Cold Overton is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Knossington and Cold Overton, in the Melton district of Leicestershire, England.
Pickwell
Village
Photo: Roger Templeman, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Pickwell is a small, hill-crest village 5 miles south-east of Melton Mowbray in the Melton district, in Leicestershire which used to have an ecclesiastical parish of its own and is since the early 20th century has been in the civil parish and Church of England parish of Somerby which is 0.5 miles to the SSW, connected by an almost straight lane. Pickwell is situated 2 miles northwest of Knossington.
Braunston-in-Rutland
Village
Photo: Tim Heaton, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Braunston-in-Rutland is a village and civil parish in the county of Rutland in the East Midlands of England. The population of the civil parish was 392 at the 2001 census, including Brooke and increasing to 502 at the 2011 census. Braunston-in-Rutland is situated 2½ miles southeast of Knossington.
Knossington
Latitude
52.67003° or 52° 40′ 12″ northLongitude
-0.8154° or 0° 48′ 55″ westElevation
623 feet (190 metres)Open location code
9C4XM5CM+2ROpenStreetMap ID
node 26951323OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Western Frisian—“Knossington” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Knossington”
- French: “Knossington”
- Irish: “Knossington”
- Polish: “Knossington”
- Swedish: “Knossington”
- Turkish: “Knossington”
- Welsh: “Knossington”
- Western Frisian: “Knossington”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Knossington Village Hall and Lady Wood.
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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 “Knossington”. Photo: Kate Jewell, CC BY-SA 2.0.