Moira Furnace
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.Photo: MaltaGC, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Photo: TomtheTaleTeller, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Industrial building
- Description: blast furnace in Leicestershire, England, UK
- Also known as: “Moira blast furnace” and “The Furnace”
Photo: TomtheTaleTeller, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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 2,300 feet south of Moira Furnace.
Church of St John the Evangelist
Church
Photo: Bikeboy, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Church of St John the Evangelist is situated 3,900 feet south of Moira Furnace.
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.
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 civil parish of Oakthorpe, Donisthorpe and Acresford, 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 Furnace
- Categories: blast furnace, building, and industry
- Location: Ashby Woulds, North West Leicestershire, Leicestershire, East Midlands, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
52.73296° or 52° 43′ 59″ northLongitude
-1.5359° or 1° 32′ 9″ westOpen location code
9C4WPFM7+5JOpenStreetMap ID
way 253384540OpenStreetMap feature
building=industrialWikidata ID
Q6894714
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Moira Furnace Museum and Furnace Plantation.
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