Moira

Moira is a former mining village about 2.5 miles south-west of in , England. The village is about 3 miles south of and is close to the boundary with .
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  • Type: Village with 2,460 residents
  • Description: village in Leicestershire, United Kingdom
  • Also known as: “Moira, Leicestershire”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Moira Furnace and Donisthorpe Woodland Park.

Industrial building
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is a nineteenth-century iron-making blast furnace located in Moira, , on the banks of the Ashby-de-la-Zouch Canal. Built by the Earl of Moira in 1804, the building has been preserved by North West Leicestershire District Council as a featuring lime kilns and craft workshops.

Park
is located on Church Street, , in .

Nature reserve
Photo: Dudley Miles, CC BY-SA 4.0.
or Saltersford Valley is a 5.7-hectare Local Nature Reserve north-west of in . It is owned and managed by Leicestershire County Council, and it part of The National Forest.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Short Heath and Donisthorpe.

Hamlet
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is a hamlet near , in South Derbyshire. It is on the border with and has a sign where it claims to be the centre of England.

Village
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is a village in the civil parish of , in the district of , England, historically an exclave of .

Village
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is a historic village, ward and suburb of , in , England. It was originally in and is now one of the wards of Ashby Town Council. Hall was the home of the Abney and later the Abney-Hastings family.

Moira

Latitude
52.73621° or 52° 44′ 10″ north
Longitude
-1.53447° or 1° 32′ 4″ west
Population
2,460
Elevation
318 feet (97 metres)
United Nations Location Code
GB MQR
Open location code
9C4WPFP8+F6
Open­Street­Map ID
node 27044143
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
2642377
Wiki­data ID
Q778255
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Basque to Welsh—“Moira” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “Moira (Leicestershire)”
  • Basque: “Moira”
  • Dutch: “Moira, Leicestershire”
  • French: “Moira”
  • Irish: “Moira”
  • Italian: “Moira”
  • Japanese: “モイラ”
  • Polish: “Moira”
  • Spanish: “Moira (Leicestershire)”
  • Spanish: “Moira”
  • Welsh: “Moira, Swydd Gaerlŷr”

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Moira Replan and Moira Post Office.

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