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Towns near Ratcliffe
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Thrussington
(1 Mile)*
Thrussington has some interesting 18th century properties surrounding the village green. It is the birthplace in 1782, of artist, John Ferneley, who depicted much of Leicestershire's 19th century hunting scene. |
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Rearsby
(2 Miles)*
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Syston
(2 Miles)*
In Victorian times Syston was a busy cattle dealing town. There is still evidence of the late 18th century development in its conservation area around the parish church of St. Peter. |
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Sileby
(2 Miles)*
Sileby is situated on the eastern side of the Soar Valley, it is a mix of residential and light industry. |
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Queniborough
(2 Miles)*
Queniborough is a pleasing conservation village with visible links back to the Civil War period. A 175 feet high crocketed spire, acknowledged by Pevsner to be one of the finest in Leicestershire, caps St. Mary's Church. |
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Seagrave
(2 Miles)*
Seagrave is situated just minutes from the busy A46; it is a secluded and picturesque village, with red roofed houses and distinctive church. |
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Brooksby
(3 Miles)*
Brooksby is now home to the county's Agricultural College, but was once the seat of the Villiers family. Its most famous son, George, born in 1592 at Brooksby, rose to be the favourite of two Stuart monarchs. |
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Ragdale
(3 Miles)*
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Mountsorrel
(3 Miles)*
Mountsorrel is situated on the old A6 route, seven miles north of Leicester and four miles from Loughborough. |
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Hoby
(3 Miles)*
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Rothley
(3 Miles)*
Rothley is another stop on the Great Central Railway, a quiet village on the eastern edge of the Charnwood Forest, originally built around Rothley Brook, a tributary of the Soar. |
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Burton on the Wolds
(4 Miles)*
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Birstall
(4 Miles)*
Birstall has become a major dormitory area for Leicester, but there are several examples of its earlier history in evidence. |
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Barrow-on-Soar
(4 Miles)*
Barrow is on the east bank of the Soar, with good mooring and shopping facilities, a pleasant stopping point for boaters. Barrow can trace its roots back to at least Roman times. The much restored Holy Trinity Church is of 14th century origin. |
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Walton-on-the-Wolds
(4 Miles)*
Walton-on-the-Wolds was the home in the 19th century of Augustus Hobart-Hampden, better known as Hobart Pasha, who had an adventurous naval career. |
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