Catthorpe

Catthorpe is a village and civil parish in the Harborough district of Leicestershire, England. It is located beside the River Avon and close to the A5 road, and hence close to the tripoint at Dow Bridge formed by Leicestershire, Northamptonshire and Warwickshire; the nearest towns are Rugby, in Warwickshire, around 4 miles to the southwest, and Lutterworth around 4 miles to the north.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Tripontium and Church of All Saints.

Tripontium

Archaeological site

Photo: G-Man, Public domain.

Tripontium was a town in Roman Britain. It lay on the Roman road later called Watling Street at a site now chiefly within the civil parish of Churchover in the English county of Warwickshire and partly in Leicestershire, some 3.4 miles north-east of Rugby and 3.1 miles south of Lutterworth.

Church of All Saints

Church

Photo: Ian Rob, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Good Shepherd

Church

Photo: Ian Rob, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Good Shepherd is a church.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Rugby and Clifton-upon-Dunsmore.

Rugby

Photo: Elliott Brown, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Rugby is a market town of 78,000 people in the Borough of Rugby in Warwickshire, in the West Midlands region of England, part of the United Kingdom. The town is credited with being the birthplace of rugby football, and is a must visit for the avid rugby fan.

Clifton-upon-Dunsmore

Village

Photo: G-13114, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Clifton-upon-Dunsmore is a village and civil parish in the Rugby borough of Warwickshire in England on the north-eastern outskirts of Rugby, approximately 2 miles from Rugby town centre.

Lutterworth

Town

Photo: G-Man, Public domain.

Lutterworth is a historic market town and civil parish in the Harborough district of Leicestershire, England. The town is located in southern Leicestershire, close to the borders with Warwickshire and Northamptonshire. Lutterworth is situated 3½ miles north of Catthorpe.

Catthorpe

Type: Locality
Location: Harborough District, Leicestershire, East Midlands, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

52.4031° or 52° 24′ 11″ north

Longitude

-1.1887° or 1° 11′ 19″ west

Elevation

361 feet (110 metres)

Open location code

9C4WCR36+7G

GeoNames ID

7295416

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