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Ashby-de-la-Zouch
Market town and civil parish in Leicestershire, England

Ashby-de-la-Zouch

Ashby-de-la-Zouch, also spelled Ashby de la Zouch and commonly shortened to Ashby, is a market town and civil parish in the North West Leicestershire district of Leicestershire, England, near to the Derbyshire and Staffordshire borders.

Plan a trip to Ashby-de-la-Zouch→From Manchester, Greater Manchester

Its population at the 2021 census was 16,491. Ashby de la Zouch Castle was an important fort in the 15th to 17th centuries. During the 19th century, the town's main industry was ribbon manufacturing.

Get in

Getting to Ashby-de-la-Zouch

Is only 11 miles from

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    East Midlands Airport

    Off the A42 a few junctions south of the M1 making it easy to reach from Derby and Nottingham, and on the A511 between Burton upon Trent and Leicester.

See

Worth seeing

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    Ashby de la Zouch Castle
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    Moira Furnace

    Great blast furnace for the Moira Ironworks, in what's now a canalside country park.

Do

Things to do

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    Conkers

    Rawdon Road,.

Eat

Where to eat

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    Zamani's

    11 Rushtons Yd,.

How locals move

Getting around Ashby-de-la-Zouch the local way

  • Get inThe airport mainly supports low-cost airlines such as Jet2.com, Ryanair and tour operators like Thomson Airways which serve a range of domestic and European short-haul destinations.

From Wikivoyage: Castle Donington, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us. Last edited 2026-09.

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