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The Clock tower, Coalville, Leicestershire

Coalville Coalville is a town in north-western Leicestershire. Its name tells of its origin and its focus: it was created as a coal-mining town in the eighteenth century, and the marks of mining are everywhere, though the mines themselves closed in the 1990s. The town stands within the Leicestershire coalfield and by the transport routes of the area. It is the market town for the district and despite its own black reputation, it edges the upland area of Charnwood Forest which lies to the town's east. (Read more)