Prestwold
Parish in Charnwood, Leicestershire, England
| Coordinates: | 52.789, -1.139 |
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| OS grid ref: | SK 58 21 |
| Dialling code: | 01509 (Loughborough) |
Prestwold is a small, rural parish in the borough of Charnwood, Leicestershire, England, set amid rolling farmland and parkland a short drive from Loughborough. The landscape is typically East Midlands – agricultural fields, pockets of woodland and sweeping lawns that give the area a quietly scenic, low‑density character.
The parish is dominated by the privately owned Prestwold Hall estate, an historic country house with landscaped grounds that has been a local landmark for generations; the estate’s mix of farming, forestry and hospitality activity helps support the local economy and occasionally opens for events. Socially it remains a small, close-knit community with the hall, its grounds and nearby villages forming the focus for local history and cultural interest rather than any large commercial centre.
Postcode districts covering Prestwold
Most populated places nearby
- Leicester 11.2 miles18 km
- Nottingham 12.6 miles20.4 km
- Derby 16.4 miles26.3 km
- Mansfield 24.8 miles39.9 km
- Burton upon Trent 21 miles33.8 km
- Nuneaton 23.5 miles37.8 km
- Loughborough 3.9 miles6.3 km
- West Bridgford 9.4 miles15.1 km
- Long Eaton 9.4 miles15.1 km
- Hinckley 20 miles32.2 km
- Sutton in Ashfield 23.8 miles38.3 km
- Grantham 22.5 miles36.2 km
Neighbouring places
- Burton on the Wolds Built-up area 0.6 miles0.9 km
- Hoton Parish 0.6 miles1 km
- The Wolds Ward 1.1 miles1.8 km
- Walton on the Wolds Parish 1.5 miles2.4 km
- Cotes Parish 1.8 miles2.8 km
- Wymeswold Built-up area 1.8 miles2.8 km
- Rempstone Built-up area 1.8 miles2.9 km
- Stanford on Soar Parish 2.1 miles3.5 km
- Barrow upon Soar Built-up area 2.6 miles4.2 km
- Loughborough East Ward 2.8 miles4.5 km
- Costock Built-up area 3 miles4.8 km
- Quorn & Mountsorrel Castle Ward 3.3 miles5.2 km
Example postcodes in Prestwold
Transport links
- East Midlands Airport 8.4 miles13.6 km
- Birmingham International Airport 34.5 miles55.5 km
- Loughborough Railway Station 2.5 miles4 km
- Barrow-upon-Soar Railway Station 2.7 miles4.4 km
Hotels near Prestwold Ad
- Charnwood Regency 3 3 miles4.8 km
- Elite Athlete Centre and Hotel 4.1 miles6.7 km
- Dbs Serviced Apartments - the Delven 4 9.1 miles14.6 km
- Burleigh Court Hotel 4 4.6 miles7.4 km
- Link Hotel 3 5 miles8.1 km
- The Queens Head 4 8.4 miles13.5 km
- Best Western Premier Yew Lodge East Midlands Airport 4 6.9 miles11.2 km
- Radisson Blu Hotel East Midlands Airport 4 7.6 miles12.2 km
- The Cottage Hotel 3 7.2 miles11.6 km
- Hilton East Midlands Airport 4 7.8 miles12.5 km
Local points of interest
- Garendon Abbey Historic site 5.1 miles8.2 km
- Nottingham Transport Heritage Centre Museum 6.7 miles10.7 km
- Bradgate House Historic site 7.7 miles12.3 km
- Clifton Hall Country house 8.6 miles13.9 km
- Belgrave Library Library 9.6 miles15.4 km
- Donington Park Recreation 10.1 miles16.3 km
- City Ground Stadium 10.5 miles16.8 km
- Highcross Shopping centre 10.6 miles17 km
- Meadow Lane Stadium 10.6 miles17.1 km
- Nottingham Racecourse Recreation 11.1 miles17.9 km
- Broadmarsh Shopping centre 11.3 miles18.1 km
- Welford Road Stadium, Leicester Tigers Stadium 11.4 miles18.3 km