North West Leicestershire

North West Leicestershire District
Non-metropolitan district
Coalville, the largest town and administrative centre of North West Leicestershire district
Shown within Leicestershire
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Constituent country	England
Region	East Midlands
Administrative county	Leicestershire
Admin. HQ	Coalville
Government
• Type	North West Leicestershire District Council
• MP:	Amanda Hack (Labour)
Area
• Total	108 sq mi (279 km2)
• Rank	126th
Population  (2022)
• Total	107,672
• Rank	Ranked 224th
• Density	1,000/sq mi (390/km2)
Ethnicity (2021) [1]
• Ethnic groups	List 95.9% White 1.5% Asian 1.5% Mixed 0.6% Black 0.5% other
Religion (2021) [1]
• Religion	List 51.8% Christianity 46.3% no religion 1.5% other 0.4% Islam
Time zone	UTC+0 (Greenwich Mean Time)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+1 (British Summer Time)
ONS code	31UH (ONS) E07000134 (GSS)
Ethnicity	98.8% White

North West Leicestershire is a local government district in Leicestershire, England. The towns in the district include of Ashby-de-la-Zouch, Castle Donington, Coalville (where the council is based) and Ibstock. Notable villages in the district include Donington le Heath, Ellistown, Hugglescote, Kegworth, Measham, Shackerstone, Thringstone and Whitwick.

Castle Donington is notable as the location of Donington Park, a grand-prix circuit and a major venue for music festivals. The area has a long history of mineral extraction, with coal, brick clay, gravel and granite amongst the products. All the deep coal mines in the area have closed, but opencast mining still continues. The district is also home to part of the Battlefield Line and the Ibstock Brick.

The neighbouring districts are Charnwood, Hinckley and Bosworth, North Warwickshire, Lichfield, South Derbyshire, Erewash and Rushcliffe.