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Market Harborough
Town in Leicestershire, England

Market Harborough

Market Harborough is a market town in the Harborough district of Leicestershire, England, close to the border with Northamptonshire.

Plan a trip to Market Harborough→From Nottingham, Leicestershire

The population was 24,779 at the 2021 census. It is the administrative headquarters of the Harborough district.

Get in

Getting to Market Harborough

Market Harborough is on the A6 in between Leicester and Rothwell, west of Kettering (though its been bypassed), the A427 from Corby, the A508 from Northampton and the A4304 from Lutterworth.

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    Market Harborough

    St Marys Road, LE16 7DT.

See

Worth seeing

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    Harborough Museum

    The Symington Building, Adam and Eve Street, LE16 7LT,.

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    Market Harborough Library

    The Symington Building, Adam and Eve Street, LE16 7LT,.

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    Foxton Canal Museum

    The Leicester arm of the Grand Union Canal, opened in 1812, had two flights of five locks at Foxton, causing great congestion of boat traffic.

Do

Things to do

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    Hammond Arboretum
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    Welland Park

    The largest park in Market Harborough with a number of amenities.

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    Symingtons Recreation Ground

    75 St Mary's Road, LE16 7DS.

Eat

Where to eat

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    Abbey Cottage

    The Old Fire Station, 10 Abbey Street, LE16 9AA,.

Text adapted from Wikipedia and Wikivoyage, CC BY-SA 4.0. Photograph: Wikimedia Commons (see Commons), Wikimedia Commons.