Ashby-de-la-zouch
Ashby-de-la-Zouch, frequently called Ashby, is a little market town and civil parish in North West Leicestershire, England, in the National Forest. It is a sister city with Pithiviers in north-central France and is located near to the Derbyshire border. The civil parish includes 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, while the city of Derby is 11.5 miles to the north. The town is positioned at the heart of the National Forest and roughly 24 miles 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, as outlined by the 2001 census, was 12758, which grew to 13759 by the 2011 census. Ashby-de-la-Zouch Castle was important from 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 principal 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. Many 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 original Elizabethan half-timbering, though most of this was plastered over some years ago and can now no longer be seen from the street. For all your house improvement projects, be sure that you utilise trusted specialists in Ashby-de-la-Zouch to ensure you get the best quality service.
