Great Glen

Great Glen is a village and civil parish in the Harborough district of , England. It is 2 miles south of and about seven miles south-east of .
Wikipedia
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  • Type: Village with 2,980 residents
  • Description: village and civil parish in Leicestershire, United Kingdom
  • Also known as: “Glen Magna”, “Great Glen, Leicestershire”, and “Great Glenn”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Great Glen Methodist Church and Church of St Cuthbert.

Church
Photo: Steve Rowe, CC BY-SA 2.0.
, , was built in 1827 and a church hall was later added to the east of the church in 1879.

Church
Photo: Mat Fascione, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Church
Photo: Richard Williams, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Newton Harcourt and Carlton Curlieu.

Village
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is a village in the civil parish of , in the Harborough district, in the county of , and lies 7 miles south-east of the city of on the northern ridge of the River Sence valley.

Village
Photo: Andrew Tatlow, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a small village and civil parish in the Harborough district of , about eleven miles south-east of city centre, and not far from . is situated 2½ miles east of Great Glen.

Village
Photo: Kate Jewell, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a village and civil parish in the Blaby district of , England. is the easternmost village in the district, and is 6.1 miles south east of . is situated 2½ miles southwest of Great Glen.

Great Glen

Latitude
52.57364° or 52° 34′ 25″ north
Longitude
-1.03451° or 1° 2′ 4″ west
Population
2,980
Elevation
325 feet (99 metres)
Open location code
9C4WHXF8+F5
Open­Street­Map ID
node 26852483
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
2648097
Wiki­data ID
Q2645192
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In Other Languages

From Basque to Welsh—“Great Glen” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “Great Glen (Leicestershire)”
  • Basque: “Great Glen”
  • Bengali: “গ্রেট গ্লেন”
  • Cebuano: “Great Glen”
  • Chinese: “大格兰”
  • Chinese: “大格蘭”
  • Dutch: “Great Glen”
  • French: “Great Glen”
  • German: “Great Glen”
  • Gujarati: “ગ્રેટ ગ્લેન”
  • Irish: “Great Glen”
  • Italian: “Great Glen”
  • Japanese: “グレート・グレン”
  • Kannada: “ಗ್ರೇಟ್ ಗ್ಲೆನ್”
  • Korean: “그레이트 글렌”
  • Ladin: “Great Glen”
  • Lithuanian: “Didysis Glenas”
  • Persian: “گریت گلن، لسترشر”
  • Persian: “گریت گلن”
  • Polish: “Great Glen”
  • Portuguese: “Great Glen”
  • Russian: “Грейт-Глен”
  • Spanish: “Great Glen”
  • Swedish: “Great Glen, Leicestershire”
  • Swedish: “Great Glen”
  • Tamil: “கிரேட் கிளென்”
  • Telugu: “గ్రేట్ గ్లెన్”
  • Urdu: “گریٹ جلین”
  • Welsh: “Great Glen, Swydd Gaerlŷr”
  • “Great Glen”

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