Whetstone

Whetstone is a village and civil parish in the Blaby district of Leicestershire, England. It is close to Leicester, which is five miles to the north. The population at the 2011 census was 6,556.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Narborough railway station and Narborough Bog.

Narborough railway station

Railway station

Photo: Mat Fascione, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Narborough railway station serves the large village of Narborough and the small village of Littlethorpe in Leicestershire. It is on the Birmingham to Peterborough Line about 7 miles southwest of Leicester.

Narborough Bog

Nature reserve

Photo: Dudley Miles, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Narborough Bog is an 8.5-hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest east of Narborough in Leicestershire. It is owned and managed by the Leicestershire and Rutland Wildlife Trust.

Church of St Michael and All Angels

Church

Photo: Mat Fascione, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Narborough and Wigston.

Narborough

Village

Photo: Kev747, Public domain.

Narborough is a large village and civil parish in the Blaby district of Leicestershire, England, around six miles southwest of Leicester. The population of the civil parish at the 2011 census was 8,498.

Wigston

Town

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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 37,261 in 2024. Wigston is situated 3½ miles northeast of Whetstone.

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. South Wigston is situated 2½ miles northeast of Whetstone.

Whetstone

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

52.5532° or 52° 33′ 11″ north

Longitude

-1.1725° or 1° 10′ 21″ west

Elevation

249 feet (76 metres)

Open location code

9C4WHR3G+7X

GeoNames ID

7295975

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