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Asfordby Hill is a hamlet on the A6006 road, in the parish of Asfordby, in the Melton district, in the English county of Leicestershire.
Asfordby Hill has a primary school which was built in 1909. A garden centre with an alpine themed restaurant and farm shop is also present.
Asfordby Hill Iron Foundry remains open and is owned by St. Gobain. It is a little known fact that a large proportion of the nation's drain covers are made at the foundry. The foundry received a large number of weapons which were handed into Leicestershire Police following an arms amnesty in 1996.
Asfordby Mine was the last coal mine to be built in Britain and is now closed, the winding towers were demolished in 1998.
The former mine site is now part industrial units and part of a rail testing facility with a test track that runs to Nottingham. Virgin's pendolino train was tested on the track and the test track is now used for the new London Underground trains. New business units are being erected on the site of the former mine and the area is once again gaining a reputation as an area for growth and business opportunities.
The 'Stute' is the name for Holwell working men's club which still has a number of sporting connections. Most notably Holwell FC, Holwell rifle club and Holwell Bowls club. All have tasted a high level of success over the years.
There are many fine walks around 'The Hill' and a lot of wildlife can be observed, including Buzzards, Red Kite, foxes and varieties of wild deer.
The former site of Asfordby Hill steel works now boasts rare orchids.
Scunthorpe is a large industrial town in the unitary authority of North Lincolnshire in Lincolnshire, England of which it is the main administrative centre. Scunthorpe had an estimated total population of 82,334 in 2016. A predominantly industrial town, the town is the United Kingdom's largest steel processing centre and is also known as the "Industrial Garden Town". It is the third largest settlement in Lincolnshire, after Lincoln and Grimsby. The Member of Parliament for Scunthorpe is Conservative politician Holly Mumby-Croft.
Melton Mowbray is a town in Leicestershire, England, 19 miles (31 km) north-east of Leicester, and 20 miles (32 km) south-east of Nottingham. It lies on the River Eye, which changes name below Melton to the Wreake. The town had a population of 27,158 in the 2011 census, estimated at 27,670 in 2019. It is known for a culinary speciality, the Melton Mowbray pork pie, and as the location of one of six licensed makers of Stilton cheese. – hence its promotion as Britain's "Rural Capital of Food".
Coalville is an industrial town in the district of North West Leicestershire, Leicestershire in the East Midlands of England, with a population at the 2011 census of 34,575. It lies on the A511 trunk road between Leicester and Burton upon Trent, close to junction 22 of the M1 motorway where the A511 meets the A50 between Ashby-de-la-Zouch and Leicester. It borders the upland area of Charnwood Forest to the east of the town.
Old Dalby is a village in the English county of Leicestershire. It is located to the north-west of Melton Mowbray. It was originally known as "Wold Dalby" or "Dalby on the Wolds". The population is included in the civil parish of Broughton and Old Dalby which includes the settlement of Queensway.
The Telford Steam Railway (TSR) is a heritage railway located at Horsehay, Telford in Shropshire, England, formed in 1976.
Ab Kettleby is a village and civil parish in the Melton district of Leicestershire, England, located 3 miles (4.8 km) north of Melton Mowbray, on the A606 road. It had a population of 501 in 2001; at the 2011 census this had increased to 529.
Asfordby is a village and civil parish in the Melton district of Leicestershire, to the west of Melton Mowbray on the A6006 road. The village is north-east of Leicester.
Holwell Sports Football Club is a football club based in Asfordby Hill, near Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire, England. They are currently members of the United Counties League Division One and play at Welby Road.
Western Park is a park and surrounding suburb located in West End of Leicester. It is also a ward of the City of Leicester whose population at the 2011 census was 10,609.
Openshaw is an area of Manchester, England, about three miles east of the city centre. Historically part of Lancashire, Openshaw was incorporated into the city of Manchester in 1890. Its name derives from the Old English Opinschawe, which means an open wood or coppice.
The A607 is an A road in England that starts in Belgrave, Leicester and heads northeastwards through Leicestershire and the town of Grantham, Lincolnshire, terminating at Bracebridge Heath, a village on the outskirts of Lincoln. It is a primary route from Thurmaston to the A1 junction at Grantham.
Mather & Platt is the name of several large engineering firms in Europe, South Africa and Asia that are subsidiaries of Wilo SE, Germany or were founded by former employees. The original company was founded in the Newton Heath area of Manchester, England, where it was a major employer. That firm continues as a food processing and packaging business, trading as M & P Engineering in Trafford Park, Manchester.
Markham & Co. was an ironworks and steelworks company near Chesterfield, Derbyshire, England.
Asfordby railway station was a station serving the villages of Asfordby and Kirby Bellars in Leicestershire. The station was situated at a level crossing on the road between the two villages. It opened in 1846 and was originally named Kirby, but had been renamed Asfordby by 1863. It closed to passengers in 1951 but remained in use for goods until 1964.
The Old Dalby Test Track is a railway in the United Kingdom which is used for testing new designs of trains. It runs between Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire and Edwalton, on the course of the Midland Railway's route between Kettering and Nottingham which closed to passengers on 1 May 1967 and to goods in 1968. It is 13.5 miles (21.7 km) in length.
Upper Broughton was a railway station serving Upper Broughton in the English county of Nottinghamshire. It was opened on the Midland Railway Manton direct route between London and Nottingham, avoiding Leicester. The line still exists today as the Old Dalby Test Track.
The Great Central Railway (Nottingham) is a heritage railway and transport museum on the south side of the village of Ruddington in Nottinghamshire. The route consists of almost 10 miles (16 km) of the former Great Central Railway Main Line from Loughborough South Junction to Fifty Steps Bridge and the site of Ruddington's former GCR station, plus a branch line from Fifty Steps Bridge to Ruddington Fields station which is located on a former Ministry of Defence site next to Rushcliffe Country Park.
Holwell Mouth is a 14.5 hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest south-east of Nether Broughton in Leicestershire. It is common land.
Holwell Reserves is a 16.4 hectares nature reserve north of Melton Mowbray in Leicestershire. It is owned and managed by the Leicestershire and Rutland Wildlife Trust, and is composed of Brown’s Hill Quarry, Holwell Mineral Line and North Quarry.
Asfordby Colliery was a coal mine located in the village of Asfordby, near to Melton Mowbray in Leicestershire, England. It was the last deep coal mine to be sunk in England in 1987 and was expected to coal for many years, but closed within a few years with geological problems being cited as the issue.
Philip's Street Atlas Leicestershire and Rutland (page 58)
Coordinates: 52°45′56″N0°55′36″W / 52.76568°N 0.92669°W
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