Glooston
Glooston is a small village and civil parish in the Harborough district of Leicestershire, England. According to the 2001 census the parish had a population of 54, increasing to 147 at the 2011 census.Photo: Tim Heaton, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Village with 64 residents
- Description: village in Leicestershire, England, UK
- Also known as: “Glooston, Leicestershire”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Church of St John the Baptist and Church of St Michael.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Tugby and Carlton Curlieu.
Tugby
Village
Photo: Kate Jewell, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Tugby is a village, which is situated 3 miles north of Glooston.
Carlton Curlieu
Village
Photo: Andrew Tatlow, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Carlton Curlieu is a small village and civil parish in the Harborough district of Leicestershire, about eleven miles south-east of Leicester city centre, and not far from Kibworth. Carlton Curlieu is situated 3½ miles west of Glooston.
Kibworth Beauchamp
Village
Photo: Mat Fascione, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Kibworth is an area of the Harborough district of Leicestershire, England, that contains two civil parishes: the villages of Kibworth Beauchamp and Kibworth Harcourt. Kibworth Beauchamp is situated 4½ miles west of Glooston.
Glooston
- Categories: civil parish and locality
- Location: Glooston, Harborough District, Leicestershire, East Midlands, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
52.55616° or 52° 33′ 22″ northLongitude
-0.89552° or 0° 53′ 44″ westPopulation
64Elevation
351 feet (107 metres)Open location code
9C4XH443+FQOpenStreetMap ID
node 29673647OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
2648406Wikidata ID
Q5571287
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Bulgarian to Welsh—“Glooston” goes by many names.
- Bulgarian: “Глостон”
- Cebuano: “Glooston”
- Dutch: “Glooston”
- French: “Glooston”
- Irish: “Glooston”
- Ladin: “Glooston”
- Polish: “Glooston”
- Swedish: “Glooston”
- Welsh: “Glooston”
- “Glooston”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Glooston Village Hall and Crossburrow Hill.
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