The last two lines of Rupert Brooke's poem 'The Old Vicarage, Grantchester' have immortalised the church: 'Stands the church clock at ten to three/And is there honey still for tea?'
Porter Brook meanders its way from Forge Dam and skirts one edge of Whiteley Woods and Bingham Park before descending over the weirs into Endcliffe Wood.
Slaidburn nestles in a hollow with higher
ground around it.As well as the River Hodder
at the east of the village, it has Crossdale
Brook running through it.
Cosby presents a most unusual configuration for a
Leicestershire village, which with care and attention over the
years could have been described as picturesque.
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