Shawell

Shawell is a small village in the Harborough district of Leicestershire, England.

The site of the Roman town of Tripontium is on the A5 (Watling Street), west of the village.

Near to the church are the earthwork remains of a motte and bailey castle.

Although there was never a station at Shawell, one was proposed a little way to the south-west where the line crossed over the A5 and would have been named "Watling Street".

The station, which would have lain roughly at the midpoint between Rugby and Lutterworth, was never built however, and the line closed on 5 May 1969, the cutting now being partly filled in.