Visit Swithland Places

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The Walkfo guide to things to do & explore in Swithland

  

Swithland Places Overview: History, Culture & Facts about Swithland

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Swithland history

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Swithland was originally held by Groby until 1412. Part of the village was held by the Danvers (originally called D’Anvers) family. The churchyard of St. Leonard’s includes the tomb of Sir Joseph Danvers, 1st Baronet, which was built half inside the graveyard and half outside (on Danvers’ estate) to allow his favourite dog to be buried with him.

Swithland Estate

The original Swithland Hall, which stood at the eastern end of the village as it is today, was destroyed by fire in 1822. The current hall, a Grade II listed building, was partially completed in 1834 and finished in 1852 by John George Danvers Butler, sixth Earl of Lanesborough. The estate includes the lantern cross that originally stood in Mountsorrel that dates from 1500.

You can visit Swithland places with Walkfo Swithland to hear history at Swithland’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo Swithland has 43 places to visit in our interactive Swithland map, with amazing history, culture & travel facts you can explore the same way you would at a museum or art gallery with information audio headset. With Walkfo, you can travel by foot, bike or bus throughout Swithland, being in the moment, without digital distraction or limits to a specific walking route. Our historic audio walks, National Trust interactive audio experiences, digital tour guides for English Heritage locations are available at Swithland places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to Swithland & the surrounding areas.

“Curated content for millions of locations across the UK, with 43 audio facts unique to Swithland places in an interactive Swithland map you can explore.”

Walkfo: Visit Swithland Places Map
43 tourist, history, culture & geography spots

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Swithland historic spots	Swithland tourist destinations	Swithland plaques	Swithland geographic features
Walkfo Swithland tourism map key: places to see & visit like National Trust sites, Blue Plaques, English Heritage locations & top tourist destinations in Swithland

  

Best Swithland places to visit

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Swithland has places to explore by foot, bike or bus. Below are a selection of the varied Swithland’s destinations you can visit with additional content available at the Walkfo Swithland’s information audio spots:

St Mary & St John Church, Rothley St Mary & St John is a Church of England parish church in Rothley, England. It has a congregation of mixed ages and backgrounds. It aims “to reach out with the good news of Jesus Christ”

Swithland railway station Swithland was a railway station on the Great Central Main Line between Rothley and Quorn and Woodhouse. The station was due to open in March 1899 but was never completed. The line through the station site was closed in May 1969.

River Lin The River Lin is a river which runs through North Leicestershire. The source of the river is in Ulverscroft, near Charnwood Forest. The river also feeds Cropston Reservoir and Swithland Reservoir.

Beacon Brook Beacon Brook is a brook which runs through North Leicestershire. The source of the rivulet is in Beacon, near Woodhouse Eaves. The river runs for around 6 kilometres between its source and confluence with the River Lin.

List of local nature reserves in Leicestershire Leicestershire is a county in the East Midlands of England. The area of the administrative county is 806 square miles (2,090 km) and the population according to the 2011 census is 980,000. Leicester City Council is a unitary authority, with seven district councils in the second tier. As of December 2017 there are 23 local nature reserves in the county, the largest is Burbage Common and Woods at 85 hectares (210 acres)

Swithland Swithland is a linear village in the Charnwood borough of Leicestershire. The civil parish population was put at 230 in 2004 and 217 in the 2011 census. The village is known for the slate that was quarried in the area.

Woodhouse, Leicestershire Woodhouse is a small village and civil parish in the heart of Charnwood, England. The population of the civil parish at the 2011 census was 2,319, including around 300 term-time boarders at the Defence College. Beaumanor Hall, ancestral home of the Herrick family, was used as listening station during the war and intercepted signals intelligence for Bletchley Park.

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