Moira Road

Moira Road is a bus stop in Overseal, South Derbyshire District, England. Moira Road is situated nearby to the hamlet Short Heath, as well as near Overseal Primary School.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Donisthorpe Woodland Park and Church of St John the Evangelist.

Donisthorpe Woodland Park

Park

Donisthorpe Woodland Park is located on Church Street, Donisthorpe, in North West Leicestershire. Donisthorpe Woodland Park is situated 1 mile southeast of Moira Road.

Church of St John the Evangelist

Church

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Church of St John the Evangelist is situated 1¼ miles southeast of Moira Road.

Moira Furnace

Industrial building

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Moira Furnace is a nineteenth-century iron-making blast furnace located in Moira, Leicestershire, on the banks of the Ashby-de-la-Zouch Canal. Built by the Earl of Moira in 1804, the building has been preserved by North West Leicestershire District Council as a museum featuring lime kilns and craft workshops. Moira Furnace is situated 1 mile east of Moira Road.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Short Heath and Moira.

Short Heath

Hamlet

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Short Heath is a hamlet near Overseal, in South Derbyshire. It is on the border with Leicestershire and has a sign where it claims to be the centre of England.

Moira

Village

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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.