Towns near Syston
Queniborough (1 Mile)*
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.
Ratcliffe (2 Miles)*
Ratcliffe is sited between the banks of the River Wreake and the main A46 highway. Home to Ratcliffe College, started by Pugin in 1844 as the first Roman Catholic College in England since the Reformation.
Rearsby (2 Miles)*
Birstall (2 Miles)*
Birstall has become a major dormitory area for Leicester, but there are several examples of its earlier history in evidence.
Sileby (3 Miles)*
Sileby is situated on the eastern side of the Soar Valley, it is a mix of residential and light industry.
Thrussington (3 Miles)*
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.
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.
Mountsorrel (3 Miles)*
Mountsorrel is situated on the old A6 route, seven miles north of Leicester and four miles from Loughborough.
Seagrave (3 Miles)*
Seagrave is situated just minutes from the busy A46; it is a secluded and picturesque village, with red roofed houses and distinctive church.
Thurcaston (4 Miles)*
Thurcaston claims to be the birthplace of the martyred Tudor Bishop, Hugh Latimer. As a youth, he may well have been familiar with All Saints Church, parts of which date back to Norman times.
Hoby (4 Miles)*
Brooksby (4 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.
Belgrave (4 Miles)*
Ragdale (4 Miles)*
Gaddesby (4 Miles)*
* Distances shown are in a direct line. Distances by road will be longer.


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