Church of St John the Evangelist, Shenton

Church of St John the Evangelist, Shenton is a church in Sutton Cheney, Hinckley and Bosworth District, England. Church of St John the Evangelist, Shenton is situated nearby to the residential area Shenton Hall, as well as near the forest Ambion Wood.

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Type: Church
Denomination: Anglican
Description: church in Shenton, Leicestershire, England, UK
Also known as: “St John the Evangelist” and “St John’s Church, Shenton”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Shenton Hall and Shenton railway station.

Shenton Hall

Residential area

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Shenton Hall is a country house opposite the church of St John the Evangelist, in the village of Shenton, in Leicestershire, England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II* listed building.

Shenton railway station

Railway station

Photo: Mat Fascione, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Shenton railway station is located about 1 mile from the village of Shenton, Leicestershire, England. It currently serves as a glassblowing studio Station Glass, cafe and ticket office. Shenton railway station is situated 3,400 feet east of Church of St John the Evangelist, Shenton.

Ambion Hill

Ambion Hill is a hill in west Leicestershire, England, south of the town of Market Bosworth and lying south of the Sutton Cheney to Shenton road and north of Dadlington and of Fenn Lanes Roman road. Ambion Hill is situated 1 mile east of Church of St John the Evangelist, Shenton.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Shenton and Upton.

Shenton

Village

Photo: Mat Fascione, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Shenton is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Dadlington and Sutton Cheney, in the Hinckley and Bosworth district, in the county of Leicestershire, England, situated 2.20 miles south-west of Market Bosworth.

Upton

Village

Photo: Stephen McKay, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Upton, is a small hamlet and former civil parish, now in the parish of Sheepy, in the Hinckley and Bosworth district of Leicestershire, England. It is on the Leicestershire and Warwickshire border west of Shenton and south-east of Sibson.

Dadlington

Village

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Dadlington is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Dadlington and Sutton Cheney, in the Hinckley and Bosworth district, in Leicestershire, England. Dadlington is situated 2 miles southeast of Church of St John the Evangelist, Shenton.

Church of St John the Evangelist, Shenton

Categories: building, place of worship, and religion
Location: Sutton Cheney, Hinckley and Bosworth District, Leicestershire, East Midlands, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

52.59948° or 52° 35′ 58″ north

Longitude

-1.43051° or 1° 25′ 50″ west

Open location code

9C4WHHX9+QQ

OpenStreetMap ID

way 884748637

OpenStreetMap feature

amenity=place_of_worship

OpenStreetMap feature

building=church

OpenStreetMap attribute

denomination=anglican

Wikidata ID

Q17540752

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