Wilson
Wilson, is a hamlet just in the North West Leicestershire district of Leicestershire, England. Close to East Midlands Airport, Wilson retains many 'village-like' features.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Stephen McKay, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Village
- Description: village in Leicestershire, England, UK
- Also known as: “Wilson, Leicestershire”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Donington Park and Melbourne Hall.
Donington Park
Sports venue
Photo: John Goldsmith, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Donington Park is a motorsport circuit located near Castle Donington in Leicestershire, England. The circuit business is now owned by Jonathan Palmer's MotorSport Vision organisation, and the surrounding Donington Park Estate, still owned by the Wheatcroft family, is currently under lease by MotorSport Vision until 2038.
Melbourne Hall
Manor estate
Photo: Mark Anderson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Melbourne Hall is a Georgian style country house in Melbourne, Derbyshire, previously owned by the 2nd Viscount Melbourne, British Prime Minister from 1835 to 1841.
Church of St Mary and St Hardulph
Church
Photo: Robdav69, Public domain.
The Priory Church of St Mary and St Hardulph is the Church of England parish church of Breedon on the Hill, Leicestershire, England. The church has also been known as Breedon Priory.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Melbourne and Breedon on the Hill.
Melbourne
Photo: PJMarriott, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Melbourne is a market town and civil parish in South Derbyshire, England. It was home to Thomas Cook, founder of the eponymous travel agency, and has a street named after him.
Breedon on the Hill
Village
Photo: Robdav69, Public domain.
Breedon on the Hill is a village and civil parish about 5 miles north of Ashby-de-la-Zouch in North West Leicestershire, England. The parish adjoins the Derbyshire county boundary and the village is only about 2 miles south of the Derbyshire town of Melbourne.
Kings Newton
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Kings Newton is a village in South Derbyshire. The population of the village is included in Melbourne. The Holy well was constructed around 1660, but has been refurbished at the end of the twentieth century.
Wilson
Latitude
52.81896° or 52° 49′ 8″ northLongitude
-1.40148° or 1° 24′ 5″ westElevation
177 feet (54 metres)Open location code
9C4WRH9X+HCOpenStreetMap ID
node 478713764OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Welsh—“Wilson” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Wilson, Leicestershire”
- French: “Wilson”
- Irish: “Wilson, Leicestershire”
- Polish: “Wilson (Leicestershire)”
- Polish: “Wilson”
- Welsh: “Wilson, Swydd Gaerlŷr”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Breedon Priory Golf Centre (Main Course) and Park Farmhouse Caravan Site.
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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 “Wilson”. Photo: Stephen McKay, CC BY-SA 2.0.