OS grid reference SK488043 Local time Sunday 2:23 PM | Sovereign state United Kingdom Postcode district LE9 Dialling code 01455 UK parliament constituency Bosworth | |
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Newtown Unthank is a hamlet in the Hinckley and Bosworth district of Leicestershire about 6 miles (10 km) west of Leicester. It is in the civil parish of Desford (where the population is included) and about a mile northeast of the village.
Map of Newtown Unthank, Leicester, UK
Newtown Unthank was the site of Desford railway station on the Leicester and Swannington Railway, which became part of the Leicester to Burton upon Trent Line. The station was closed in the 20th century; the railway between Leicester and Burton-on-Trent remains open for freight trains.
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