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North West Leicestershire

district, England, United Kingdom
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North West Leicestershire, district, administrative and historic county of Leicestershire, south-central England, incorporating one of the oldest (13th century) coal-mining areas in Great Britain. It is essentially an upland area of undulating meadows, but some cultivation of crops occurs in the southwest and along the River Soar valley in the north. The two principal towns, Coalville (the district’s administrative centre) and Ashby-de-la-Zouch, are in the upland area bordering Charnwood Forest, a former royal hunting ground...

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