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Markfield

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Markfield is a commuter village in both the National Forest and Charnwood Forest and in the Hinckley and Bosworth district of Leicestershire, England. [1]

48 relations: A roads in Zone 5 of the Great Britain numbering scheme, A511 road, Alison King, Altar Stones Nature Reserve, Bagworth, Bardon Park Chapel, Bradgate Park, Charnwood Forest, Cliffe Hill Mineral Railway, Cliffe Hill Quarry, Diorite, Field Head, Glenfield, Leicestershire, Groby, Henry Cantrell, Hinckley and Bosworth, John Hannah (VC), Kube Publishing, LE postcode area, Lea Meadows, Leicester and Swannington Railway, Leicester Forest East, Leicestershire County Council, List of civil parishes in Leicestershire, List of places in Leicestershire, List of post towns in the United Kingdom, List of postcode districts in the United Kingdom, List of settlements in Leicestershire by population, List of Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Leicestershire, List of United Kingdom locations: Mar-Md, Markfield Institute of Higher Education, Midland Red, Newtown Linford, Policy Research Centre, Ratby, Richard Cecil (priest), Rocky Plantation, Samuel Wright (cricketer), Scouting in the East Midlands, South Charnwood High School, Stanton under Bardon, Survey of English Dialects, The Islamic Foundation, Thomas Ignatius McCarthy, Thornton, Leicestershire, Ulverscroft Nature Reserve, Ulverscroft Valley, Whitwick.

A roads in Zone 5 of the Great Britain numbering scheme

List of A roads in zone 5 in Great Britain starting north/east of the A5, west of the A6, south of the Solway Firth/Eden Estuary (roads beginning with 5).

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A511 road

The A511 road is a stretch of mainly single-carriageway road which runs northwest from Markfield in Leicestershire, England to Foston in South Derbyshire.

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Alison King

Alison Rosamund King (born 3 March 1973) is an English actress and model.

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Altar Stones Nature Reserve

Altar Stones is a nature reserve in Markfield in Leicestershire.

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Bagworth

Bagworth is a village in Leicestershire, England, west of Leicester.

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Bardon Park Chapel

Bardon Park Chapel is a 300-year-old Christian meeting house at Bardon, Leicestershire, England.

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Bradgate Park

Bradgate Park (local pronunciation) is a public park in Charnwood Forest, in Leicestershire, England, northwest of Leicester. It covers. The park lies between the villages of Newtown Linford, Anstey, Cropston, Woodhouse Eaves and Swithland. The River Lin runs through the park, flowing into Cropston Reservoir which was constructed on part of the park. To the north-east lies Swithland Wood. The park's two well known landmarks, Old John and the war memorial, both lie just above the contour. The park is part of the 399.3 hectare Bradgate Park and Cropston Reservoir Site of Special Scientific Interest, which has been designated under both biological and geological criteria. Following a fire in April 2017, the owners Bradgate Trust advised that all visitors are expected to be alert to the risk of causing fire, though another fire in June destroyed one of the ancient oaks.

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Charnwood Forest

Charnwood Forest is an upland tract in north-western Leicestershire, England, bounded by Leicester, Loughborough and Coalville.

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Cliffe Hill Mineral Railway

The Cliffe Hill Mineral Railway was a narrow gauge industrial railway that connected the Cliffe Hill granite quarry to the nearby London Midland and Scottish Railway (LMS) between Leicester and Coalville.

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Cliffe Hill Quarry

Cliffe Hill Quarry is a geological Site of Special Scientific Interest on the western outskirts of Markfield in Leicestershire.

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Diorite

Diorite is an intrusive igneous rock composed principally of the silicate minerals plagioclase feldspar (typically andesine), biotite, hornblende, and/or pyroxene.

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Field Head

Field Head is a small settlement along the A511 on the edge of the Charnwood Forest in the Hinckley and Bosworth district of Leicestershire, England.

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Glenfield, Leicestershire

Glenfield is a village in the civil parish of Glenfields in the Blaby district of Leicestershire, England.

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Groby

Groby (pronounced "groo-bee") is a large English village in the county of Leicestershire, to the north west of the city of Leicester.

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Henry Cantrell

Henry Cantrell (baptised 17 September 1684 at St Oswald's, Ashbourne, Derbyshire, probably died 1773) was a high-church Church of England clergyman and religious controversialist.

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Hinckley and Bosworth

Hinckley and Bosworth is a local government district with borough status in south-western Leicestershire, England, administered by Hinckley and Bosworth Borough Council.

