Ashby-de-la-Zouch

Also known as Ashby-de-la-Zouch, Leicestershire, Ashby de la Zouch

Ashby-de-la-Zouch (), also spelled Ashby de la Zouch and commonly shortened to Ashby, is a market town and civil parish in the North West Leicestershire district of Leicestershire, England, near to the Derbyshire and Staffordshire borders. Its population at the 2021 census was 16,491. Ashby de la Zouch Castle was an important fort in the 15th to 17th centuries. During the 19th century, the town's main industry was ribbon manufacturing.

Key facts

UK place.official_name: Ashby-de-la-Zouch/Ashby
UK place.os_grid_reference: SK3516
UK place.london_distance: 115 SE
UK place.population: 15,120
UK place.population_ref: (2021 Census)
UK place.civil_parish: Ashby de la Zouch
UK place.shire_district: North West Leicestershire
UK place.shire_county: Leicestershire
UK place.region: East Midlands
UK place.country: England
UK place.constituency_westminster: North West Leicestershire
UK place.post_town: Ashby-de-la-Zouch

Article

22 sections

Contents

History
Governance
Notable buildings
Churches
Ivanhoe Baths
Water tower
Loudoun Monument
Ashby-de-la-Zouch Town Hall
Education
Business
Recreation
Transport
Media
Culture
Notable people
Sports
In popular culture
Location
Notes
References
Sources
External links

The civil parish includes the hamlets of Shellbrook to the west and Boundary to the north-west. Swadlincote, Burton upon Trent, Melbourne and Coalville are within , with Derby due north. It lies at the heart of the National Forest, south of the Peak District National Park, on the A42 between Tamworth and Nottingham.