Newtown Linford
Newtown Linford
Newtown Linford is a Leicestershire town located between Leicester and Loughborough. The town is home to a number of businesses and amenities including a supermarket, a post office, several pubs and restaurants, as well as a primary school. Newtown Linford also has its own cricket club which plays in the Leicestershire County Cricket League.
The town is located close to a number of tourist attractions including Belvoir Castle, Bradgate Park and Charnwood Forest. Newtown Linford is also within easy reach of Leicester city centre which offers a wide range of shops, bars and restaurants.
Newtown Linford is an ideal location for those looking to live in a quiet, rural setting while still being within easy reach of all the amenities and attractions that Leicester has to offer.
Created: 17 October 2022 Edited: 29 November 2023
Newtown Linford
Local History around Newtown Linford
There are some historic monuments around including:
'King William's' BridgeBeacon Hill hillfort, enclosure and linear boundaryRatby campMoated lodge 200m west of ruins of Bradgate HouseMoated site at New Parks, LeicesterMoated Lodge with associated water channels and fishpond at QuorndonChurchyard cross in St Mary's churchyardBradgate: house, chapel, garden and watermill'King William's' BridgeMoat at Lea MeadowsSite of Roman villaUlverscroft Priory, moat and three fishpondsKirby Muxloe CastlePreceptory, boundary, two mounds, fishpond and dam at Beaumont LeysMotte and bailey castle and manorial complex at GrobyOld Hays moated site and associated manorial earthworks, RatbyMoated site and garden enclosure at GlenfieldPackhorse bridge.
