Whetstone
Whetstone is a locality in Blaby, Leicestershire, England. Whetstone is situated nearby to the village Cosby, as well as near the locality Ketteringham.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Narborough and Wigston.
Narborough
Village
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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 32,321 in 2011. 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″ northLongitude
-1.1725° or 1° 10′ 21″ westElevation
249 feet (76 metres)Open location code
9C4WHR3G+7XGeoNames ID
7295975
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