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Ibstock is a former coal mining town [2] [3] [4] and civil parish in North West Leicestershire, England. The population of the civil parish was 5,760 at the 2001 census increasing to 6,201 at the 2011 census [ 5 ] and 7,615 at the 2021 census.
Ibstock (Ibstock → North West Leicestershire → Leicestershire → Leicestershire → East Midlands → England → United Kingdom) Camera location 52° 41′ 17.9″ N, 1° 23′ 47″ W
Heather (/ ˈ h iː ð ər / ⓘ HEE-dhər) is a village west of Ibstock in North West Leicestershire, England. The population of the civil parish was 949 at the 2001 census reducing to 920 at the 2011 census. [2] In the Domesday Book of 1086, its name is recorded as Hadre, meaning "the heathland". [3]
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Sence Valley Forest Park. Sence Valley Forest Park is located between Ibstock and Heather in North West Leicestershire, and within the National Forest, England.. It is situated on the site of a former open cast mine where, between 1982 and 1996, eight million tonnes of coal were extracted by opencast mining. [1]
Heather and Ibstock railway station is a disused railway station on the former Ashby and Nuneaton Joint Railway. It served the village of Heather and town of Ibstock . It was originally named Heather, but with the industrial expansion of nearby Ibstock the request to have it renamed to include that town was accepted in 1894.
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