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Recommended Towns & Villages near Brooksby

Ye Olde Pork Pie Shoppe, Melton Mowbray

Melton Mowbray (25 Pictures)

a Historic Market Town in the county of Leicestershire (5.6 miles, 8.9 km, direction E)

An historic market town famous for its Pork packed pies and Stilton cheeses, both are savoured all over Britain and in many other countries...

Rothley Railway Station

Rothley (12 Pictures)

in the county of Leicestershire (5.8 miles, 9.3 km, direction SW)

Rothley is a delightful village with two village greens, one is flanked by some of the country's finest timber framed houses. The village shows a graceful selection of architecture including pretty Cruck Cottages...

Quorn in Leicestershire. The river Soar

Quorn (18 Pictures)

in the county of Leicestershire (6.5 miles, 10.4 km, direction W)

Quorn can be found between Leicester and Loughborough, it is surrounded by magnificent countryside and a wealth of visitor attractions...

The fine old church at Tilton-on-the-Hill, Leicestershire

Tilton on the Hill (4 Pictures)

in the county of Leicestershire (8.2 miles, 13.3 km, direction SE)

This is a quiet rural village situated in one of the highest parts of the rolling Leicestershire countryside...

Loughborough, Leicestershire

Loughborough (74 Pictures)

in the county of Leicestershire (8.4 miles, 13.5 km, direction W)

The joyous sound of bells made in Loughborough have been rung all over the world since 1858, the date that John Taylor of Oxford moved his foundry to Loughborough. Many famous.....

Leicester University Botanic Gardens

Leicester (362 Pictures)

a Historic City in the county of Leicestershire (8.7 miles, 14.0 km, direction SW)

Leicester is famed amongst other things for its fine parish church which was raised to Cathedral status in 1927...

Groby Road, Anstey, Leicester

Anstey (5 Pictures)

in the county of Leicestershire (8.8 miles, 14.2 km, direction SW)

One of the most attractive features of Anstey is the famous 14th century five arched pack-horse bridge crossing the River Wreake...

Oakham

Oakham (86 Pictures)

in the county of Rutland (12.7 miles, 20.4 km, direction E)

For centuries the countryside around Oakham has echoed to the sound of hunting horns, for the vales and rolling farmland surrounding this sedate market town, have been the stamping ground for the counties hunting fraternity...

Fox Inn - May 1990

Hallaton (18 Pictures)

in the county of Leicestershire (14.5 miles, 23.3 km, direction SE)

Easter Monday sees the villages of Hallaton and Medbourne engaged in a riotous 'bottle kicking' contest which is said to have pagan origins...

River Trent Beeston, Nottinghamshire, looking towards Clifton.

Beeston (270 Pictures)

in the county of Nottinghamshire (15.2 miles, 24.5 km, direction NW)

Beeston is mostly remarkable for being the place where the Ist Lord Trent started work in his mother's herbal shop at the age of 14...

Westgate, Long Eaton, Derbyshire.

Long Eaton (98 Pictures)

in the county of Derbyshire (15.3 miles, 24.7 km, direction NW)

Long Eaton is a small town lying on the River Trent around 8 miles east of Derby. The town has a history stretching back to the 7th century, but was for many centuries naught but a sleepy agricultural village...

Highfields

Nottingham (210 Pictures)

a Historic City in the county of Nottinghamshire (16.0 miles, 25.8 km, direction NW)

The City of Nottingham is famed for fine lace, the romance of Maid Marion and Robin Hood and as the birthplace of the founder of the Salvation Army, General William Booth (1829-1912)...

Foxton Church

Foxton (21 Pictures)

a Picturesque Village in the county of Leicestershire (16.2 miles, 26.1 km, direction S)

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A picture of Woolsthorpe Manor

Woolsthorpe-by-Colsterworth (10 Pictures)

a Picturesque Village in the county of Lincolnshire (16.7 miles, 26.8 km, direction E)

The tiny hamlet of Woolsthorpe-by-Colsterworth lies in spacious rural countryside in the valley of the River Witham...

Bisbrooke Church, Rutland - Completely re-built 1871. Tower built 1914. Grade II listed.

Bisbrooke (3 Pictures)

a Picturesque Village in the county of Rutland (17.0 miles, 27.4 km, direction SE)

Bisbrooke lies amidst a landscape of gentle hills dotted with rolling farmlands, rivers, reservoirs and woodland...

Taken in the Hall Yard Park looking towards St Simon & St Judes Parish Church, Earl Shilton

Earl Shilton (1 Pictures)

in the county of Leicestershire (17.4 miles, 28.0 km, direction SW)

Earl Shilton is one of the largest villages in the County of Leicestershire. It occupies a rich rural landscape between the town of Hinckley and the City of Leicester...

Edith Weston

Edith Weston (13 Pictures)

in the county of Rutland (17.6 miles, 28.3 km, direction SE)

The village lies on the southern shores of Rutland Water, one of Europe's largest man-made reservoirs, and England's premier fly fishing waters...

