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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Village
- Description: village in Leicestershire, UK
- Also known as: “Plungar, Leicestershire”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Church of St Peter and St Paul and Barkestone-le-Vale.
Church of St Peter and St Paul
Church
Photo: Rpriv2000, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Church of St Peter and St Paul is a church in Barkestone-le-Vale, Leicestershire, England. It is a Grade II* listed building.
Barkestone-le-Vale
Residential area
Photo: Mat Fascione, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Barkestone-le-Vale is a village and a former civil parish, now in the parish of Redmile, in the Melton district, in the north east of Leicestershire, England. In 1931 the parish had a population of 238.
Church of St Guthlac, Stathern
Church
Photo: Davearrgh, Public domain.
Church of St Guthlac, Stathern is situated 2 miles south of Plungar.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Granby and Sutton-cum-Granby.
Granby
Village
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Granby is a small village in the Rushcliffe district of Nottinghamshire, England. It lies in the Vale of Belvoir. Granby is situated 2 miles northwest of Plungar.
Sutton-cum-Granby
Village
Photo: DancingGerbil, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Sutton-cum-Granby is a hamlet in the civil parish of Granby, in the Rushcliffe district, in Nottinghamshire, England. It lies in the Vale of Belvoir. Sutton-cum-Granby is situated 2 miles north of Plungar.
Barnstone
Village
Barnstone is an English village in the Rushcliffe borough of Nottinghamshire, forming part of Langar cum Barnstone parish. It lies on the border with Leicestershire. 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″ northLongitude
-0.85967° or 0° 51′ 35″ westElevation
194 feet (59 metres)Open location code
9C4XV4WR+W4OpenStreetMap ID
node 31825457OpenStreetMap 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
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include St Helen’s Church, Plungar and Granby Gap.
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