Moira, Leicestershire

Moira
Village
Ashby Road in Moira, Leicestershire
Moira is located in Leicestershire
Moira
Moira
Location within Leicestershire
OS grid referenceSK315155
Civil parish
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townSwadlincote
Postcode districtDE12
Dialling code01283
PoliceLeicestershire
FireLeicestershire
AmbulanceEast Midlands
UK Parliament
WebsiteAshby Woulds Town Council
List of places
UK
England
Leicestershire
52°44′10″N 1°32′06″W / 52.736°N 1.535°W / 52.736; -1.535

Moira is a former mining village about 2.5 miles (4 km) south-west of Ashby-de-la-Zouch in North West Leicestershire, England. The village is about 3 miles (5 km) south of Swadlincote and is close to the boundary with Derbyshire. The population is included in the civil parish of Ashby Woulds.

For centuries North West Leicestershire has been quarried and mined for coal, limestone, granite and brick clay, and its environmental damage was one of the reasons that it was chosen in the 1990s as the site for the National Forest, which is part of a Government-funded programme to create more woodland. Proximate villages include Donisthorpe, Overseal, Oakthorpe and Spring Cottage.