South Wigston railway station
South Wigston railway station serves the village of South Wigston, Leicestershire, England, on the Birmingham to Peterborough Line 4 miles south of Leicester and the west-north loop of Wigston Junction.Photo: Kate Jewell, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Railway station
- Description: railway station in Leicestershire, England, UK
- Also known as: “South Wigston Railway Station”, “South Wigston Station”, and “SWS”
- Wheelchair access: limited
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include St Thomas’ Church, South Wigston and South Wigston High School.
St Thomas’ Church, South Wigston
Church
Photo: Mat Fascione, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St Thomas’ Church, South Wigston is a Grade II* listed parish church in the Church of England in South Wigston, Leicestershire. St Thomas’ Church, South Wigston is situated 1,000 feet southwest of South Wigston railway station.
South Wigston High School
School
South Wigston High School is a coeducational secondary school in Leicester, United Kingdom. It was founded in 1938 to serve the community of South Wigston. South Wigston High School is situated 2,000 feet southwest of South Wigston railway station.
Saffron Hill Cemetery
Cemetery
Photo: Kris1973, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Saffron Hill Cemetery is situated 3,500 feet north of South Wigston railway station.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include South Wigston and Wigston.
South Wigston
Suburb
South Wigston is a large village to the south of Leicester, England. It is outside the city boundary, forming part of the Oadby and Wigston district of Leicestershire. The population at the 2011 census was 7,490.
Wigston
Town
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Wigston, or Wigston Magna, is a town in the Oadby and Wigston district of Leicestershire, England, just south of Leicester on the A5199. It had a population of 32,321 in 2011.
Kilby Bridge
Hamlet
Photo: Mat Fascione, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Kilby Bridge is a hamlet on the A5199 Welford Road in the borough of Oadby and Wigston, Leicestershire, England, a few miles south of the city of Leicester. The population of the hamlet at the 2011 census was 36. Kilby Bridge is situated 1½ miles southeast of South Wigston railway station.
South Wigston railway station
- Categories: station and transportation
- Location: Oadby and Wigston, Leicestershire, East Midlands, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
52.58239° or 52° 34′ 57″ northLongitude
-1.13403° or 1° 8′ 3″ westElevation
259 feet (79 metres)Operator
East Midlands RailwayNetwork
National RailAbbreviation
“SWS”Open location code
9C4WHVJ8+X9OpenStreetMap ID
node 2136829095OpenStreetMap feature
public_transport=stationOpenStreetMap feature
railway=stationOpenStreetMap attribute
wheelchair=limitedGeoNames ID
6953601Wikidata ID
Q2096724
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Venetian—“South Wigston railway station” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “station South Wigston”
- Dutch: “Station South Wigston”
- Egyptian Arabic: “محطة سوث ويجستون”
- French: “gare de South Wigston”
- French: “South Wigston”
- Japanese: “サウス・ウィグストン駅”
- Venetian: “stasion de South Wigston”
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