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John Hannah (VC)

John Hannah VC (27 November 1921 – 7 June 1947) was a Scottish recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.

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Kube Publishing

Kube (Kube Publishing Ltd) is an independent publishing house based in Markfield, in Leicestershire, England.

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LE postcode area

The LE postcode area, also known as the Leicester postcode area, is a group of postcode districts around Coalville, Hinckley, Leicester, Loughborough, Lutterworth, Market Harborough, Melton Mowbray and Wigston in Leicestershire, as well as Oakham in Rutland, along with parts of Northamptonshire and Nottinghamshire in central England.

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Lea Meadows

Lea Meadows is a nature reserve east of Markfield in Leicestershire.

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Leicester and Swannington Railway

The Leicester and Swannington Railway (L&S) was one of England's first railways, being opened on 17 July 1832 to bring coal from collieries in west Leicestershire to Leicester.

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Leicester Forest East

Leicester Forest East (LFE) is a settlement in Leicestershire, England, west of Leicester, straddling the M1 motorway.

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Leicestershire County Council

Leicestershire County Council is the county council for the English non-metropolitan county of Leicestershire.

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List of civil parishes in Leicestershire

This is a list of civil parishes in the ceremonial county of Leicestershire, England.

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List of places in Leicestershire

This is a list of cities, towns and villages within the ceremonial county boundaries of Leicestershire, England.

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List of post towns in the United Kingdom

This is a list of post towns in the United Kingdom and Crown dependencies, sorted by the postcode area (the first part of the outward code of a postcode).

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List of postcode districts in the United Kingdom

This is a list of postcode districts in the United Kingdom and Crown dependencies.

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List of settlements in Leicestershire by population

Below is a list of settlements in Leicestershire (including the City of Leicester) by population based on the results of the 2011 census, where the population exceeded 2,000 (52 locations), as well as county and regional demographics in detail.

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List of Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Leicestershire

Leicestershire is a county in the East Midlands of England with an area of, and a population according to the 2011 census of 980,000.

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List of United Kingdom locations: Mar-Md

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Markfield Institute of Higher Education

The Markfield Institute of Higher Education is an educational institution based in Leicestershire, in the United Kingdom.

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Midland Red

Midland Red Midland Red Omnibus Company Limited formerly Birmingham & Midland Motor Omnibus Company Limited was a bus company that operated in The Midlands from 1905 until 1981.

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Newtown Linford

Newtown Linford is a linear village in Leicestershire, England.

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Policy Research Centre

The Policy Research Centre is a UK think tank based at The Islamic Foundation in Markfield, Leicestershire.

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Ratby

Ratby is a commuter village and civil parish in the Hinckley and Bosworth district of Leicestershire, England.

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Richard Cecil (priest)

Richard Cecil (8 November 1748 – 15 August 1810) was a leading Evangelical Anglican priest of the 18th and 19th centuries.

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Rocky Plantation

Rocky Plantation is a nature reserve north of Markfield in Leicestershire.

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Samuel Wright (cricketer)

Samuel Reginald Wright (4 January 1869 – 25 January 1947) was an English cricketer active from 1896 to 1897 who played for Leicestershire.

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Scouting in the East Midlands

Scouting in East Midlands is about Scouting in the official region of East Midlands.

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South Charnwood High School

South Charnwood High School is a mixed secondary school located between the villages of Markfield and Thornton in the Hinckley and Bosworth district of Leicestershire, England.

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Stanton under Bardon

Stanton-under-Bardon is a village and civil parish about southeast of Coalville, Leicestershire, England.

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Survey of English Dialects

The Survey of English Dialects was undertaken between 1950 and 1961 under the direction of Professor Harold Orton of the English department of the University of Leeds.

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The Islamic Foundation

The Islamic Foundation is an institution based in Markfield, Leicestershire, established by Khurshid Ahmad and Khurram Murad.

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Thomas Ignatius McCarthy

Thomas Ignatius McCarthy, LRIBA (born 31 January 1880, died 13 Feb 1951) was an architect based in Coalville, Leicestershire.

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Thornton, Leicestershire

Thornton is a village in Leicestershire, England.

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Ulverscroft Nature Reserve

Ulverscroft is a nature reserve north of Markfield in Leicestershire, England.

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Ulverscroft Valley

Ulverscroft Valley is a biological Site of Special Scientific Interest north-west of Markfield in Leicestershire.

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Whitwick

Whitwick is a large village in Leicestershire, England and is an ancient parish which formerly included the equally historic villages of Thringstone and Swannington.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Markfield

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