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Birstall Leicestershire Map

Traditional county: Leicestershire · District / Borough: Charnwood · Region: East Midlands

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Place	Birstall
Traditional County	Leicestershire
District / Borough	Charnwood
Region	East Midlands
Country	England, United Kingdom

Latitude	52.675877
Longitude	-1.120128
Place Type	Village

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About Birstall

Birstall stretches across the Leicestershire landscape with a quiet persistence, its red-brick homes and leafy avenues tracing the gentle contours of the Charnwood district. It lies 2.6 miles south-west of Syston (from Syston: bearing 231°T, OS grid SK 595 090), and is situated west-south-west of Thurmaston village. The River Soar flows nearby, its dark, muscular waters pulling a silver light through the low-lying meadows that border the eastern edge of the parish. Birstall maintains a steady composure, balancing its proximity to the urban pulse of Leicester with the hushed, expansive green lungs of Watermead Country Park. Here, the air often carries the damp, sweet scent of reeds and silt, a reminder of the ancient floodplains that have long held the soil in a soft, alluvial grip. Residents find a respite in the open horizon of these wetlands, where the sky seems to broaden and breathe more freely than it does among the clustered chimney pots. The presence of the Mammoth sculpture serves as a curious, iron-wrought sentinel, watching over the transition from residential streets to the wilder, wandering banks of the river. Life in Birstall moves with the unforced cadence of a place that has long made peace with its surroundings, neither seeking the spotlight nor fading into the background.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Mammoth (Public Artwork) — 0.5 mi, 142° SE
Melton Overflow Channel (River) — 0.6 mi, 143° SE
Watermead Ecological Park (Park) — 0.7 mi, 162° SSE
Watermead Country Park (Park) — 0.7 mi, 050° NE
River Soar (River) — 0.9 mi, 193° SSW
Leicester Outdoor Pursuits Centre (Attraction) — 0.9 mi, 197° SSW
Birstall Hill (Hill / Mountain) — 1.0 mi, 260° W
King Lears Lake (Lake / Reservoir) — 1.1 mi, 043° NE
The 'Roman' Bridge, Belgrave (Scheduled Monument) — 1.1 mi, 195° SSW
Belgrave Hall (Historic Park or Garden) — 1.2 mi, 187° S · 2 ha
John Merricks' Lake (Lake / Reservoir) — 1.4 mi, 033° NNE
Round Hill (Hill / Mountain) — 1.5 mi, 061° ENE
Bennion Pools (Lake / Reservoir) — 1.5 mi, 269° W
Abbey Pumping Station (Museum) — 1.5 mi, 197° SSW
Retro Computer Museum (Museum) — 1.5 mi, 124° SE
National Space Centre (Museum) — 1.6 mi, 198° SSW
Sir Patrick Moore Planetarium (Attraction) — 1.6 mi, 198° SSW
Preceptory, Boundary, Two Mounds, Fishpond And Dam At Beaumont Leys (Scheduled Monument) — 1.8 mi, 274° W · 10 ha
Gipsy Lane Pit Sssi (Site of Special Scientific Interest) — 1.9 mi, 130° SE
Castle Hill Earthworks (Monument) — 1.9 mi, 274° W
Leicester Abbey (Historic Ruins) — 2.0 mi, 201° SSW
Leicester Abbey And 17Th Century Mansion And Ornamental Gardens (Scheduled Monument) — 2.1 mi, 199° SSW · 13 ha
Peepul Centre (Theatre) — 2.1 mi, 182° S
The Humber Stone (Attraction) — 2.1 mi, 125° SE
Gorse Hill City Farm (Attraction) — 2.4 mi, 225° SW
Piccadilly Cinema (Cinema) — 2.6 mi, 166° SSE
Haymarket Theatre (Theatre) — 2.7 mi, 190° S
The High Cross (Monument) — 2.9 mi, 195° SSW
King Richard III Visitor Centre (Museum) — 3.0 mi, 193° SSW
Jewry Wall Museum (Museum) — 3.0 mi, 198° SSW

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