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Twycross
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Twycross is a small village and civil parish in the Hinckley and Bosworth district, in Leicestershire, England, on the A444 road. Situated in the far west of the county and close to the North Warwickshire border, the population of the civil parish at the 2011 census was 850. The civil parish includes the villages of Norton Juxta Twycross and Orton on the Hill and the hamlets of Little Orton and Little Twycross, as well as Twycross Zoo, and the selective, private Twycross House School.
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- Locality
- Hinckley and Bosworth
- Region
- England
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Population
- 0
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Key facts
- UK place.country
- England
- UK place.official_name
- Twycross
- UK place.map_type
- Leicestershire
- UK place.civil_parish
- Twycross
- UK place.population
- 850
- UK place.population_ref
- (2011)
- UK place.shire_district
- Hinckley and Bosworth
- UK place.shire_county
- Leicestershire
- UK place.region
- East Midlands
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- Hinckley and Bosworth
- UK place.post_town
- Atherstone
- UK place.postcode_district
- CV9
- UK place.postcode_area
- CV
- UK place.dial_code
- 01827
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- SK336050
- UK place.static_image_name
- St James the Great, Twycross, Leics - geograph.org.uk - 387614.jpg
- UK place.static_image_caption
- Saint James' Parish Church, Twycross
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Twycross is a small village and civil parish in the Hinckley and Bosworth district, in Leicestershire, England, on the A444 road. Situated in the far west of the county and close to the North Warwickshire border, the population of the civil parish at the 2011 census was 850. The civil parish includes the villages of Norton Juxta Twycross and Orton on the Hill and the hamlets of Little Orton and Little Twycross, as well as Twycross Zoo, and the selective, private Twycross House School.
The Twycross Cricket Club is a village club with a 1st and 2nd XI who play in the Leicestershire Senior League. It also has a Sunday XI which plays many friendly games throughout the season.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Twycross” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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