Leicestershire
Leicestershire is a county in the East Midlands region of England. Its traditional capital is the county city of Leicester.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include All Saints Church, Beeby and Church of All Saints.
All Saints Church, Beeby
Church
Photo: Mat Fascione, CC BY-SA 2.0.
All Saints Church is a redundant Anglican church in the village of Beeby, Leicestershire, England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II* listed building, and is under the care of the Churches Conservation Trust.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Leicester and North Evington.
Leicester
Leicester is the largest city in the East Midlands region of England, the capital of the traditional county of Leicestershire, with a population of almost 370,000 in the city and 510,000 in the urban area.
North Evington
Suburb
North Evington is an area, suburb, electoral ward and administrative division of the city of Leicester, in the ceremonial county of Leicestershire, England.
Oadby
Town
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Oadby is a town in the borough of Oadby and Wigston in Leicestershire, England, located 4 miles south-east of Leicester on the A6 road. Leicester Racecourse is situated on the border between Oadby and Stoneygate.
Leicestershire
- Type: County with 683,000 residents
- Also known as: “County of Leicestershire” and “Leicester”
- Category: locality
- Location: England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
52.6667° or 52° 40′ northLongitude
-1° or 1° westPopulation
683,000Elevation
367 feet (112 metres)Abbreviation
“LEC”United Nations Location Code
GB LCSOpen location code
9C4XM282+M2OpenStreetMap ID
node 302324104OpenStreetMap feature
place=countyGeoNames ID
2644667
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Yue Chinese—“Leicestershire” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “ليسترشير”
- Belarusian: “Графства Лестэршыр”
- Bulgarian: “Лестършър”
- Chinese: “莱斯特郡”
- French: “Leicestershire”
- German: “Leicestershire”
- Hebrew: “לסטרשייר”
- Hindi: “लेस्टरशायर”
- Japanese: “レスターシャー”
- Korean: “레스터셔 주”
- Latin: “Leicestriensis comitatus”
- Latvian: “Lesteršīra”
- Lithuanian: “Lesteršyras”
- Marathi: “लेस्टरशायर”
- Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Lægreceastrescīr”
- Persian: “لسترشر”
- Portuguese: “Leicestershire”
- Russian: “Лестершир”
- Serbian: “Лестершир”
- Spanish: “Leicestershire”
- Thai: “เลสเตอร์เชอร์”
- Ukrainian: “Лестершир”
- Urdu: “لیسٹرشائر”
- Welsh: “Swydd Gaerlŷr”
- Western Panjabi: “لیسسٹرشائر”
- Yiddish: “לעסטערשיר”
- Yue Chinese: “里斯特郡”
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Localities in the Area
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