Broughton Astley
Broughton Astley is a large village and civil parish located in the Harborough district of Leicestershire, England. It is situated in the south of Leicestershire, about 6 miles east of Hinckley, about 9 miles from the centre of Leicester, and about 14 miles from Coventry.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Village with 8,940 residents
- Description: village in Leicestershire, England, UK
- Also known as: “Broughton Astley, Leicestershire”
Places of Interest
Highlights include St Mary’s Church, Broughton Astley and Thomas Estley Community College.
St Mary’s Church, Broughton Astley
Church
Thomas Estley Community College
School
Thomas Estley Community College is a coeducational secondary school with academy status, located in Broughton Astley, Leicestershire, England. It caters for students aged 11–16.
Church of St Peter
Church
Photo: Ian Rob, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Church of St Peter is situated 1½ miles south of Broughton Astley.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Sutton in the Elms and Littlethorpe.
Sutton in the Elms
Hamlet
Sutton in the Elms is a settlement in the northwest of Broughton Astley, Leicestershire. Its name is sometimes abbreviated to Sutton Elms. Sutton is one of the three settlements mentioned in Domesday that now comprise Broughton Astley: namely Broctone, Sutone and Torp.
Littlethorpe
Village
Photo: Mat Fascione, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Littlethorpe is a small village approximately six miles south of Leicester, separated from the village of Narborough by the Leicester to Birmingham railway line, and the River Soar of which it is the true discharge. Littlethorpe is situated 3 miles north of Broughton Astley.
Narborough
Village
Photo: Kev747, Public domain.
Narborough is a large village and civil parish in the Blaby district of Leicestershire, England, around six miles southwest of Leicester. The population of the civil parish at the 2011 census was 8,498. Narborough is situated 3 miles north of Broughton Astley.
Broughton Astley
- Categories: civil parish and locality
- Location: Broughton Astley, Harborough District, Leicestershire, East Midlands, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
52.52783° or 52° 31′ 40″ northLongitude
-1.21996° or 1° 13′ 12″ westPopulation
8,940Elevation
305 feet (93 metres)United Nations Location Code
GB BTAOpen location code
9C4WGQHJ+42OpenStreetMap ID
node 20942939OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Welsh—“Broughton Astley” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Broughton Astley”
- Bengali: “ব্রোটন অ্যাসলে”
- Cebuano: “Broughton Astley”
- Chinese: “布劳顿阿斯特雷”
- Chinese: “布勞頓阿斯特雷”
- Dutch: “Broughton Astley”
- French: “Broughton Astley”
- German: “Broughton Astley”
- Gujarati: “બ્રોટોન એસ્ટલી”
- Irish: “Broughton Astley”
- Italian: “Broughton Astley”
- Japanese: “ブロウトン・アストリー”
- Kannada: “ಬ್ರಾಟನ್ ಆಸ್ಟಲಿ”
- Korean: “브루튼 애슬리”
- Ladin: “Broughton Astley”
- Lithuanian: “Broton Astlis”
- Polish: “Broughton Astley”
- Portuguese: “Broughton Astley”
- Russian: “Бротон-Астли”
- Spanish: “Broughton Astley”
- Swedish: “Broughton Astley”
- Tamil: “பிரௌக்ஹ்டன் அஸ்டலே”
- Telugu: “బ్రెట్టన్ ఆష్లే”
- Urdu: “برووگھٹن استلے”
- Welsh: “Broughton Astley”
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Notable Places Nearby
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