LE8 6ZG

NEIGHBOURHOOD REPORT

LE8 6ZG - Whetstone

Whetstone is a village and civil parish in the Blaby district of Leicestershire, England and largely acts as a commuter village for Leicester, five miles to the north. The population at the 2011 census was 6,556. It is part of the Leicester Urban Area.

The village is bounded on the east by the A426 (on the other side of which is Blaby village), to the north by the railway line from Birmingham to Leicester, and to the west by the M1. It is well connected to Leicester City centre, with a very frequent direct bus service. From 1899 to 1963 the village was served by Whetstone railway station." [1]

Situated in local authority Cosby with South Whetstone, Whetstone is classed as urban with city and town. Nearest towns are Narborough (1 miles away), Wigston (3 miles away), Leicester (5 miles away), with the capital city, London being 88 miles away.

Leicestershire

When thinking about counties to visit in the UK, Leicestershire often goes unnoticed, but this would be to miss out on a picturesque and charming region with a wealth of gorgeous villages, a wonderful industrial heritage and some fantastic historic sites.

Chief among these is the county town and cathedral city of Leicester that sits at the heart of the county on the River Soar and Grand Union Canal and can be traced back to the Roman era. It is a wonderful and vibrant multicultural city, packed with famous architecture, from the old Town Hall to the modern Leicester University Engineering Building and from Leicester Abbey and Leicester Castle to The City Rooms and Belgrave Hall.

Other Roman and Saxon settlements, as well as ancient quarries and medieval abbeys are scattered across Leicestershire. Worth a look are the former colliery at Coalville, now developed into the brilliant Snibston Discovery Park, the historic town of Ashby de la Zouch with its elegant Elizabethan timbered houses and Georgian shops and the castle of Ashby de la Zouch, written about by Sir Walter Scott in Ivanhoe, as well as Donnington Park, Launde Abbey, Kirby Muxloe Castle and Mount St. Bernard Abbey.

For those who want to get out and about there are endless country parks, charming villages and bustling market towns and numerous walking trails, cycling trails and picturesque spots for fishing. At Outwoods there is a beautiful site of special scientific interest, looking out over Loughborough and the Soar Valley.

Also worth a visit are the views of the Soar valley from Bardon Hill and Mountsorrel. Lastly there is the famous National Forest, an impressive new English forest covering a large corner of north west Leicestershire and a wonderful place from which to experience this beautiful county.

Where is it?

Location
Whetstone

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Ward
Cosby with South Whetstone

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Local Authority
Blaby

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Council

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Constituency

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County
Leicestershire

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Region
East Midlands

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Country
England

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Classification
Urban with City and Town

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Area Type
Non-metropolitan District

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ONS GSS ID
E00129993

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LSOADZ_NAME
Blaby 009A

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Government ID
Blaby 009

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Coordinates
52.562, -1.186

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Phone Code
(0116) xxx xxxx

Nearby Towns

Narborough	1.3 mi
Wigston	3.4 mi
Leicester	5.5 mi
Lutterworth	7.1 mi
Coventry	16.9 mi
Nottingham	26.9 mi
London	87.6 mi
Cardiff	114 mi
Edinburgh	246.5 mi