Pickwell
Pickwell is a small, hill-crest village 5 miles south-east of Melton Mowbray in the Melton district, in Leicestershire which used to have an ecclesiastical parish of its own and is since the early 20th century has been in the civil parish and Church of England parish of Somerby which is 0.5 miles to the SSW, connected by an almost straight lane.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Roger Templeman, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Church of All Saints and Church of All Saints.
Burrough Hill
Peak
Photo: Nev1, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Burrough Hill is an Iron Age hillfort in Burrough on the Hill, 7 miles south of Melton Mowbray in the English county of Leicestershire. Situated on a promontory about 210 metres above sea level, the site commands views over the surrounding countryside for miles around.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Leesthorpe and Cold Overton.
Leesthorpe
Hamlet
Photo: Mat Fascione, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Leesthorpe is a hamlet in the civil parish of Somerby, in the Melton district, in the English county of Leicestershire. Leesthorpe is located in the north east of the county close to the Rutland border and just south of the A606 Melton Mowbray and Oakham road.
Cold Overton
Village
Photo: Mat Fascione, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Cold Overton is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Knossington and Cold Overton, in the Melton district of Leicestershire, England. Cold Overton is situated 1½ miles southeast of Pickwell.
Burrough on the Hill
Village
Photo: Kev747, Public domain.
Burrough-on-the Hill is a small village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Somerby, in the Melton district, in the county of Leicestershire, England. Burrough on the Hill is situated 2 miles west of Pickwell.
Pickwell
- Type: Village
- Description: village in Somerby, Melton, Leicestershire, England
- Category: locality
- Location: Somerby, Melton District, Leicestershire, East Midlands, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
52.69449° or 52° 41′ 40″ northLongitude
-0.8394° or 0° 50′ 22″ westElevation
587 feet (179 metres)Open location code
9C4XM5V6+Q6OpenStreetMap ID
node 300463614OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Welsh—“Pickwell” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Pickwell”
- French: “Pickwell”
- Irish: “Pickwell”
- Polish: “Pickwell”
- Swedish: “Pickwell”
- Welsh: “Pickwell”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Pickwell Village Hall and Somerby Cemetery.
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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 “Pickwell”. Photo: Roger Templeman, CC BY-SA 2.0.