Normanton

Normanton (29 Pictures)

in the county of Rutland (17.7 miles, 28.5 km, direction E)

Normanton lies in a landscape of rolling farmlands, broken only by rivers and patches of woodland. It is a tranquil place, with the waters offering scope for sailing and other water-sports, bird-watching, fishing, and cycling...

Staunton harold hall & Church, Leicestershire

Staunton Harold (22 Pictures)

in the county of Leicestershire (18.4 miles, 29.6 km, direction W)

Staunton was mentioned in the Doomsday Book when it was held by Henry de Ferrers...

Trowell, Nottinghamshire

Trowell (3 Pictures)

in the county of Nottinghamshire (18.4 miles, 29.7 km, direction NW)

Modern day history records that this was the village chosen as The Festival of Britain Village, at the time it was considered to epitomise the spirit of British rural community life...

Recommended attractions near Brooksby

A picture of Watermead Country Park

Watermead Country Park (174 Pictures)

(5.1 miles, 8.1 km, direction SW)

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Letting off Steam on the Great Central Railway

Great Central Railway (48 Pictures)

(8.0 miles, 12.9 km, direction W)

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Bradgate Park, Leicester, leicestershire

Bradgate Park (257 Pictures)

(8.7 miles, 14.1 km, direction SW)

Comprising of 850 acres of land with roaming deer, Bradgate Park is Leicestershire's largest and most popular country.....

Leicester Cathedral, Leicester

Leicester Cathedral (16 Pictures)

(8.8 miles, 14.1 km, direction SW)

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Jewry Wall, A small piece of the Roman Wall still remains in Leicester City Centre.

The Jewry Wall Museum (15 Pictures)

(9.1 miles, 14.6 km, direction SW)

This is Leicester's leading Museum of Archaeology, showing an extensive range Roman finds as well as other unique historic relics.....

Old John, Bradgate Park, Leicestershire

Old John Tower (10 Pictures)

(9.4 miles, 15.1 km, direction W)

Standing on a hill overlooking Bradgate Park, Old John Tower folly.....

The Old Man of Beacon, Beacon Hill Country Park, Leicestershire

Beacon Hill Country Park (24 Pictures)

(9.7 miles, 15.6 km, direction W)

The second highest point in Leicestershire at 245m (802 feet) and containing a Bronze Age hill fort, Beacon Hill Country Park.....

Thornton Reservoir, Leicestershire.

Thornton Reservoir (13 Pictures)

(13.4 miles, 21.5 km, direction SW)

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Belvoir Castle

Belvoir Castle (26 Pictures)

(14.3 miles, 23.0 km, direction NE)

A castle has stood on this spot since the 11th-century, it was built by Robert de Todini, standard-bearer to William the.....

Rutland Water

Rutland Water (128 Pictures)

(14.7 miles, 23.7 km, direction SE)

Rutland Water is the largest reservoir in England (by surface area) and one of the largest artificial lakes in Europe. Its.....

NOTTINGHAM CASTLE MUSEUM

Nottingham Castle Museum (16 Pictures)

(15.6 miles, 25.1 km, direction NW)

This superb mansion containing Nottingham's museum and art gallery sits on a green and pleasant mound high above the city. It.....

Young Buck

Wollaton Hall (58 Pictures)

(16.5 miles, 26.5 km, direction NW)

From the outside, Wollaton Hall could easily be mistaken for a grand Victorian mansion - even though it was built when Sir.....

Le Mans Series racers at the Melbourne Hairpin, Donington Park Circuit, Derbyshire

Donington Park (11 Pictures)

(16.5 miles, 26.5 km, direction W)

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Foxton Locks, Near Market Harborough, 'Narrow Boat coming down'

Foxton Locks (37 Pictures)

(16.5 miles, 26.6 km, direction S)

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A picture of Woolsthorpe Manor

Woolsthorpe Manor (10 Pictures)

(16.6 miles, 26.8 km, direction E)

Called a manor but in reality this is the farmhouse where Isaac Newton was born in 1642. The house remains very much during.....

Staunton harold hall & Church, Leicestershire

Staunton Harold Church (6 Pictures)

(17.5 miles, 28.1 km, direction W)

Imposing church built in 1653, with fine panelled interior, set in attractive parkland...

Staunton Harold Church

Staunton Harold Hall (14 Pictures)

(18.2 miles, 29.2 km, direction W)

This is said to be one of the most delightful country houses in Leicestershire, it was the former home of the Ferrers family who.....

View from the tower Ashby de la Zouch Castle, Leicestershire

Ashby de la Zouch Castle (28 Pictures)

(18.8 miles, 30.2 km, direction W)

The ancient, crumbling walls of Ashby de la Zouch castle keep once rose to a towering 95ft and had four floors. It belonged to.....

image of staunton harold reservoir taken from hall roof, 2003

Staunton Harold Reservoir (5 Pictures)

(19.1 miles, 30.7 km, direction W)

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Elvaston Castle

Elvaston Castle (41 Pictures)

(19.2 miles, 30.9 km, direction NW)

The first view of this impressive early 19th-century house nestling above sweeping lawns is quite tantalizing, giving visitors a.....


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