Towns & cities · East Midlands
Moira
Also known as: Moira, Swydd Gaerlŷr
Moira — village in Leicestershire, United Kingdom.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 3 h–6 h
- Nearest railway station
- Waterside Station · 0.6 km
- Free entry
- Family-friendly
- Dog-friendly
About
Moira is a town, city, village or settlement in the United Kingdom. Wikidata describes it as: "village in Leicestershire, United Kingdom". Coordinates: 52.7360°, -1.5350°.
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From the Wikipedia article
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.
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Background
History
The Midland Railway opened its Leicester to Burton upon Trent Line through Moira in 1845. Moira station served the village until British Railways closed it in 1964. The building survives and the line remains open as a freight route. Rawdon Colliery was worked for about 150 years. Its seams extended 6 mi from the shaft, and some had been worked twice, recovering lower grade coal. The pit survived Britain's pit closure programme in the mid-1980s that followed the miners' strike, but ran out of viable coal seams. Gases were rarely a hazard, but spontaneous combustion of coal dust was a potential problem.
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- Coordinates
- 52.7360, -1.5350
- County
- Leicestershire
- District
- North West Leicestershire
- Parish
- Ashby Woulds
- Postcode
- DE12 6AW
- Parliamentary constituency
- North West Leicestershire
- Nearest railway station
- Waterside Station — 0.6 km
- Official site
- ashbywoulds.leicestershireparishcouncils.org
Sources
- wikidata: Q778255 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Moira, Leicestershire (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- commons: MoiraFurnace01.jpg (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Moira?
- Moira is in Leicestershire, the East Midlands, United Kingdom (postcode DE12 6AW), in the parish of Ashby Woulds.
- Is Moira free to visit?
- Yes, Moira is free to enter.
- How do I get to Moira?
- The nearest railway station is Waterside Station, about 0.6 km away. Drivers can navigate to postcode DE12 6AW.