Donisthorpe
Donisthorpe is a village in the North West Leicestershire district of Leicestershire, England, historically an exclave of Derbyshire.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Mat Fascione, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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- Type: Village with 1,890 residents
- Description: village in Leicestershire, England, UK
- Also known as: “Donisthorpe, Leicestershire”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Donisthorpe Woodland Park and Church of St John the Evangelist.
Donisthorpe Woodland Park
Park
Donisthorpe Woodland Park is located on Church Street, Donisthorpe, in North West Leicestershire.
Saltersford Wood
Nature reserve
Photo: Dudley Miles, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Saltersford Wood or Saltersford Valley is a 5.7-hectare Local Nature Reserve north-west of Measham in Leicestershire. It is owned and managed by Leicestershire County Council, and it part of The National Forest.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Short Heath and Moira.
Short Heath
Hamlet
Photo: cris sloan, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Short Heath is a hamlet near Overseal, in South Derbyshire. It is on the border with Leicestershire and has a sign where it claims to be the centre of England.
Moira
Village
Photo: MaltaGC, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Moira is a former mining village about 2.5 miles south-west of Ashby-de-la-Zouch in North West Leicestershire, England. The village is about 3 miles south of Swadlincote and is close to the boundary with Derbyshire.
Oakthorpe
Village
Photo: Mat Fascione, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Oakthorpe is a village in north-west Leicestershire, England. In 1086, Oakthorpe was part of Derbyshire and was amongst several manors given to Nigel of Stafford by William the Conqueror.
Donisthorpe
Latitude
52.7244° or 52° 43′ 28″ northLongitude
-1.53805° or 1° 32′ 17″ westPopulation
1,890Elevation
351 feet (107 metres)Open location code
9C4WPFF6+QQOpenStreetMap ID
node 27043974OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
2651117Wikidata ID
Q965115
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Welsh—“Donisthorpe” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Donisthorpe”
- Bulgarian: “Донистхорпе”
- Cebuano: “Donisthorpe”
- Dutch: “Donisthorpe”
- French: “Donisthorpe”
- Hebrew: “דוניסטרוף”
- Irish: “Donisthorpe”
- Italian: “Donisthorpe”
- Polish: “Donisthorpe”
- Spanish: “Donisthorpe”
- Swedish: “Donisthorpe”
- Welsh: “Donisthorpe”
Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Donisthorpe Cemetery and Donisthorpe Memorial Park.
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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 “Donisthorpe”. Photo: Mat Fascione, CC BY-SA 2.0.