Ashby-de-la-zouch
Ashby-de-la-Zouch, often shortened to Ashby, is a small market town and civil parish in North West Leicestershire, England, within the National Forest. It's twinned with Pithiviers in north-central France and is located near to the Derbyshire border. The civil parish consists of the hamlets of Shellbrook, west of the town, and Boundary to its north-west. Some nearly villages are Lount, Normanton le Heath, Smisby, Packington, Donisthorpe, Oakthorpe, Moira, Measham and Coleorton. The towns of Swadlincote, Burton-upon-Trent, Melbourne and Coalville are all within 10 miles of Ashby, with the city of Derby 11.5 miles north. The town is located at the heart of the National Forest and around 24 miles to the south of the Peak District National Park. It lies on the A42 national route between Tamworth and Nottingham. The permanent resident population of the town, according to the 2001 census, was 12758, which increased to 13759 by the 2011 census. Ashby-de-la-Zouch Castle was important in the 15th to the 17th centuries. In the 19th century, the town became a spa town and ahead of the growth of Coalville, it was the chief town in northwest Leicestershire. In the 19th century, its major industries were ribbon manufacture, coal mining and brickmaking. The town was served by the Leicester to Burton-upon-Trent Line of the Midland Railway from 1849. Lots of the buildings in Market Street, the town's primary thoroughfare, are timber framed, but the majority of this was hidden by later brick facades. The Bull's Head public house still has its historic Elizabethan half-timbering, even though most of this was plastered over some years ago and can now no longer be seen from the street. For all your residence improvement jobs, make sure that you select reputable pros in Ashby-de-la-Zouch to make sure that you get the very best quality service.
