Willesley
Willesley is a historic village, ward and suburb of Ashby-de-la-Zouch, in the North West Leicestershire district, in the county of Leicestershire, England.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest
Highlights include Saltersford Wood and Donisthorpe Woodland Park.
Saltersford Wood
Nature reserve
Photo: Dudley Miles, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Saltersford Wood or Saltersford Valley is a 5.7-hectare Local Nature Reserve north-west of Measham in Leicestershire. It is owned and managed by Leicestershire County Council, and it part of The National Forest.
Donisthorpe Woodland Park
Park
Donisthorpe Woodland Park is located on Church Street, Donisthorpe, in North West Leicestershire.
Ashby de la Zouch Castle
Photo: Pahazzard, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Ashby de la Zouch Castle is a ruined fortification in the town of Ashby-de-la-Zouch, Leicestershire, England. The castle was built by William, Lord Hastings, a favourite of Edward IV, after 1473, accompanied by the creation of a 3,000-acre park. Ashby de la Zouch Castle is situated 2 miles northeast of Willesley.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Oakthorpe and Moira.
Oakthorpe
Village
Photo: Mat Fascione, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Oakthorpe is a village in north-west Leicestershire, England. In 1086, Oakthorpe was part of Derbyshire and was amongst several manors given to Nigel of Stafford by William the Conqueror.
Moira
Village
Photo: MaltaGC, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Moira is a former mining village about 2.5 miles south-west of Ashby-de-la-Zouch in North West Leicestershire, England. The village is about 3 miles south of Swadlincote and is close to the boundary with Derbyshire.
Donisthorpe
Village
Photo: Mat Fascione, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Donisthorpe is a village in the North West Leicestershire district of Leicestershire, England, historically an exclave of Derbyshire.
Willesley
- Type: Village with 2,150 residents
- Description: village in Leicestershire (formerly Derbyshire), UK
- Categories: civil parish and locality
- Location: Oakthorpe and Donisthorpe, North West Leicestershire, Leicestershire, East Midlands, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
52.72858° or 52° 43′ 43″ northLongitude
-1.50485° or 1° 30′ 18″ westPopulation
2,150Open location code
9C4WPFHW+C3OpenStreetMap ID
node 29626744OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageWikidata ID
Q8003692
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Welsh—“Willesley” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Willesley”
- French: “Willesley”
- Irish: “Willesley”
- Japanese: “ウィレスリー”
- Polish: “Willesley”
- Swedish: “Willesley”
- Welsh: “Willesley”
- “Willesley”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Willesley”. Photo: Mat Fascione, CC BY-SA 2.0.