Barlestone
Coordinates: 52°38′46″N 1°22′23″W / 52.646°N 1.373°W
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 Barlestone
Barlestone shown within Leicestershire |
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| Population | 2,471 (2001 Census)[1] |
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| OS grid reference | SK4205 |
| District | Hinckley and Bosworth |
| Shire county | Leicestershire |
| Region | East Midlands |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Nuneaton |
| Postcode district | CV13 |
| Dialling code | 01455 |
| Police | Leicestershire |
| Fire | Leicestershire |
| Ambulance | East Midlands |
| EU Parliament | East Midlands |
| UK Parliament | Bosworth |
| Website | Barlestone Parish Council |
| List of places: UK • England • Leicestershire | |
Barlestone is a village and civil parish in the Hinckley and Bosworth district of Leicestershire, England. The 2001 Census recorded a parish population of 2,471.[1] The village adjoins the neighbouring village of Osbaston.
There is a wheel at the centre of the village that is over 100 years old, and was installed during the late 80's to commemorate the miners who lived in the village. Barlestone itself never had a pit and the miners travelled to the ones in either Bagworth, Coalville or Newbold Heath.[citation needed]
[edit] Amenities
The village has four churches. The Church of England parish church of Saint Giles on Church Road was designed by the Gothic Revival architect Ewan Christian and built in 1855.[2] There is a Baptist church on West End and a Methodist Church[3] on Newbold Road. Elohim Church[4] at Elohim Church Hub, Newbold Road, was formerly the Jolly Toper public house.
Barlestone's public house is The Three Tuns, another pub was formerly the Red Lion which has now been converted into an Indian restaurant, Kismat.
There are two local shops in the community: a privately owned corner shop (actually in Osbaston) and a Co-Operative store opposite The Three Tuns pub. As well as this, there are two hairdressers, a post office, a fish and chip shop, a Chinese shop and two Indian restaurants.
The village also has St. Giles Football Club that has a bar at its club house and is open 7 days a week, with matches on Saturday afternoons and ladies matches on Sunday afternoons.
Barlestone Church of England Primary School is a coeducational school that educates around 170 pupils between the ages of 4 and 11. When children leave the school most transfer to Market Bosworth High School, before going on to Bosworth Community College in Desford.[5]
[edit] References
- ^ a b "Area selected: Hinckley and Bosworth (Non-Metropolitan District)". Neighbourhood Statistics: Full Dataset View. Office for National Statistics. http://neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/viewFullDataset.do?instanceSelection=03070&productId=779&$ph=60_61&datasetInstanceId=3070&startColumn=1&numberOfColumns=4&containerAreaId=790451. Retrieved 17 July 2011.
- ^ Pevsner, Nikolaus (1960). Leicestershire and Rutland. The Buildings of England. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books. p. 59.
- ^ Barlestone Methodist Church
- ^ Elohim Church
- ^ Hemmings, Melvyn (2005-12-01) (PDF). Barlestone Church of England Primary School. Ofsted. http://ofsted.gov.uk./oxedu_reports/download/(id)/58496/(as)/120111_280735.pdf.
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