- Newtown Unthank
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Coordinates: 52°38′02″N 1°16′48″W / 52.634°N 1.28°W
Newtown Unthank
Newtown Unthank shown within Leicestershire
OS grid reference SK488043 Parish Desford District Hinckley and Bosworth Shire county Leicestershire Region East Midlands Country England Sovereign state United Kingdom Post town Leicester Postcode district LE9 Dialling code 01455 Police Leicestershire Fire Leicestershire Ambulance East Midlands EU Parliament East Midlands UK Parliament Bosworth Website Desford parish council List of places: UK • England • Leicestershire Newtown Unthank is a hamlet in the Hinckley and Bosworth district of Leicestershire about 6 miles (10 km) west of Leicester. It is in the civil parish of Desford and about a mile northeast of the village.
Newtown Unthank was the site of Desford railway station on the Leicester and Swannington Railway, which became part of the Leicester to Burton upon Trent Line. The station was closed in the 20th century but the railway between Leicester and Burton-on-Trent remains open for freight trains.
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