River Soar
The River Soar is a major tributary of the River Trent in the East Midlands as well as the principal river of Leicestershire, England. The source of the river is midway between Hinckley and Lutterworth.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest
Highlights include Sawley Railway Viaduct and East Midlands Parkway railway station.
Sawley Railway Viaduct
Bridge
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Sawley Railway Viaduct is a bridge.
East Midlands Parkway railway station
Railway station
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East Midlands Parkway railway station is located just north of Ratcliffe-on-Soar, in Nottinghamshire, England; Ratcliffe-on-Soar Power Station lies next to the railway.
Holy Trinity Church, Ratcliffe-on-Soar
Church
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Holy Trinity Church, Ratcliffe-on-Soar is a Grade I listed parish church in the Church of England in Ratcliffe-on-Soar. It is part of an informal grouping of five churches that are known collectively as "The 453 Churches" as they straddle the A453.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ratcliffe-on-Soar and Sawley.
Ratcliffe-on-Soar
Village
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Ratcliffe-on-Soar, sometimes written Ratcliffe-upon-Soar or Radcliffe-on-Soar, is a village and civil parish in Nottinghamshire on the River Soar.
Sawley
Village
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Sawley is a village and civil parish within the Borough of Erewash, in southeast Derbyshire, England. With a slightly higher than average number of people over 65, the population of just the civil parish was measured at 6,629 as at the 2011 Census.
Lockington
Village
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Lockington is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Lockington-Hemington, in the North West Leicestershire district of Leicestershire, England. The village is close to the Derbyshire border. Lockington is situated 1½ miles southwest of River Soar.
River Soar
- Type: Stream
- Description: principal river of Leicestershire, England, UK
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Welsh—“River Soar” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Ríu Soar”
- Belarusian: “Сор”
- Cebuano: “River Soar”
- Chinese: “索尔河”
- Chinese: “索爾河”
- Chinese: “蘇亞河”
- Dutch: “Soar”
- Egyptian Arabic: “نهر سوار”
- Finnish: “Soar”
- French: “Soar”
- German: “River Soar”
- German: “Soar”
- Hebrew: “סואר”
- Italian: “Soar”
- Japanese: “ソー川”
- Japanese: “ソアー川”
- Japanese: “ソア川”
- Macedonian: “Соар”
- Panjabi: “ਸੋਅਰ ਨਦੀ”
- Polish: “Soar”
- Romanian: “Râul Soar”
- Russian: “Сор”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Soar”
- Swedish: “Soar”
- Welsh: “Afon Soar”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Ratcliffe-on-Soar power station and Long Eaton railway station.
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