Barkestone

Barkestone is a village in Redmile, Melton District, England. Barkestone is situated nearby to the village Plungar, as well as near Redmile.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Barkestone-le-Vale and Church of St Peter and St Paul.

Barkestone-le-Vale

Residential area

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Barkestone-le-Vale is a village and a former civil parish, now in the parish of Redmile, in the Melton district, in the north east of Leicestershire, England. In 1931 the parish had a population of 238.

Church of St Peter and St Paul

Church

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The Church of St Peter and St Paul is a church in Barkestone-le-Vale, Leicestershire, England. It is a Grade II* listed building.

Church of St Peter

Church

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Places in the Area

Nearby places include Plungar and Sutton-cum-Granby.

Plungar

Village

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Plungar is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Redmile, and the Melton district of Leicestershire, England. It is about nine miles north of the market town of Melton Mowbray and seven miles west from Grantham.

Sutton-cum-Granby

Village

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Sutton-cum-Granby is a hamlet in the civil parish of Granby, in the Rushcliffe district, in Nottinghamshire, England. It lies in the Vale of Belvoir. Sutton-cum-Granby is situated 2 miles northwest of Barkestone.

Granby

Village

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Granby is a small village in the Rushcliffe district of Nottinghamshire, England. It lies in the Vale of Belvoir. Granby is situated 2 miles northwest of Barkestone.

Barkestone

Type: Village
Also known as: “Barkstone le Vale”
Category: locality
Location: Redmile, Melton District, Leicestershire, East Midlands, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

52.90516° or 52° 54′ 19″ north

Longitude

-0.84139° or 0° 50′ 29″ west

Open location code

9C4XW545+3C

OpenStreetMap ID

node 29345007

OpenStreetMap feature

place=village

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