Walcote, Leicestershire
Encyclopedia
Walcote is a village in the English
county of Leicestershire
.
It is on the A4304 road some two miles east if the town of Lutterworth
and a mile east of Junction 20 of the M1 motorway
. It is the major settlement of the civil parish
of Misterton with Walcote
and forms part of Harborough
district.
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
county of Leicestershire
Leicestershire
Leicestershire is a landlocked county in the English Midlands. It takes its name from the heavily populated City of Leicester, traditionally its administrative centre, although the City of Leicester unitary authority is today administered separately from the rest of Leicestershire...
.
It is on the A4304 road some two miles east if the town of Lutterworth
Lutterworth
Lutterworth is a market town and civil parish in the Harborough district of Leicestershire, England. The town is located in southern Leicestershire, north of Rugby, in Warwickshire and south of Leicester. It had a population of 8,293 in the 2001 UK census....
and a mile east of Junction 20 of the M1 motorway
M1 motorway
The M1 is a north–south motorway in England primarily connecting London to Leeds, where it joins the A1 near Aberford. While the M1 is considered to be the first inter-urban motorway to be completed in the United Kingdom, the first road to be built to motorway standard in the country was the...
. It is the major settlement of the civil parish
Civil parish
In England, a civil parish is a territorial designation and, where they are found, the lowest tier of local government below districts and counties...
of Misterton with Walcote
Misterton with Walcote
Misterton with Walcote is a civil parish in the English county of Leicestershire.It forms part of the Harborough district. Of its two settlement Walcote is by far the larger, but Misterton has the parish church....
and forms part of Harborough
Harborough
Harborough is a local government district of Leicestershire, England, named after its main town, Market Harborough. Covering , the District is by far the largest of the eight district authorities in Leicestershire and covers almost a quarter of the County....
district.