Shepshed

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Shepshed is a town in the English East Midlands known historically for its textile industry and now as a residential community near Loughborough in Leicestershire.

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Shepshed canonical 5

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Statements (39)

Predicate Object
instanceOf town
ceremonialCounty Leicestershire
country United Kingdom
currentCharacter residential community
distanceToLeicester approximately 11 miles north-west
distanceToLoughborough approximately 3 miles west
distanceToNottingham approximately 16 miles south
governingBody Charnwood Borough Council
linked to: Charnwood
hasCategory Civil parishes in Leicestershire
Towns in Leicestershire
hasDialingCode 01509
hasFeature commuter town for Loughborough and Leicester
former industrial centre
market town history
hasParishStatus civil parish
hasPostcodeArea LE
hasPostcodeDistrict LE12
hasPrimarySchool Oxley Primary School
St Botolph’s Church of England Primary School
St Winefride’s Catholic Voluntary Academy
hasReligiousBuilding St Botolph’s Church
hasSecondarySchool Iveshead School
historicalIndustry textile industry
woollen industry
junctionNearby M1 Junction 23
locatedIn England
locatedInAdministrativeTerritory Leicestershire
locatedInDistrict Charnwood
locatedInRegion East Midlands
locatedInSovereignState United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
linked to: United Kingdom
locatedNear River Soar valley
linked to: River Soar
locatedOn Charnwood Forest fringe
near Loughborough
OSGridReference SK 4819
region East Midlands
roadAccess M1 motorway
timeZone GMT
timeZoneDST BST
traditionalCounty Leicestershire

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Charnwood Forest hasNearbySettlement Shepshed
subject linked to: Charnwood Forest, England
Charnwood contains Shepshed
Whitwick hasNearbySettlement Shepshed