Ashby de la Zouch | |
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Market Street | |
Location within Leicestershire | |
Population | 16,491 (2021 Census)[1] |
OS grid reference | SK3516 |
Civil parish |
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District | |
Shire county | |
Region | |
Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | Ashby-de-la-Zouch |
Postcode district | LE65 |
Dialling code | 01530 |
Police | Leicestershire |
Fire | Leicestershire |
Ambulance | East Midlands |
UK Parliament | |
Website | Ashby de la Zouch Town Council |
Ashby-de-la-Zouch (/ˈæʃbi də lə ˈzuːʃ/),[2] also spelled Ashby de la Zouch,[a] is a market town and civil parish in the North West Leicestershire district of Leicestershire, England, near to the Derbyshire and Staffordshire borders. Its population at the 2021 census was 16,491.[3] 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.
The civil parish includes the hamlets of Shellbrook to the west and Boundary to the north-west. Swadlincote, Burton upon Trent, Melbourne and Coalville are within 10 miles (16 km), with Derby 12 miles (19 km) due north. It lies at the heart of the National Forest, 24 miles (39 km) south of the Peak District National Park, on the A42 between Tamworth and Nottingham.
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