Heritage railway · Loughborough · Leicestershire

Great Central Railway

Great Central Railway is a heritage railway based in Loughborough. Add Mount St Bernard Abbey, 8.9 km away, to a visit; it leads 41 places within 15 km.

Photo: Great Central Railway, Duncan Harris (CC BY-SA 2.0)

Where

In Loughborough

inside the built-up area

How well known

Top 46%

#3,928 of 8,556 places we list

Warmest months

Jun–Sep

highs of 19–22°C

In brief

Heritage railway in Loughborough

Inside Loughborough

Great Central Railway is inside Loughborough’s built-up area, with 5 more places to visit within 5 km. Towns near it ↓

Written from OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, the ONS built-up areas and Met Office 1991–2020 averages.

When to go

Which month to go

Afternoons in Loughborough reach 19–22°C from June to September.

Jan7° / 2°58 mm

Feb8° / 2°48 mm

Mar11° / 3°45 mm

Apr14° / 5°49 mm

May17° / 7°52 mm

Jun20° / 10°66 mm

Jul22° / 12°68 mm

Aug22° / 12°63 mm

Sep19° / 10°56 mm

Oct14° / 7°69 mm

Nov10° / 4°65 mm

Dec8° / 2°67 mm

Green months are the warmest. Typical afternoon highs and night lows in Loughborough, and rain in a month. Met Office HadUK-Grid 1991–2020 averages for Loughborough. Opening times change through the year: check before you go. Loughborough’s full climate →

About

Great Central Railway

Heritage railway based in Loughborough, England, UK.

In Loughborough, inside the town’s built-up area.

Type: Heritage railway
Town: in Loughborough
Official site: gcrailway.co.uk

Facts: Wikidata (CC0) and OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors).

The map

Where to find Great Central Railway

The numbers show what else is near Great Central Railway, in the order listed below.

Towns near it

The towns around Great Central Railway

Among the 8, Loughborough is the biggest, home to 64,850 people. They run in order of distance, starting where it stands.

1 · It’s in town

Loughborough

64,850 people · 11 places to visit

2 · 2.1 km southeast of it

Quorndon

5,576 people · 7 places to visit

3 · 2.7 km southeast of it

Barrow upon Soar

6,823 people · 7 places to visit

4 · 3.3 km south of it

Woodhouse

608 people · 9 places to visit

Compare the 8 towns

Town	Where Great Central Railway is	People	Places to visit
Loughborough	It’s in town	64,850	11
Quorndon	2.1 km southeast of it	5,576	7
Barrow upon Soar	2.7 km southeast of it	6,823	7
Woodhouse	3.3 km south of it	608	9
Normanton on Soar	4.2 km northwest of it	409	9
Hathern	4.3 km northwest of it	2,351	8
Woodhouse Eaves	4.4 km south of it	1,618	8
Mountsorrel	4.6 km southeast of it	12,879	7

Make a day of it

Also within reach

Within 15 km you can add 3 museums, 2 abbeys or priories and 2 castles.

Abbey or prioryMount St Bernard Abbey8.9 km away 2

GardenBradgate Park8.6 km away 3

MuseumLoughborough Carillon800 m away 4

Castle · English HeritageKirby Muxloe Castle15 km away 5

MuseumNational Space Centre13 km away 6

MuseumCharnwood Museum900 m away 7

Abbey or prioryLeicester Abbey14 km away 8

CastleGroby Castle12 km away

Within 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.

Great Central Railway, answered

Where is Great Central Railway?

Great Central Railway is in Loughborough, Leicestershire, inside the town’s built-up area.

What is Great Central Railway?

Heritage railway based in Loughborough, England, UK.

When is the best time to visit Great Central Railway?

June to September are the warmest months in Loughborough, with afternoon highs of 19–22°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).

What else is there to see near Great Central Railway?

Within 15 km: Mount St Bernard Abbey (8.9 km), Bradgate Park (8.6 km), Loughborough Carillon (800 m) and Kirby Muxloe Castle (15 km).

Places: OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, Open Database Licence) and Wikidata (CC0), placed in the ONS 2022 built-up area (Open Government Licence v3.0). Visitor counts are the latest Wikidata gives, with their year.

Photos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).

Photo credits (9)

Great Central Railway: Duncan Harris, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Mount St Bernard Abbey: Gtatler at English Wikipedia, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
Bradgate Park: Duncharris, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Loughborough Carillon: User:Hassocks5489, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
Kirby Muxloe Castle: en:User:Neddyseagoon, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
National Space Centre: Kate Jewell, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Charnwood Museum: Adele Beeby, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Leicester Abbey: Kev747 at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Groby Castle: Charles Wall, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons

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