Branston
Branston is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Croxton Kerrial in the Melton district, in the county of Leicestershire, England. It lies 1 mile north of the A607 road, 7 miles south-west of Grantham and 7 miles north-east of Melton Mowbray, on the southern edge of the Vale of Belvoir, 3 miles south-west of Belvoir Castle. Knipton Reservoir is 700 yards to the north.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Village
- Description: village in Leicestershire, UK
- Also known as: “Branston, Leicestershire”, “Branstone”, and “Braunston”
Places of Interest
Highlights include St Guthlac’s Church, Branston and Church of St Denys, Eaton.
St Guthlac’s Church, Branston
Church
Photo: Tim Heaton, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St Guthlac's Church is a church in Branston, Leicestershire. It is a Grade II* listed building.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Knipton and Bescaby.
Knipton
Village
Photo: Kate Jewell, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Knipton is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Belvoir, in the Melton district, in the county of Leicestershire, England. It lies about 6 miles from the town of Grantham, just off the A607, and 10 miles from Melton Mowbray.
Bescaby
Hamlet
Photo: Kate Jewell, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Bescaby is a hamlet, deserted medieval village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Sproxton, in the Melton district, in Leicestershire, England. Bescaby is situated 2 miles south of Branston.
Eastwell
Village
Eastwell is a village and ecclesiastical parish in Leicestershire, England. The village's name means 'eastern spring/stream'. For the purposes of administration Eastwell is part of the civil parish of Eaton that, in turn, forms part of the borough of Melton. Eastwell is situated 2 miles west of Branston.
Branston
- Category: locality
- Location: Croxton Kerrial, Melton District, Leicestershire, East Midlands, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
52.85796° or 52° 51′ 29″ northLongitude
-0.7975° or 0° 47′ 51″ westElevation
361 feet (110 metres)Open location code
9C4XV652+5XOpenStreetMap ID
node 454620900OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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In Other Languages
From Bengali to Welsh—“Branston” goes by many names.
- Bengali: “ব্রান্সটন”
- Chinese: “布兰斯顿”
- Chinese: “布蘭斯頓”
- Dutch: “Branston, Leicestershire”
- French: “Branston”
- German: “Branston”
- Gujarati: “બ્રેન્સટન”
- Irish: “Branston”
- Japanese: “ブランストン”
- Kannada: “ಬ್ರಾನ್ಸ್ಟನ್”
- Korean: “브랜스톤”
- Lithuanian: “Branstonas”
- Polish: “Branston (Leicestershire)”
- Polish: “Branston”
- Portuguese: “Branston”
- Russian: “Брэнстон”
- Spanish: “Branston”
- Swedish: “Branston, Leicestershire”
- Swedish: “Branston”
- Tamil: “ப்ரான்ஸ்டான்”
- Telugu: “బ్రాన్స్టన్”
- Urdu: “برانسٹن”
- Welsh: “Branston, Swydd Gaerlŷr”
- Welsh: “Branston”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Knipton Reservoir and Bluebell Wood.
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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 “Branston”. Photo: Rpriv2000, CC BY-SA 3.0.