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Landmark Attractions In Leicestershire

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Leicestershire is a landlocked county in the English Midlands. The county borders Nottinghamshire to the north, Lincolnshire to the north-east, Rutland to the east, Northamptonshire to the south-east, Warwickshire to the south-west, Staffordshire to the west, and Derbyshire to the north-west. The border with most of Warwickshire is Watling Street . Leicestershire takes its name from the city of Leicester located at its centre and administered separately from the rest of the county. The ceremonial county has a total population of just over 1 million , more than half of which lives in 'Greater Leicester' .
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Landmark Attractions In Leicestershire

  • 1. Foxton Locks Foxton
    Foxton is a village and civil parish in the Harborough district, in the county of Leicestershire, England, to the north-west of Market Harborough. The village is on the Grand Union Canal and is a short walk to the site of the Foxton Locks and Foxton Inclined Plane. Swingbridge Street still has a working swing bridge that allows people and vehicles to pass over the canal, which can be opened to allow canal boats to pass. Foxton’s population is a mix of professionals and locals. There are two public houses in the village, a village hall, and a primary school . Foxton is serviced by Market Harborough train station which is approximately 3 miles away. London and Birmingham can each be reached by train in approximately 50 minutes.
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  • 2. New Walk Leicester
    The New Walk Museum and Art Gallery is a museum on New Walk in Leicester, England, not far from the city centre. It opened in 1849 as one of the first public museums in the United Kingdom. New Walk contains displays of both science and art, international and local. The original building was designed by Joseph Hansom, designer of the hansom cab. It has been expanded several times, most recently in 2011.
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  • 3. Staunton Harold Estate Ashby De La Zouch
    Staunton Harold is a civil parish in North West Leicestershire about 3 miles north of Ashby-de-la-Zouch. The parish is on the county boundary with Derbyshire and about 9 miles south of Derby. The 2011 Census recorded the parish's population as 141.A brook flows from the south through the parish, heading for the River Trent which it joins about 4 miles to the north. In the parish the brook is dammed to form a pair of small lakes. Nikolaus Pevsner described the view westwards across the lakes to Staunton Harold Hall and Holy Trinity parish church as unsurpassed in the country – certainly as far as Englishness is concerned.Downstream from Staunton Harold, just over 1 mile over the boundary in Derbyshire, the brook is dammed again to form Staunton Harold Reservoir. Most of the reservoir is i...
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  • 4. BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Mandir Leicester
    Bochasanwasi Akshar Purushottam Sanstha , is a Hindu religious and social organization within the Swaminarayan branch of Hinduism. BAPS was established on 5 June 1907 by Shastriji Maharaj after leaving the Vadtal Gadi of the Swaminarayan Sampraday. It was formed on the founder's interpretation that Swaminarayan was to remain present on earth through a lineage of Gunatit Gurus or Akshar dating all the way back to Gunatitanand Swami - one of Swaminarayan's prominent devotees. Gunatitanand Swami was succeeded by Bhagatji Maharaj, Shastriji Maharaj, Yogiji Maharaj, Pramukh Swami Maharaj and Mahant Swami Maharaj. Due to the organizational emphasis on the Akshar Purushottam doctrine, it essentially forms the organization's middle name. The fundamental beliefs of BAPS include the spiritual guidan...
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  • 6. Stoneywell Leicestershire
    Stoneywell is a National Trust property in Ulverscroft, a dispersed settlement in Charnwood Forest, Leicestershire. Stoneywell is the largest of a small group of cottages designed in the Arts and Crafts style by Ernest Gimson. It was built in collaboration with Detmar Blow in 1899 for Ernest's brother Sydney Gimson as a summer residence, and along with much original furniture, it remained in the Gimson family for over a century. As part of a highly influential vernacular movement, it has become well known within Arts and Crafts circles. In spring 2013 the National Trust announced that following a year-long appeal, it had been able to acquire the house with its Arts and Crafts contents, gardens and woodland. It was opened to the public in February 2015.
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  • 7. Rothley Station Rothley
    Rothley is a village and civil parish within the Borough of Charnwood in Leicestershire, England. Situated around 0.5 miles west of the River Soar and 5 miles north of the city of Leicester, it has a population of 3,612, inhabitants according to the 2001 census The population measured at the 2011 census was 3,897.Rothley centres on two greens, Cross Green and the Town Green, both of which are accessed by a road that leads from the crossroads. The crossroads lies on the old route of the A6 road, which now bypasses the village. The village acquired a station on the Great Central Railway, which is now part of the Great Central Steam Railway. The station has been used to film period drama such as the 1988 film Buster and the 2004 Miss Marple TV adaptation of 4.50 from Paddington .Rothley is on...
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  • 9. Belgrave Road Leicester
    Belgrave is an electoral ward and administrative division of the city of Leicester, England, consisting of the Leicester suburb of Belgrave in its entirety. The old Belgrave Village is on the Loughborough Road, to the west of the A46, known at that point as 'Melton Road'.
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  • 10. The Magazine Gateway Leicester
    The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom or Britain, is a sovereign country lying off the north-western coast of the European mainland. The United Kingdom includes the island of Great Britain, the north-eastern part of the island of Ireland and many smaller islands. Northern Ireland is the only part of the United Kingdom that shares a land border with another sovereign state‍—‌the Republic of Ireland. Apart from this land border, the United Kingdom is surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean, with the North Sea to its east, the English Channel to its south and the Celtic Sea to its south-south-west, giving it the 12th-longest coastline in the world. The Irish Sea lies between Great Britain and Ireland. With an area of 242,500 square kilom...
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  • 11. The Sir John Moore Foundation Appleby Magna
    The following is a list of British almshouses:
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  • 13. National Memorial Arboretum Lichfield
    The National Memorial Arboretum is Britain's year-round national site of remembrance at Alrewas, near Lichfield, Staffordshire, United Kingdom. It is a spiritually uplifting place which honours the fallen, recognises service and sacrifice, and fosters pride in the British Armed Forces and civilian community.In 2017, after undergoing a large scale regeneration project, the Arboretum's new award-winning Remembrance Centre was officially opened by HRH The Duke of Cambridge on 23 March. Featuring three new exhibition galleries, larger restaurant and shop, separate coffee shop and a beautiful cloistered courtyard with garden, it provides visitors with facilities fitting that of a large scale visitor attraction. In 2018 the National Memorial Arboretum was awarded Gold Large Visitor Attraction of...
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  • 14. Wymondham Windmill Wymondham Leicestershire England
    Wymondham is a village in the Borough of Melton in Leicestershire, England. It is part of a civil parish which also covers the nearby hamlet of Edmondthorpe. The parish has a population of 623, increasing to 632 at the 2011 census. It is close to the county borders with Lincolnshire and Rutland, nearby places being Garthorpe, Teigh and South Witham .
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