Towns near Thrussington
Brooksby (1 Mile)*
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.
Ratcliffe (1 Mile)*
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 (1 Mile)*
Ragdale (1 Mile)*
Hoby (2 Miles)*
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.
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.
Sileby (3 Miles)*
Sileby is situated on the eastern side of the Soar Valley, it is a mix of residential and light industry.
Syston (3 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.
Frisby on the Wreak (3 Miles)*
Burton on the Wolds (4 Miles)*
Mountsorrel (4 Miles)*
Mountsorrel is situated on the old A6 route, seven miles north of Leicester and four miles from Loughborough.
Ashfordby (4 Miles)*
Grimston (4 Miles)*
Gaddesby (4 Miles)*
* Distances shown are in a direct line. Distances by road will be longer.


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