Population small Region East Midlands Sovereign state United Kingdom Shire county Derbyshire | OS grid reference SK294153 Country England Post town SWADLINCOTE District South Derbyshire | |
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Short Heath is a hamlet near Overseal, in South Derbyshire.It is on the border with Leicestershire. It has a sign where it claims to be the centre of England.
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Map of Short Heath, Swadlincote, UK
History
It has a sign where it claims to be the centre of England, but various places make this claim. Nearby Overseal was said to be the population centre of Britain in 1971 with an equal number of people living south as north of it and similarly for east and west.However,this centre has slowly been moving southwards and is now claimed by Appleby Parva in north-west Leicestershire.
References
Short Heath, Derbyshire Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA