Leicestershire

Leicestershires placering i England

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	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
• 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
• University of Leicester Botanic Garden
• Watermead Country Park
• Wigston Framework Knitters Museum
• Wistow Hall

Eksterne henvisninger

• Wikimedia Commons har flere filer relateret til Leicestershire

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