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North West Leicestershire (UK Parliament constituency)

North West Leicestershire is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2010 by Andrew Bridgen, a Conservative.

Located at 52.75, -1.4 (Lat. / Lng.), about 0 miles away.
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Parliamentary constituencies in Leicestershire, United Kingdom Parliamentary constituencies established in 1983

Coleorton Wood

Coleorton Wood is near to Coalville in North West Leicestershire, England. {{#invoke:Coordinates|coord}}{{#coordinates:52|44|39.93|N|1|24|36.48|W|region:GB |primary |name= }} It is a six-hectare mixed woodland that was planted during the early days of the National Forest. The site was formerly Coleorton Pit, or colliery, which opened in 1875, and closed in the 1930s. It gained the local nickname of 'Bug and Wink' colliery.

Located at 52.7444, -1.41013 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Parks and open spaces in Leicestershire

Griffydam

Griffydam is a hamlet within the parish of Coleorton, Leicestershire. In 1863, it is described as comprising approximately 200 acres and belonged to the Earl of Stamford and J Curzon, Esq It is most famously associated with a chalybeate well, or sacred spring, which lies along a path below the main road through the village.

Located at 52.762, -1.389 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Villages in Leicestershire

Peggs Green

Peggs Green is a hamlet within the parish of Coleorton, Leicestershire. For many years it had formed part of the civil parish of Thringstone, until this was dissolved in 1936.

Located at 52.7556, -1.38972 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Hamlets in Leicestershire

Gelsmoor

Gelsmoor is a hamlet within the parish of Worthington in the English county of Leicestershire. It is noted for having a 'petrifying spring' in a nineteenth century gazetteer, and also a Wesleyan Chapel.

Located at 52.7614, -1.39944 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Hamlets in Leicestershire

Newbold Coleorton

Newbold otherwise Newbold Coleorton is a hamlet in the parish of Worthington, Leicestershire, England. In the nineteenth century it was also sometimes referred to as Newbold Saucey or Newbold Juxta Worthington. An account of 1863 records that Newbold comprised approximately 500 acres in the ownership of Earl Ferrers and Sir G H Beaumont Bart; also that it had a colliery.

Located at 52.767, -1.407 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Hamlets in Leicestershire

Coleorton Hall

Coleorton Hall is a 19th-century country mansion, formerly the seat of the Beaumont baronets of Staughton Grange. Situated at Coleorton, Leicestershire, it is a Grade II* listed building now converted into residential apartments. The manor of Coleorton was acquired by the Beaumont family by marriage in the 15th century. Henry Beaumont, High Sheriff of Leicestershire was knighted in 1603.

Located at 52.7519, -1.4219 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Grade II* listed buildings in Leicestershire, Country houses in Leicestershire, History of Leicestershire

Hough Windmill

Hough windmill, Swannington, Leicestershire is a tower windmill built in the late 18th century on the boundary between Swannington, Leicestershire and Thringstone. The mill served a coal mining community, the structure is surrounded by the remains of ancient shallow coal mines and local maps show many footpaths, -tracks made by the miners who walked between them. The mill and surrounding area is owned by the Swannington Heritage Trust.

Located at 52.7499, -1.39346 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Industrial buildings completed in 1804, Grade II listed buildings in Leicestershire, Grade II listed windmills, Windmills in Leicestershire, Tower mills, Grinding mills in the United Kingdom, Museums in Leicestershire, Mill museums in England, Visitor attractions in Leicestershire