Foxton
Built-up area in Harborough, Leicestershire, England
| Coordinates: | 52.504, -0.968 |
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| OS grid ref: | SP 70 90 |
| Population: | 478 |
| Dialling code: | 01858 (Market Harborough) |
Foxton is a small village in the Harborough district of Leicestershire, England, best known for its dramatic canal structures where the Grand Union Canal drops through the famous flight of Foxton Locks. The flight of ten locks and the surviving machinery from the early 20th-century Foxton Inclined Plane give the village a strong industrial heritage and make it a popular stop for narrowboats, walkers and day visitors coming from nearby Market Harborough.
Historically tied to canal trade and surrounding agriculture, Foxton today mixes a quiet rural community with a visitor-led economy: there are cafés, a couple of traditional pubs and a small museum and visitor centre interpreting the locks and inclined plane. The towpaths, wildlife-rich banks and local events mean the village punches above its size as a social and recreational hub for the locality.
Postcode districts covering Foxton
Most populated places nearby
- Leicester 10.7 miles17.2 km
- Coventry 23.4 miles37.6 km
- Northampton 19.1 miles30.8 km
- Nuneaton 21.9 miles35.3 km
- Rugby 14.1 miles22.7 km
- Loughborough 21.1 miles34 km
- Kettering 13.1 miles21.1 km
- Kettering Town 13.1 miles21.1 km
- Corby 11.9 miles19.1 km
- Wellingborough 17.7 miles28.5 km
- Hinckley 17.3 miles27.9 km
- Coalville 22.3 miles36 km
Neighbouring places
- Gartree Built-up area 0.6 miles1 km
- Gumley Parish 1 mile1.5 km
- West Langton Parish 1.6 miles2.6 km
- Lubenham Built-up area 1.7 miles2.8 km
- Smeeton Westerby Parish 1.8 miles2.9 km
- Market Harborough-Logan Ward 2.2 miles3.6 km
- East Langton Parish 2.3 miles3.7 km
- Market Harborough-Great Bowden & Arden Ward 2.4 miles3.9 km
- Kibworths Ward 2.5 miles4 km
- Market Harborough Built-up area 2.6 miles4.1 km
- Great Bowden Built-up area 2.6 miles4.2 km
- Laughton Parish 2.7 miles4.3 km
Example postcodes in Foxton
LE16 7RF, LE16 7RQ, LE16 7RG, LE16 7RD, LE16 7RE, LE16 7QY, LE16 7YN, LE16 7RZ, LE16 7SH … See all
Transport links
- East Midlands Airport 27.2 miles43.7 km
- Birmingham International Airport 33 miles53.1 km
- Market Harborough Railway Station 3 miles4.8 km
- South Wigston Railway Station 8.8 miles14.2 km
Hotels near Foxton Ad
- The Three Swans Hotel, Market Harborough, Leicestershire 4 2.6 miles4.1 km
- White Horse Inn & Restaurant 4 6.7 miles10.8 km
- Nevill Arms Inn 4 6.3 miles10.1 km
- Kilworth House Hotel & Theatre 4 7.3 miles11.7 km
- Bridge House Barn 5 3.8 miles6.1 km
- Travel Plaza Hotel 3 6.4 miles10.4 km
- Rushton Hall Hotel & Spa 4 9.5 miles15.3 km
- Rooms at the Ritz Complex 7.5 miles12.1 km
- The R Inn Hotel 3 7.5 miles12.1 km
- Holiday Inn Leicester - Wigston 4 8.8 miles14.2 km
Local points of interest
- Leicester Racecourse Recreation 8.4 miles13.5 km
- Pipewell Abbey Historic site 8.9 miles14.3 km
- University of Leicester University 10.4 miles16.8 km
- Welford Road Stadium, Leicester Tigers Stadium 10.8 miles17.4 km
- The King Power Stadium Stadium 10.9 miles17.5 km
- Highcross Shopping centre 11.6 miles18.6 km
- Rockingham Road Stadium 12 miles19.3 km
- Belgrave Library Library 12 miles19.3 km
- Spanhoe Wood Forest 15.1 miles24.3 km
- Bradgate House Historic site 16.2 miles26.1 km
- Normanton Park Estate 17.3 miles27.8 km
- Lyveden New Bield Historic site 17.8 miles28.6 km