Obelisk
Obelisk is a monument in Whetstone, Blaby, England. Obelisk is situated nearby to Whetstone Gorse, as well as near the village Littlethorpe.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Church of St Michael and All Angels and Church of St Mary.
Church of St Michael and All Angels
Church
Photo: Mat Fascione, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Church of St Michael and All Angels is situated 1 mile northwest of Obelisk.
Church of St Mary
Church
Photo: Tim Heaton, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Church of St Mary is situated 1¼ miles southeast of Obelisk.
Narborough railway station
Railway station
Photo: Mat Fascione, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Narborough railway station serves the large village of Narborough and the small village of Littlethorpe in Leicestershire. It is on the Birmingham to Peterborough Line about 7 miles southwest of Leicester. Narborough railway station is situated 2½ miles northwest of Obelisk.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Littlethorpe and Sutton in the Elms.
Littlethorpe
Village
Photo: Mat Fascione, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Littlethorpe is a small village approximately six miles south of Leicester, separated from the village of Narborough by the Leicester to Birmingham railway line, and the River Soar of which it is the true discharge. Littlethorpe is situated 2 miles northwest of Obelisk.
Sutton in the Elms
Hamlet
Sutton in the Elms is a settlement in the northwest of Broughton Astley, Leicestershire. Its name is sometimes abbreviated to Sutton Elms. Sutton is one of the three settlements mentioned in Domesday that now comprise Broughton Astley: namely Broctone, Sutone and Torp. Sutton in the Elms is situated 2½ miles west of Obelisk.
Narborough
Village
Photo: Kev747, Public domain.
Narborough is a large village and civil parish in the Blaby district of Leicestershire, England, around six miles southwest of Leicester. The population of the civil parish at the 2011 census was 8,498. Narborough is situated 2½ miles northwest of Obelisk.
Obelisk
- Type: Monument
- Category: historic site
- Location: Whetstone, Blaby, Leicestershire, East Midlands, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
52.54058° or 52° 32′ 26″ northLongitude
-1.1748° or 1° 10′ 29″ westOpen location code
9C4WGRRG+63OpenStreetMap ID
node 13734091624OpenStreetMap feature
historic=monument
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