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There is good access to the A46 road where it bypasses Leicester, and from there to the M1 and M69. Congestion on the A47 particularly in the mornings, for city bound traffic, is a major issue for commuters in Leicester Forest East, and for those using this road.
English: Southfields Branch Library, Saffron Lane, Leicester, seen from the southwest. Designed by the same architects as the St Barnabas Branch Library. Southfield Library is nicknamed the Pork Pie Library. Part of the building was originally a child welfare clinic.
Leicestershire (/ ˈ l ɛ s t ər ʃ ɪər,-ʃ ər / ⓘ LEST-ər-sheer, -shər) is a ceremonial county in the East Midlands of England. It is bordered by Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire and Lincolnshire to the north, Rutland to the east, Northamptonshire to the south-east, Warwickshire to the south-west, and Staffordshire to the west.
The Guildhall library in England, which includes the New Testament in Greek from the 15th century, was established in 1632, when the town library was moved into the east wing of the building. [8] Leicester's first police force had its station in the Guildhall from 1836. [8] The Corporation moved to the new Leicester Town Hall in 1876. Apart ...
Sileby is a former industrial village and civil parish in the Soar Valley in the Charnwood borough of Leicestershire, England. It is located between Leicester and Loughborough. The village is close to Barrow upon Soar, Mountsorrel, Ratcliffe-on-the-Wreake, Seagrave and Cossington. The population of the civil parish at the 2011 census was 7,835 ...
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Southfields Library The Southfields of Leicester , England consisted of common land south of the city, and now refers to the mostly-developed area immediately south of the city centre . It is one of three such large fields that survive as placenames, the others being the Highfields and the Northfields .
Evington is home to the Leicestershire Golf Club, on the south of the village, and west of the arboretum. [25] The largest employer in the area is the Leicester General hospital, located near Goodwood on Coleman Road which is south of Uppingham Road (the A47). The Evington Echo is the community newspaper. It is produced by volunteers and is ...