Barkby Thorpe
Barkby Thorpe is a hamlet and civil parish in the Charnwood district of Leicestershire, England. The hamlet has a population of around 50, and is close to the Leicester urban sprawl in Thurmaston.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Mat Fascione, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Hamlet with 53 residents
- Description: hamlet and civil parish in Leicestershire, United Kingdom
- Also known as: “Barkby Thorpe, Leicestershire”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Syston railway station and The Humber Stone.
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.
The Humber Stone
Photo: Ashley Dace, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Humberstone and Hamilton is an electoral ward and administrative division of the City of Leicester, England. It comprises the north-eastern Leicester suburbs of Humberstone, Humberstone Garden City, Hamilton and Netherhall.
St Mary’s Church, Barkby
Church
Photo: Kate Jewell, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St Mary's Church, Barkby is the Church of England Parish Church for Barkby, Leicestershire, England. The church dates from the late 13th century and was extensively renovated in the 19th century.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Leicester and Birstall.
Leicester
Leicester is the largest city in the East Midlands region of England, the capital of the traditional county of Leicestershire, with a population of almost 370,000 in the city and 510,000 in the urban area.
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 2½ miles west of Barkby Thorpe.
Belgrave
Suburb
Belgrave is an area, suburb, electoral ward and administrative division of the city of Leicester, in the ceremonial county of Leicestershire, England. Belgrave is the location of and known for several notable landmarks such as the National Space Centre, Space Park Leicester, Abbey Pumping Station, the Golden Mile and Belgrave Hall. Belgrave is situated 3 miles southwest of Barkby Thorpe.
Barkby Thorpe
- Categories: civil parish and locality
- Location: Charnwood District, Leicestershire, East Midlands, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
52.6765° or 52° 40′ 35″ northLongitude
-1.0616° or 1° 3′ 42″ westPopulation
53Elevation
256 feet (78 metres)Open location code
9C4WMWGQ+H9OpenStreetMap ID
node 3444856517OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamletGeoNames ID
7295407Wikidata ID
Q4860918
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Satellite Map
Discover Barkby Thorpe from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Turkish—“Barkby Thorpe” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Barkby Thorpe”
- French: “Barkby Thorpe”
- Irish: “Barkby Thorpe”
- Ladin: “Barkby Thorpe”
- Polish: “Barkby Thorpe”
- Swedish: “Barkby Thorpe”
- Turkish: “Barkby Thorpe”
Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Abbot’s Spinney and Barkby Cricket Club.
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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 “Barkby Thorpe”. Photo: Mat Fascione, CC BY-SA 2.0.