Plungar
Plungar is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Redmile, and the Melton district of Leicestershire, England. It is about nine miles north of the market town of Melton Mowbray and seven miles west from Grantham.
- Type: Village
- Description: village in Leicestershire, UK
- Also known as: “Plungar, Leicestershire”
Places of Interest
Highlights: Church of St Peter and St Paul and Barkestone-le-Vale.
Church of St Peter and St Paul
Church
Church of St Guthlac, Stathern
Church
Photo: Davearrgh, Public domain.Places in the Area
Nearby places include Granby and Sutton-cum-Granby.
Granby
Village
Sutton-cum-Granby
Village
Barnstone
Village
Barnstone is an English village in the Rushcliffe… Barnstone is situated 2½ miles northwest of Plungar.
Plungar
- Categories: civil parish and locality
- Location: Redmile, Melton District, Leicestershire, East Midlands, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
52.89736° or 52° 53′ 51″ north
Longitude
-0.85967° or 0° 51′ 35″ west
Elevation
194 feet (59 metres)
Open location code
9C4XV4WR+W4
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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In Other Languages
From Irish to Swedish—“Plungar” goes by many names.
- Irish: “Plungar”
- Ladin: “Plungar”
- Polish: “Plungar”
- Swedish: “Plungar”
- “Plungar”
Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Barkestone and Stathern.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: St Helen’s Church, Plungar and Granby Gap.
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