Desford
Desford is a village and civil parish in the Hinckley and Bosworth district of England, 7 miles (11 km) west of the centre of Leicester and around 7 miles north east of Hinckley.
Desford is a village and civil parish in the Hinckley and Bosworth district of England, 7 miles (11 km) west of the centre of Leicester and around 7 miles north east of Hinckley. Situated on a hill approximately 400 feet above sea level, the parish includes the hamlets of Botcheston and Newtown Unthank and a scattered settlement at Lindridge. The population at the 2021 census had increased to 4,592. Desford is in the Doomsday Book of 1086 but the name itself is older than that meaning Deor's Ford suggesting an Anglo Saxon origin. Another suggestion is that it means 'ford frequented with wild animals'.
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Worth seeing in and around Desford
One place within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Tropical Birdland, Leicestershire
Tropical Birdland in the north of the village of Desford, Leicestershire, England, is a visitor attraction that has many bird species including parrots, hornbills and owls on display. Some of the birds are allowed to fly out-of-doors during visiting hours.
700 m · zoo in Desford , United Kingdom · Wikipedia
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Getting to Desford
- Airports
- East Midlands (EMA), 23 km · Birmingham (BHX), 36 km · Manchester (MAN), 104 km
- Manchester, Greater Manchester → Desford114 km · quickest by road, 2h 48m · £15–20
- London → Desford148 km · quickest by road, 2h 51m · £15–20
- Luton, Luton → Desford102 km · quickest by road, 2h 6m · £11–14
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No local-transport research exists yet for Desford
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Desford. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
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Next door to Desford
Desford is 11 km from Leicester, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
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- Peckletonvillage in Kirkby Mallory, Peckleton and Stapleton, Hinckley and Bosworth, Leicestershire, United Kingdom2.2 km
- Leicester Forest Westvillage and civil parish in Leicestershire, UK2.6 km
- Botchestonhamlet in Leicestershire, England, UK1.7 km
- Brascotehamlet in Leicestershire, England, UK3.5 km
- Merry Leeshamlet in Leicestershire, England, UK2.8 km