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- ...h-west of the county, around [[Coalville]], forms part of the new National Forest area extending into Derbyshire and Staffordshire. The highest point of the ...e]].) Even in Melton though one cannot escape industrial history; the coal canal has been filled in but its gates stick up incongruously in the town's publi13 KB (1,839 words) - 19:29, 31 May 2019
- |LG district=Charnwood ...ty of mediæval Shepshed was based on the wool industry and "Well Yard" on Forest Street may well be a corruption of "Wool Yard", where [[Bradford]] wool mer6 KB (955 words) - 22:50, 23 June 2013
- ...flows north through [[Leicester]] where it is joined by the [[Grand Union Canal]], and continues through the Leicestershire Soar Valley, passing [[Loughbor ...as not until the early 19th century, that it was linked by the Grand Union Canal to the wider network to the south and to [[London]].15 KB (2,329 words) - 18:23, 24 November 2020
- ...ailway. In 1931 the last scheduled passenger train went down the Charnwood Forest branch, with the line then only being open to freight and excursions until ...Confusingly, part of the line was called the Bluebell Line (the Charnwood Forest Line, Hugglescote to Loughborough Derby Road station; this line was only ac16 KB (2,337 words) - 11:07, 5 August 2015
- Charnwood Borough Council agreed to purchase the land from BR and lease it to the rai ...electrification project. The replacement embankments to the north of the Canal bridge are proposed to use the latest construction techniques to provide a23 KB (3,522 words) - 12:38, 7 August 2015
- ...s not a single, consistent forest but a forestry project, and the National Forest Company is a facilitator rather than the owner of all the areas its vision ...empt to blend ancient woodland with new plantings to create a new national forest.5 KB (675 words) - 08:25, 4 May 2015
