Ashton Green
Ashton Green is a suburb in Thurcaston and Cropston, Charnwood District, England. Ashton Green is situated nearby to the quarter Hallam Fields, as well as near the village Thurcaston.Places of Interest
Highlights include National Space Centre and Rothley railway station.
National Space Centre
Museum
Photo: Kate Jewell, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The National Space Centre is a museum and educational resource covering the fields of space science and astronomy, along with a space research programme in partnership with the University of Leicester. National Space Centre is situated 2 miles south of Ashton Green.
Rothley railway station
Railway station
Photo: Ronstar308, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Rothley railway station is a heritage railway station on the preserved section of the Great Central Railway's London Extension. Built to the standard island platform pattern of country stations on the line, it originally opened on 15 March 1899 and has been restored to late Edwardian era condition, circa 1910.
Leicester North railway station
Railway station
Leicester North railway station is a railway station at the southern terminus of the preserved Great Central Railway. It is located immediately to the south to the site of the old Belgrave and Birstall station which was demolished between 1977 and 1985.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Broadnook and Birstall.
Broadnook
Village
Photo: Aethonatic, CC0.
Broadnook, officially Broadnook Garden Village, is a village and planned community located in Charnwood, Leicestershire. Described as the "first garden village" in Leicestershire, Broadnook sits directly to the north of Birstall and roughly 4 miles from Leicester's city centre.
Birstall
Village
Photo: Wesley Trevor Johnston, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Birstall is a large village and civil parish within the Charnwood borough of Leicestershire, England. It is three miles north of Leicester city centre and is part of the wider Leicester Urban Area.
Cropston
Village
Photo: Kev747, Public domain.
Cropston is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Thurcaston and Cropston, part of the Borough of Charnwood in Leicestershire, England.
Ashton Green
- Type: Suburb
- Category: locality
- Location: Thurcaston and Cropston, Charnwood District, Leicestershire, East Midlands, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
52.68449° or 52° 41′ 4″ northLongitude
-1.14938° or 1° 8′ 58″ westOpen location code
9C4WMVM2+Q6OpenStreetMap ID
node 13139979868OpenStreetMap feature
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