Moira Lime Kilns
Moira Lime Kilns is a factory in Ashby Woulds, North West Leicestershire, England. Moira Lime Kilns is situated nearby to Moira Furnace Museum, as well as near the forest Furnace Plantation.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Moira Furnace and Donisthorpe Woodland Park.
Moira Furnace
Industrial building
Photo: MaltaGC, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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 430 feet northeast of Moira Lime Kilns.
Donisthorpe Woodland Park
Park
Donisthorpe Woodland Park is located on Church Street, Donisthorpe, in North West Leicestershire. Donisthorpe Woodland Park is situated 2,000 feet south of Moira Lime Kilns.
Church of St John the Evangelist
Church
Photo: Bikeboy, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Church of St John the Evangelist is situated 3,500 feet south of Moira Lime Kilns.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Moira and Donisthorpe.
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.
Short Heath
Hamlet
Photo: cris sloan, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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 Lime Kilns
- Type: Factory
- Category: industry
- Location: Ashby Woulds, North West Leicestershire, Leicestershire, East Midlands, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
52.7319° or 52° 43′ 55″ northLongitude
-1.53672° or 1° 32′ 12″ westOpen location code
9C4WPFJ7+Q8OpenStreetMap ID
way 128565639OpenStreetMap feature
man_made=works
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