Sir John Moore Foundation
Sir John Moore Foundation is a museum in Appleby Magna, North West Leicestershire, England. Sir John Moore Foundation is situated nearby to Sir John Moore Church of England Primary School, as well as near the recreation area The Rec.- Type: Museum
- Description: independent museum in the East Midlands, United Kingdom
- Also known as: “Sir John Moore Museum”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Sir John Moore Church of England Primary School and Black Horse Inn.
Sir John Moore Church of England Primary School
School
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Sir John Moore Church of England Primary School, previously known as Appleby Grammar School, is a junior school situated in the village of Appleby Magna, in Leicestershire, England.
Black Horse Inn
Pub
Photo: the bitterman, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Black Horse Inn is a pub, which is situated 2,500 feet northeast of Sir John Moore Foundation.
Twycross Zoo
Zoo
Photo: Julielangford, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Twycross Zoo is a medium to large zoo near Norton Juxta Twycross, Leicestershire. The zoo has the largest collection of monkeys and apes in the Western World, and in 2006 re-launched itself as "Twycross Zoo – The World Primate Centre". Twycross Zoo is situated 2 miles south of Sir John Moore Foundation.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Appleby Parva and Norton Juxta Twycross.
Appleby Parva
Hamlet
Photo: Mat Fascione, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Appleby Parva, or Little Appleby, part of the parish of Appleby Magna in Leicestershire, is a hamlet about 1 mile south-west of Appleby church. It straddles the A444, south of the crossroads of the highways from Ashby de la Zouch to Tamworth, from Atherstone to Burton upon Trent and Junction 11 of the M42/A42. Appleby Magna and Appleby Parva are usually collectively known as Appleby.
Norton Juxta Twycross
Village
Norton Juxta Twycross, usually known as simply "Norton", is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Twycross, in the Hinckley and Bosworth district of Leicestershire, England.
No Man’s Heath
Village
Photo: Mat Fascione, CC BY-SA 2.0.
No Man's Heath is an area of the civil parish of Newton Regis, in the North Warwickshire district, in the county of Warwickshire, England, about 6 miles northeast of Tamworth.
Sir John Moore Foundation
- Categories: independent museum, tourism, and tourist attraction
- Location: Appleby Magna, North West Leicestershire, Leicestershire, East Midlands, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
52.67917° or 52° 40′ 45″ northLongitude
-1.53721° or 1° 32′ 14″ westOpen location code
9C4WMFH7+M4OpenStreetMap ID
node 12565894344OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=museumWikidata ID
Q116738955
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