Heather

Heather is a village west of in , England. The population of the civil parish was 949 at the 2001 census reducing to 920 at the 2011 census.
Wikipedia
Photo: Trevor Rickard, CC BY-SA 2.0.
  • Type: Village with 920 residents
  • Description: village and civil parish in Leicestershire, England, UK
  • Also known as: “Heather, Leicestershire”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Church of St John the Baptist and Sence Valley Forest Park.

Church
Photo: Trevor Rickard, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Park
is located between Ibstock and Heather in , and within the National Forest, England. It is situated on the site of a former open cast mine where, between 1982 and 1996, eight million tonnes of coal were extracted by opencast mining.

School
is a coeducational secondary school located in in the English county of . Previously a community middle school administered by Leicestershire County Council, in September 2012 converted to academy status.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Ibstock and Swepstone.

Village
Photo: Ian Rob, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a former coal mining village and civil parish in , England. The population of the civil parish was 5,760 at the 2001 census increasing to 6,201 at the 2011 census and 7,615 at the 2021 census.

Village
Photo: Ashley Columbus, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a village in the civil parish of and Newton Burgoland, in the district of , England, about five miles south of Ashby de la Zouch.

Village
Photo: Philip Jeffrey, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a village and civil parish situated between the parishes of , and Heather in , .

Heather

Latitude
52.69317° or 52° 41′ 35″ north
Longitude
-1.42399° or 1° 25′ 26″ west
Population
920
Elevation
436 feet (133 metres)
Open location code
9C4WMHVG+7C
Open­Street­Map ID
node 27439142
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
2647219
Wiki­data ID
Q5693690
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Satellite Map

Discover Heather from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Welsh—“Heather” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Heather”
  • Dutch: “Heather, Leicestershire”
  • French: “Heather”
  • Irish: “Heather”
  • Japanese: “ヘザー”
  • Ladin: “Heather”
  • Polish: “Heather (Leicestershire)”
  • Polish: “Heather”
  • Spanish: “Heather”
  • Swedish: “Heather”
  • Turkish: “Heather, Leicestershire”
  • Welsh: “Heather, Swydd Gaerlŷr”
  • Welsh: “Heather”
  • “Heather”

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Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Heather Primary School and Move.

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