Barkby
Barkby is a village and civil parish in the Charnwood district of Leicestershire, England. It is situated north-east of Leicester, and only a short way from Leicester's urban sprawl in Thurmaston and Syston.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Locality with 298 residents
- Description: village and civil parish in Leicestershire, United Kingdom
- Also known as: “Barkby, Leicestershire”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Syston railway station and All Saints Church, Beeby.
Syston railway station
Railway station
Photo: Mat Fascione, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Syston railway station is a railway station serving the town of Syston in Leicestershire, England. The station is on the Midland Main Line from Leicester to Loughborough, 103 miles 63 chains down the line from London St Pancras.
All Saints Church, Beeby
Church
Photo: Mat Fascione, CC BY-SA 2.0.
All Saints Church is a redundant Anglican church in the village of Beeby, Leicestershire, England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II* listed building, and is under the care of the Churches Conservation Trust.
St Mary’s Church, Queniborough
Church
Photo: Stephen McKay, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St Mary's Church, Queniborough is the Church of England parish church of Queniborough, Leicestershire, England. The church mostly dates from the late 13th and early 14th centuries.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Birstall and North Evington.
Birstall
Village
Photo: Wesley Trevor Johnston, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Birstall is a large village and civil parish within the Charnwood borough of Leicestershire, England. It is three miles north of Leicester city centre and is part of the wider Leicester Urban Area. Birstall is situated 3½ miles west of Barkby.
North Evington
Suburb
North Evington is an area, suburb, electoral ward and administrative division of the city of Leicester, in the ceremonial county of Leicestershire, England. North Evington is situated 3½ miles southwest of Barkby.
Beeby
Village
Photo: Kate Jewell, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Beeby is a village and civil parish in the Charnwood district of Leicestershire, England, with a population of 115 according to the 2011 census. It is situated north-east of Leicester, nearer to the villages of Keyham and Hungarton in the neighbouring district of Harborough and lies along the Barkby Brook.
Barkby
- Categories: village and civil parish
- Location: Charnwood District, Leicestershire, East Midlands, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Satellite Map
Discover Barkby from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Bulgarian to Welsh—“Barkby” goes by many names.
- Bulgarian: “Баркбй”
- Cebuano: “Barkby”
- Chinese: “巴克比”
- Dutch: “Barkby”
- French: “Barkby”
- Irish: “Barkby”
- Ladin: “Barkby”
- Polish: “Barkby”
- Swedish: “Barkby”
- Turkish: “Barkby”
- Welsh: “Barkby”
- “Barkby”
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