Burrough on the Hill
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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Kev747, Public domain.
- Type: Village
- Description: village in Leicestershire, England, UK
- Also known as: “Burrough on the Hill, Leicestershire”, “Burrough-on-the-Hill”, and “Burrow-on-the-Hill”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Church of St Mary the Virgin and Burrough Hill.
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 Burrough Court and John O’Gaunt.
Burrough Court
Locality
Burrough Court is a former stately home in Burrough on the Hill near Melton Mowbray in the East Midlands, England. Burrough Court was once the site of a large country house of which today only the stable yard, chauffeur's and grooms' quarters remain.
John O’Gaunt
Hamlet
John O'Gaunt, is a small village in the English county of Leicestershire. The population of the village is included in the civil parish of Twyford and Thorpe…
Pickwell
Village
Photo: Roger Templeman, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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. Pickwell is situated 2 miles east of Burrough on the Hill.
Burrough on the Hill
- Category: locality
- Location: Somerby, Melton District, Leicestershire, East Midlands, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
52.68877° or 52° 41′ 20″ northLongitude
-0.881° or 0° 52′ 52″ westElevation
597 feet (182 metres)Open location code
9C4XM4Q9+GJOpenStreetMap ID
node 28786231OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Welsh—“Burrough on the Hill” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Burrough on the Hill”
- French: “Burrough on the Hill”
- German: “Burrough on the Hill”
- Polish: “Burrough on the Hill”
- Swedish: “Burrough on the Hill”
- Urdu: “بورو آن دی ہل”
- Welsh: “Burrough on the Hill”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Newbold and Somerby.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Peake’s Covert and Burrough Hill.
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