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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Predicate Object
instanceOf town
ceremonialCounty Leicestershire NERFINISHED
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 NERFINISHED
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 NERFINISHED
St Botolph’s Church of England Primary School NERFINISHED
St Winefride’s Catholic Voluntary Academy NERFINISHED
hasReligiousBuilding St Botolph’s Church NERFINISHED
hasSecondarySchool Iveshead School NERFINISHED
historicalIndustry textile industry
woollen industry
junctionNearby M1 Junction 23
locatedIn England
locatedInAdministrativeTerritory Leicestershire NERFINISHED
locatedInDistrict Charnwood NERFINISHED
locatedInRegion East Midlands NERFINISHED
locatedInSovereignState United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland NERFINISHED
locatedNear River Soar valley NERFINISHED
locatedOn Charnwood Forest fringe
near Loughborough NERFINISHED
OSGridReference SK 4819
region East Midlands
roadAccess M1 motorway NERFINISHED
timeZone GMT
timeZoneDST BST
traditionalCounty Leicestershire NERFINISHED

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Charnwood Forest, England hasNearbySettlement Shepshed
subject surface form: Charnwood Forest