Groby
Groby is a locality in Hinckley and Bosworth District, Leicestershire, England. Groby is situated nearby to the village Ratby, as well as near Glenfield.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Kirby Muxloe Castle and Bradgate Park.
Kirby Muxloe Castle
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Kirby Muxloe Castle, also known historically as Kirby Castle, is a ruined, fortified manor house in Kirby Muxloe, Leicestershire, England. William, Lord Hastings, began work on the castle in 1480, founding it on the site of a pre-existing manor house.
Bradgate Park
Park
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Bradgate Park is a public park in Charnwood Forest, in Leicestershire, England, northwest of Leicester. It covers 850 acres. The park lies between the villages of Newtown Linford, Anstey, Cropston, Woodhouse Eaves and Swithland. Bradgate Park is situated 2 miles north of Groby.
Glenfield Hospital
Hospital
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Glenfield Hospital, formally known as Glenfield General Hospital, is situated near Glenfield, on the outskirts of Leicester. It is one of England's main hospitals for coronary care and respiratory diseases.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Glenfield and Braunstone Town.
Glenfield
Village
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Glenfield is a large village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Glenfields, in the Blaby district of Leicestershire, England. At the 2011 Census, Glenfields had a population of 9,643.
Braunstone Town
Village
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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". Braunstone Town is situated 3½ miles southeast of Groby.
Cropston
Village
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Cropston is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Thurcaston and Cropston, part of the Borough of Charnwood in Leicestershire, England. Cropston is situated 3 miles northeast of Groby.
Groby
- Type: Locality
- Location: Hinckley and Bosworth District, Leicestershire, East Midlands, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
52.6599° or 52° 39′ 36″ northLongitude
-1.227° or 1° 13′ 37″ westElevation
322 feet (98 metres)Open location code
9C4WMQ5F+X5GeoNames ID
7290838
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