Knightswood

Knightswood is in Rothley, Charnwood District, England. Knightswood is situated nearby to the forest Black Hovel Spinney, as well as near Rothley Church of England Primary School.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include St Mary & St John Church, Rothley and Rothley railway station.

St Mary & St John Church, Rothley

Church

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St Mary & St John is a Church of England parish church in the centre of Rothley, England. It has a congregation of mixed ages and backgrounds. The church aims "to reach out with the good news of Jesus Christ, to be built up as his disciples and to send people out to make God’s love known in the world". St Mary & St John Church, Rothley is situated 1,700 feet north of Knightswood.

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. Rothley railway station is situated 1 mile west of Knightswood.

Rothley Court

Building

Photo: Terry Sheppard, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Rothley Court is a country house at Rothley in Leicestershire, England. It was mentioned in the Domesday Book and later, as Rothley Temple, associated with the Knights Templar. Rothley Court is situated 4,200 feet west of Knightswood.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Broadnook and Cossington.

Broadnook

Village

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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.

Cossington

Village

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Cossington is a village within the Soar Valley in Leicestershire, England. It is between Sileby, Rothley, Ratcliffe-on-the-Wreake and Syston. The population of the civil parish at the 2011 census was 598. Cossington is situated 1½ miles northeast of Knightswood.

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. Birstall is situated 2 miles south of Knightswood.

Knightswood

Type: Construction
Location: Rothley, Charnwood District, Leicestershire, East Midlands, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

52.70408° or 52° 42′ 15″ north

Longitude

-1.13663° or 1° 8′ 12″ west

Open location code

9C4WPV37+J8

OpenStreetMap ID

way 1465601744

OpenStreetMap feature

landuse=construction

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