Barrow upon Soar
Barrow upon Soar is a large village in northern Leicestershire, in the Soar Valley between Leicester and Loughborough, with a population at the 2011 census of 5,856. In the March 2021 census, it registered a population of 6,825.Places of Interest
Highlights include Barrow-upon-Soar railway station and St Bartholomew’s Church, Quorn.
Barrow-upon-Soar railway station
Railway station
Photo: Duncan Harris, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Barrow-upon-Soar railway station serves the large village of Barrow-upon-Soar in Leicestershire, England. The station is located on the Midland Main Line between Leicester and Loughborough, 108 miles 52 chains north of St Pancras.
St Bartholomew’s Church, Quorn
Church
Photo: Tombon, CC BY-SA 3.0.
St Bartholomew's Church, Quorn is the Church of England parish church for Quorn, Leicestershire. It is a Grade I listed, dating from 12th century-14th century with a later 1848 addition.
Sileby railway station
Railway station
Photo: Ewan Rutledge, CC BY 2.0.
Sileby railway station serves the industrial village of Sileby in Leicestershire, England. The station is located on the Midland Main Line, 106 miles 50 chains north of London St Pancras.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Loughborough and Sileby.
Loughborough
Photo: Duncan Harris, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Loughborough is a market town in the Charnwood Borough of Leicestershire, England. The area has been represented since 2024, by Labour Party MP, Jeevun Sandher.
Sileby
Village
Photo: Kev747, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Sileby is a former industrial village and civil parish in the Soar Valley in the Charnwood borough of Leicestershire, England. It is located between Leicester and Loughborough.
Quorn
Village
Photo: Mat Fascione, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Quorn is a village and civil parish in Leicestershire, England, near the university town of Loughborough. Its name was shortened from Quorndon in 1889, to avoid postal difficulties owing to its similarity to the name of another village, Quarndon, in neighbouring Derbyshire.
Barrow upon Soar
- Type: Locality
- Location: Charnwood District, Leicestershire, East Midlands, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
52.7515° or 52° 45′ 5″ northLongitude
-1.1386° or 1° 8′ 19″ westElevation
167 feet (51 metres)Open location code
9C4WQV26+HGGeoNames ID
7295977
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