Sandy Avenue

Sandy Avenue is a bus stop in Ashby Woulds, North West Leicestershire, England. Sandy Avenue is situated nearby to Moira Primary School, as well as near the community center Moira Youth Club.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Church of St Margaret of Antioch, Blackfordby and The Black Lion Public House.

Church of St Margaret of Antioch, Blackfordby

Church

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The Church of St Margaret of Antioch is a church in Blackfordby, Leicestershire. It is a Grade II listed building. Church of St Margaret of Antioch, Blackfordby is situated 1 mile north of Sandy Avenue.

The Black Lion Public House

Pub

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The Black Lion Public House is situated 1 mile north of Sandy Avenue.

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 1¼ miles southwest of Sandy Avenue.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Blackfordby and Moira.

Blackfordby

Village

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Blackfordby is a village in the civil parish of Ashby-de-la-Zouch, in the North West Leicestershire district, in the northwesternmost corner of Leicestershire, 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.