Desford
Desford is a village and civil parish in the Hinckley and Bosworth district of England, 7 miles west of the centre of Leicester and around 7 miles north east of Hinckley.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Village with 3,180 residents
- Description: village and civil parish in Leicestershire, England
- Also known as: “Desford (civil parish), Leicestershire” and “Desford, Leicestershire”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Church of St Martin and Tropical Birdland.
Tropical Birdland
Tropical Birdland in the north of the village of Desford, Leicestershire, England, is a visitor attraction that has many bird species including parrots, hornbills and owls on display. Some of the birds are allowed to fly out-of-doors during visiting hours.Desford Community Primary School
School
Desford is a village and civil parish in the Hinckley and Bosworth district of England, 7 miles west of the centre of Leicester and around 7 miles north east of Hinckley.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Newtown Unthank and Botcheston.
Newtown Unthank
Hamlet
Photo: Mat Fascione, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Newtown Unthank is a hamlet in the Hinckley and Bosworth district of Leicestershire about 6 miles west of Leicester. It is in the civil parish of Desford and about a mile northeast of the village.
Botcheston
Village
Photo: Mat Fascione, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Botcheston is a hamlet in the Hinckley and Bosworth district of Leicestershire about 6.5 miles west of Leicester. It is in the civil parish of Desford and about a mile north of the village.
Merry Lees
Hamlet
Merry Lees is a small settlement and industrial park located in the Hinckley and Bosworth district of Leicestershire, England. It forms as part of the Bagworth and Thornton civil parish. Merry Lees is situated 1½ miles north of Desford.
Desford
- Categories: civil parish and locality
- Location: Desford, Hinckley and Bosworth District, Leicestershire, East Midlands, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
52.62534° or 52° 37′ 31″ northLongitude
-1.29617° or 1° 17′ 46″ westPopulation
3,180Elevation
440 feet (134 metres)United Nations Location Code
GB DESOpen location code
9C4WJPG3+4GOpenStreetMap ID
node 27042214OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Urdu—“Desford” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Desford”
- Bengali: “ডেসফোর্ড”
- Cebuano: “Desford”
- Chinese: “德斯福特”
- Dutch: “Desford”
- French: “Desford”
- German: “Desford”
- Gujarati: “ડેસફોર્ડ”
- Irish: “Desford”
- Italian: “Desford”
- Japanese: “デスフォード”
- Kannada: “ಡೆಸ್ಫರ್ಡ್”
- Korean: “데스포드”
- Ladin: “Desford”
- Lithuanian: “Desfordas”
- Polish: “Desford”
- Portuguese: “Desford”
- Russian: “Десфорд”
- Spanish: “Desford”
- Swedish: “Desford”
- Tamil: “டெஸ்போர்ட”
- Telugu: “డెస్ఫోర్డ్”
- Turkish: “Desford”
- Ukrainian: “Десфорд”
- Urdu: “دیسفورڈ”
- “Desford”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Desford Post Office and Desford Library.
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