Parks Close
Parks Close is a bus stop in North West Leicestershire, Leicestershire, England. Parks Close is situated nearby to the hospital Whitwick Health Centre, as well as near Whitwick Park.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Three Horseshoes and Church of St Andrew.
Three Horseshoes
Pub
Photo: Mat Fascione, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Three Horseshoes is a Grade II listed public house at 11 Leicester Road, Whitwick, Leicestershire LE67 5GN. It is on the Campaign for Real Ale's National Inventory of Historic Pub Interiors. Three Horseshoes is situated 1,900 feet southeast of Parks Close.
Church of St Andrew
Church
Photo: Hassocks5489, CC0.
Church of St Andrew is situated 4,200 feet northwest of Parks Close.
Grace Dieu Priory
Archaeological site
Photo: JohnArmagh, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Grace Dieu Priory was an independent Augustinian priory near Thringstone in Leicestershire, England. It was founded around 1235-1241 by Roesia de Verdun and dissolved in 1538. Grace Dieu Priory is situated 1¼ miles north of Parks Close.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Whitwick and Thringstone.
Whitwick
Village
Photo: Kev747, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Whitwick is a large village and civil parish in the North West Leicestershire district of Leicestershire, England, some two miles north of Coalville in the northwest of the county.
Thringstone
Village
Photo: Trevor Rickard, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Thringstone is a village in the North West Leicestershire district, in Leicestershire, England. About 3 miles north of Coalville, it lies in the English National Forest.
Swannington
Village
Photo: Ian Calderwood, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Swannington is a former mining village in North West Leicestershire, England. A document of 1520 mentions five pits at Swannington. It was a terminus of the early Leicester and Swannington Railway that was built to serve the townships of Swannington and Thringstone and is built on a spot reputedly chosen by William Wordsworth, a frequent guest of Sir George Beaumont of nearby Coleorton Hall.
Parks Close
- Type: Bus stop
- Category: transportation
- Location: North West Leicestershire, Leicestershire, East Midlands, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
52.74289° or 52° 44′ 34″ northLongitude
-1.35999° or 1° 21′ 36″ westOpen location code
9C4WPJVR+52OpenStreetMap ID
node 562723376OpenStreetMap feature
highway=bus_stopOpenStreetMap feature
public_transport=platform
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