Snarestone

It lies on the edge of the National Forest and is 5 miles from the market town of Ashby-de-la-Zouch. It has a population of approximately 300 people and 120 households.^[1]

The village has a church, primary school, blacksmiths, farm shop and two public houses (the Globe and the Odd House).

1 Commuter Links
2 Brief History
3 Canal Terminus
4 Attractions
5 Nearby Towns
6 Surrounding Villages
7 Notes
8 External links
9 See Also

[edit] Commuter Links

Snarestone is 2 miles from junction 11 of the M42 motorway and is less than 30 miles from the five surrounding cities of Birmingham, Leicester, Nottingham, Coventry, and Derby. East Midlands Airport is also situated 13 miles to the northeast.

Although Snarestone is a Leicestershire village it has a Derbyshire postcode and is 3 miles from the county boundary of North Warwickshire.

[edit] Brief History

The village appears in the Domesday Book as Snarchetone and was the farmstead of a man called Snar(o)c.^[2]

Between 1873 and 1967 the village was a stop on the Ashby to Nuneaton railway line. The station building no longer exists although evidence of platforms can still be found. The goods shed and station master's house remain but have been converted into a private households.

[edit] Canal Terminus

Snarestone is linked via the Ashby Canal to the national network of British Waterways. The canal crosses through the village and terminates in fields just to the north. In 2005 the Government approved plans to restore a 2.5 mile stretch of the canal to regenerate wildlife and boost the local economy.^[3]

The scheme will connect Snarestone to Measham, creating a new wharf and provide a green route into the heart of the National Forest. The proposals also intend to link up with the restored section of canal between Donisthorpe and Moira Furnace increasing the length of the canal beyond Snarestone to over 5 miles and re-establishing the canal's original terminus.

[edit] Attractions

The village regularly celebrates Guy Fawkes Night with a large fireworks celebration at the Globe Pub and hosts a rubber duck fun-race every Spring and Autumn to raise funds for good causes. Other nearby attractions include Twycross Zoo, Conkers Visitor Centre, Snibston Discovery Park, Bosworth Battlefield, Ashby Woulds Heritage Trail, the National Forest and a railway preservation society that has its own rolling stock, museum and track known as the Battlefield Line.

[edit] Nearby Towns

[edit] Surrounding Villages

Appleby Parva
Appleby Magna
Little Twycross
Measham
Norton-Juxta-Twycross
Newton Burgoland
Shackerstone
Swepstone
Twycross

[edit] Notes

↑ This population estimate is based on Parish output figures from the 2001 census which recorded a population of 296 people and 120 households.
↑ A Dictionary of British Place-Names. A. D. Mills. Oxford University Press, 2003. Oxford Reference Online. Oxford University Press.
↑ BBC News Story