Braunstone Town
Braunstone is a town and civil parish in the district of Blaby in Leicestershire, England. At the 2011 census the population of the town was 16,850. Braunstone is mentioned in the Domesday Book of 1086, giving a population of "two sokemen and four villeins".| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest
Highlights include St Peter’s, Braunstone Park and Saint Crispin’s.
St Peter’s, Braunstone Park
Church
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St Peter’s, Braunstone Park is a church.
Winstanley House
Hotel
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Winstanley House in Leicestershire previously called Braunstone Hall, is a building of historical significance and is Grade II listed on the English Heritage Register.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Thorpe Astley and Lubbesthorpe.
Thorpe Astley
Suburb
Photo: Mat Fascione, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Thorpe Astley is a suburban settlement on the southwestern edge of the city of Leicester, England. It is part of the civil parish of Braunstone Town, although a small part of the development, around Goodheart Way, extends into Leicester Forest East civil parish.
Lubbesthorpe
Hamlet
Lubbesthorpe is a hamlet and parish in the district of Blaby within Enderby on the outskirts of Leicester, England, on the west side of the M1 motorway and the River Soar.
Aylestone
Suburb
Photo: NotFromUtrecht, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Aylestone is a suburb of Leicester in Leicestershire, England, southwest of the city centre and east of the River Soar. St Andrew's Church, Aylestone dates from the 13th century.
Braunstone Town
- Type: Village with 16,900 residents
- Description: town in Leicestershire, United Kingdom
- Categories: town and locality
- Location: Braunstone, Blaby, Leicestershire, East Midlands, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
52.61596° or 52° 36′ 58″ northLongitude
-1.18265° or 1° 10′ 58″ westPopulation
16,900Elevation
272 feet (83 metres)United Nations Location Code
GB BXQOpen location code
9C4WJR88+9WOpenStreetMap ID
node 26950289OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Welsh—“Braunstone Town” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Braunstone Town”
- Bengali: “ব্রাউনস্টোন”
- Chinese: “布朗姆斯通鎮”
- Chinese: “布朗姆斯通镇”
- Dutch: “Braunstone Town”
- French: “Braunstone Town”
- French: “Braunstone”
- German: “Braunstone”
- Gujarati: “બ્રૌનસ્ટોન ટાઉન”
- Irish: “Braunstone Town”
- Japanese: “ブロウンスト―ン”
- Kannada: “ಬ್ರಾನ್ಸ್ಟೋನ್ ಟೌನ್”
- Korean: “브라운스스톤”
- Ladin: “Braunstone Town”
- Lithuanian: “Braunstaunas”
- Polish: “Braunstone Town”
- Portuguese: “Braunstone Town”
- Russian: “Браунстоун-Таун”
- Spanish: “Braunstone Town”
- Tamil: “வடக்கு இளம்சல்”
- Telugu: “బ్రౌన్స్టోన్ టౌన్”
- Turkish: “Braunstone Town”
- Urdu: “براونسٹنی”
- Volapük: “Braunstone Town”
- Welsh: “Braunstone Town”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Western Park and Westcotes.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Shakespeare Park and Braunstone Civic Centre.
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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 “Braunstone Town”. Photo: Leeclarke1981, CC BY-SA 3.0.