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Photo of Ashby-de-la-Zouch, a village in Leicestershire, central England.

Ashby-de-la-Zouch© DeFacto / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0

Villages & towns in LeicestershireLeicestershire, England

16 villages and towns in the Albion Guide across Leicestershire — see the full villages and towns directory, or everything to explore in Leicestershire.

Photo of Ashby-de-la-Zouch, a village in Leicestershire, central England.Highlight

Ashby-de-la-Zouch

Historic market town in the National Forest, its Tudor castle ruins immortalised in Scott's Ivanhoe.

Leicestershire

Photo of Breedon on the Hill, a village in Leicestershire, central England.Highlight

Breedon on the Hill

Village under a limestone crag crowned by a Saxon church, with a domed lock-up on the green below.

Leicestershire

Photo of Hallaton, a village in Leicestershire, central England.Highlight

Hallaton

Conical-spired village of thatch and a butter cross, home to the riotous Easter Monday Bottle Kicking and the Hallaton Treasure hoard.

Leicestershire

Photo of Market Bosworth, a village in Leicestershire, central England.

Market Bosworth

Handsome Georgian market town near the 1485 battlefield where Richard III fell, with a country park at its edge.

Leicestershire

Photo of Knipton, a village in Leicestershire, central England.

Knipton

Vale of Belvoir village of honey-coloured ironstone houses below Belvoir Castle, with a Norman church and village pub.

Leicestershire

Photo of Medbourne, a village in Leicestershire, central England.

Medbourne

Welland Valley village on a Roman road, with a medieval packhorse bridge and the Nevill Arms by the brook.

Leicestershire

Photo of Newtown Linford, a village in Leicestershire, central England.

Newtown Linford

Thatched-and-slate Charnwood village at the gates of Bradgate Park, the deer estate where Lady Jane Grey grew up.

Leicestershire

Photo of Woodhouse Eaves, a village in Leicestershire, central England.

Woodhouse Eaves

Stone-built Charnwood Forest village ringed by walking trails, with Beacon Hill and Broombriggs Farm on its doorstep.

Leicestershire

Market Harborough

Elegant Welland-valley market town, its old grammar school on stilts beside the church's soaring broach spire.

Leicestershire

Melton Mowbray

Self-styled Rural Capital of Food, home of the Melton Mowbray pork pie and a hub of Stilton dairies.

Leicestershire

Photo of Rothley, a village in Leicestershire, central England.

Rothley

Village of the Soar valley with a triangular green, an ancient churchyard cross and Rothley Court, once a Knights Templar preceptory.

Leicestershire

Photo of Foxton, a village in Leicestershire, central England.

Foxton

Canal-side village beside the famous Foxton Locks staircase and inclined-plane remains on the Grand Union.

Leicestershire

Photo of Long Clawson, a village in Leicestershire, central England.

Long Clawson

Long, straggling Vale of Belvoir village built around its co-operative dairy, a leading maker of Stilton.

Leicestershire

Photo of Wymeswold, a village in Leicestershire, central England.

Wymeswold

Wolds village of mellow cottages along a brook, with a much-admired lych gate at St Mary's church.

Leicestershire

Kibworth Harcourt

Historic village made famous by Michael Wood's Story of England, with the county's last surviving post mill.

Leicestershire

Hoby

Wreake-valley village of thatched cottages and a broach spire, with the thatched Blue Bell pub at its heart.

Leicestershire