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Loughborough Carillon

Loughborough Carillon is a grade II listed military museum in Loughborough. Our list has 40 more places within 15 km; first among them is Mount St Bernard Abbey, at 8.2 km. Readers can find it on Wikipedia in 2 languages.

Photo: Loughborough Carillon, User:Hassocks5489 (CC0)

Where

In Loughborough

inside the built-up area

How well known

Top 35%

#2,958 of 8,556 places we list

Warmest months

Jun–Sep

highs of 19–22°C

In brief

Museum in Loughborough

Inside Loughborough

Loughborough Carillon is inside Loughborough’s built-up area, with 4 more places to visit within 5 km. Towns near it ↓

Grade II listed building

On the official list of protected heritage; Loughborough has 73 listed buildings in all, on its History page. About ↓

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

When to go

June to September are the warmest in Loughborough, with afternoon highs of 19–22°C.

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

Loughborough Carillon

Grade II listed military museum in Loughborough, United Kingdom.

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

Loughborough’s listed buildings and monuments →

Type: Museum
Listed: Grade II listed building
Wikipedias: Covered in 2 languages
Town: in Loughborough
Official site: carillontower.org.uk

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

Plan your visit

Visiting: the details

Entrance fees

EntryA fee is charged

Hours and entry: OpenStreetMap contributors. They change through the year: check its site before you go.

The map

The area around Loughborough Carillon

Orange: Loughborough Carillon.

Towns near it

Bases near Loughborough Carillon

The biggest base of the 8 is Loughborough (64,850 people). These are the towns that list it, beginning with its own.

1 · It’s in town

Loughborough

64,850 people · 11 places to visit

2 · 2.6 km southeast of it

Quorndon

5,576 people · 7 places to visit

3 · 3.4 km south of it

Woodhouse

608 people · 9 places to visit

4 · 3.5 km east of it

Barrow upon Soar

6,823 people · 7 places to visit

Compare the 8 towns

Town	Where Loughborough Carillon is	People	Places to visit
Loughborough	It’s in town	64,850	11
Quorndon	2.6 km southeast of it	5,576	7
Woodhouse	3.4 km south of it	608	9
Barrow upon Soar	3.5 km east of it	6,823	7
Hathern	3.6 km northwest of it	2,351	8
Normanton on Soar	3.7 km north of it	409	9
Woodhouse Eaves	4.4 km south of it	1,618	8
Shepshed	4.4 km west of it	14,873	6

Make a day of it

After Loughborough Carillon

A visit can add 2 abbeys or priories, 2 museums and a garden, from 40 places within 15 km.

Abbey or prioryMount St Bernard Abbey8.2 km away 2

GardenBradgate Park8.7 km away 3

Castle · English HeritageKirby Muxloe Castle15 km away 4

MuseumCharnwood Museum100 m away 5

Heritage railwayGreat Central Railway800 m away 6

MuseumNational Space Centre14 km away 7

Abbey or prioryLeicester Abbey14 km away 8

Historic house · National TrustNational Trust Stoneywell8.4 km away

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

Visiting Loughborough Carillon

Where is Loughborough Carillon?

Loughborough Carillon is in Loughborough, Leicestershire, inside the town’s built-up area.

What is Loughborough Carillon?

Grade II listed military museum in Loughborough, United Kingdom.

When is the best time to visit Loughborough Carillon?

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

Is Loughborough Carillon a listed building?

Yes: Grade II listed building.

What else is there to see near Loughborough Carillon?

Within 15 km: Mount St Bernard Abbey (8.2 km), Bradgate Park (8.7 km), Kirby Muxloe Castle (15 km) and Charnwood Museum (100 m).

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)

Loughborough Carillon: User:Hassocks5489, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
Mount St Bernard Abbey: Gtatler at English Wikipedia, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
Bradgate Park: Duncharris, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Kirby Muxloe Castle: en:User:Neddyseagoon, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Charnwood Museum: Adele Beeby, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Great Central Railway: Duncan Harris, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
National Space Centre: Kate Jewell, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Leicester Abbey: Kev747 at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
National Trust Stoneywell: RobinLeicester, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons

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