Whetstone Gorse
Whetstone Gorse is in Willoughby Waterleys, Harborough District, England. Whetstone Gorse is situated nearby to the village Littlethorpe, as well as near the hamlet Sutton in the Elms.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Church of St Mary and Church of St Michael and All Angels.
Church of St Mary
Church
Photo: Tim Heaton, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Church of St Mary is situated 1 mile southeast of Whetstone Gorse.
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 1½ miles northwest of Whetstone Gorse.
Church of St Andrew
Church
Photo: Kate Jewell, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Church of St Andrew is situated 1½ miles northeast of Whetstone Gorse.
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 2½ miles northwest of Whetstone Gorse.
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 3 miles west of Whetstone Gorse.
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 3 miles northwest of Whetstone Gorse.
Whetstone Gorse
- Type: Tourist attraction
- Category: tourism
- Location: Willoughby Waterleys, Harborough District, Leicestershire, East Midlands, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
52.53726° or 52° 32′ 14″ northLongitude
-1.16556° or 1° 9′ 56″ westOpen location code
9C4WGRPM+WQOpenStreetMap ID
node 248893786OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attraction
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