Leicestershire
Leicestershire (forkortes Leics) er et ceremonielt grevskab i East Midlands.
Administrativ opdeling
Grevskabet består af City of Leicester, der er en selvstyrende kommune og det administrative grevskab, der delt i syv kommuner (districts), som hører under grevskabsrådet (Leicestershire County Council).
Geografi
Grevskabet grænser op til Nottinghamshire mod nord, Lincolnshire mod nordøst, Rutland mod øst, Northamptonshire mod sydøst, Warwickshire mod sydvest, Staffordshire mod vest of Derbyshire mod nordvest.
Byer
| # | By | Distrikt | Indbyggertal (2021[1]) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Leicester | Leicester | 406,580 |
| 2 | Loughborough | Charnwood | 64,860 |
| 3 | Hinckley | Hinckley and Bosworth | 50,725 |
| 4 | Wigston | Oadby and Wigston | 34,730 |
| 5 | Melton Mowbray | Melton | 27,450 |
| 6 | Market Harborough | Harborough | 24,165 |
| 7 | Oadby | Oadby and Wigston | 24,030 |
| 8 | Coalville | North West Leicestershire | 21,980 |
| 9 | Ashby-de-la-Zouch | North West Leicestershire | 15,120 |
| 10 | Shepshed | Charnwood | 14,870 |
| 11 | Birstall | Charnwood | 14,315 |
| 12 | Blaby & Whetstone | Blaby | 14,080 |
| 13 | Leicester Forest East & Kirby Muxloe | Blaby | 13,850 |
| 14 | Syston | Charnwood | 13,620 |
| 15 | Enderby & Narborough | Blaby | 13,180 |
| 16 | Mountsorrel | Charnwood | 12,885 |
| 17 | Earl Shilton | Hinckley and Bosworth | 10,885 |
| 18 | Lutterworth | Harborough | 10,520 |
| 19 | Broughton Astley | Harborough | 9,650 |
| 20 | Sileby | Charnwood | 8,955 |
| 21 | Countesthorpe | Blaby | 7,670 |
| 22 | Castle Donington | North West Leicestershire | 7,345 |
| 23 | Kibworth Beauchamp & Kibworth Harcourt | Harborough | 7,330 |
| 24 | Anstey | Charnwood | 7,045 |
| 25 | Barrow upon Soar | Charnwood | 6,820 |
| 26 | Ibstock | North West Leicestershire | 6,810 |
| 27 | Groby | Charnwood | 6,560 |
| 28 | Quorndon | Charnwood | 5,575 |
| 29 | Measham | North West Leicestershire | 5,370 |
Seværdigheder
- Ab Kettleby Manor
- Abbey Pumping Station
- Ashby-de-la-Zouch Canal
- Ashby Castle
- Arnesby May Fayre
- The Battlefield Line
- Beacon Hill
- Beaumanor Hall
- Belgrave Hall & Gardens
- Belvoir Castle
- Bosworth Battlefield
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- Bradgate Park
- Brampton Valley Way (former railway path to Northampton)
- Breedon Hill (Iron Age hill fort and Saxon church)
- Bruntingthorpe Aerodrome and proving ground
- Burrough Hill Iron Age Hill Fort
- Charnwood Forest
- Charnwood Museum
- Cold Overton Hall
- Donington le Heath Manor House Museum
- Donington Park and the Donington Grand Prix Collection museum
- East Midlands Airport
- Eyebrook Reservoir
- Fosse Shopping Park
- Foxton Locks
- Great Central Railway (heritage railway)
- Grace Dieu Manor
- Grace Dieu Priory
- Groby Old Hall
- Harborough Museum
- High Cross (Roman settlement)
- Kirby Muxloe Castle
- Launde Abbey
- Leicester Abbey Park
- Leicester Abbey ruins
- Leicester Castle
- Leicester Cathedral
- Leicester Guildhall
- Leicester Jewry Wall Museum
- Leicester New Walk (Regency promenade following the Roman Via Devana)
- Leicester New Walk Museum & Art Gallery
- Lowesby Hall
- Lutterworth (historic market town)
- Lutterworth Church (home of the Lutterworth Wall Paintings)
- Mallory Park
- Market Bosworth (historic market town)
- Market Harborough (historic market town)
- Melton Mowbray (historic market town)
- Melton Carnegie Museum
- Moira Furnace
- Mount St. Bernard Abbey
- National Space Centre
- The National Forest and Conkers
- Nevill Holt Hall
- Newark Houses Museum
- Quenby Hall
- Quorn Hall
- Shenton Hall
- Snibston Discovery Museum
- Stanford Hall
- Stoney Cove the National Diving Centre
- Stoneywell
- Stapleford Miniature Railway
- Stapleford Park
- Swithland Reservoir
- Swithland Wood
- Twinlakes Theme Park
- Twycross Zoo
- Ulverscroft Priory[2]
- University of Leicester Botanic Garden
- Watermead Country Park
- Wigston Framework Knitters Museum[3]
- Wistow Hall
Referencer
- ↑ Ref for table. "Figure 1: Explore population characteristics of individual BUAs". Hentet 4. april 2024.
- ↑ "Ulverscroft". Charnwood Borough Council. 26. juni 2006. Arkiveret fra originalen 26. juni 2006.
- ↑ "Wigston Framework Knitters Museum, Leicester". Knitting Together. 23. juli 2005. Arkiveret fra originalen 23. juli 2005.
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