- Swannington
Swannington may refer to more than one place in England:
*Swannington, Leicestershire
**a terminus of the historicLeicester and Swannington Railway *
Swannington, Norfolk
**location ofRAF Swannington
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Swannington, Leicestershire — Swannington is a former mining village in Leicestershire, England. It was a terminus of the early (1832) Leicester and Swannington Railway that was built to carry away its pits output. There is also a windmill in Swannington called Hough Mill… … Wikipedia
Swannington, Norfolk — Swannington is a village in the county of Norfolk and district of Broadland … Wikipedia
Leicester and Swannington Railway — The Leicester and Swannington Railway (L S) was one of England s first railways, being opened on July 17 1832 to bring coal from pits in west Leicestershire to Leicester.OverviewThe construction of the railway was a pivotal moment in the… … Wikipedia
New Swannington — is the name of an area located between the Leicestershire villages of Whitwick and Swannington, comprising just a handful of buildings and houses which straddle the stretch of Church Lane which runs from Swannington to the point where it is… … Wikipedia
RAF Swannington — was a World War II era airfield located just to the north of the Norfolk village of Swannington, England. It was opened in April 1944 and sold in 1957, though the RAF left in November 1947. The site is now used for agriculture though some… … Wikipedia
Coalville — For other uses, see Coalville (disambiguation). Coordinates: 52°43′01″N 1°22′12″W / 52.717°N 1.370°W / 52.717; 1.370 … Wikipedia
Charnwood Forest Canal — The Charnwood Forest Canal, sometimes known as the Forest Line of the Leicester Navigation , was opened between Thringstone and Nanpantan, with a further connection to Barrow Hill, near Worthington, in 1794 It marks the beginning of a period of… … Wikipedia
Thringstone — Infobox UK place country = England official name= Thringstone latitude= 52.75571 longitude= 1.36573 civil parish= Coalville population = shire district= North West Leicestershire shire county= Leicestershire region= East Midlands constituency… … Wikipedia
Leicester railway station — Infobox UK station name = Leicester manager = East Midlands Trains locale = Leicester borough = Leicester usage0405 = 4.457 code = LEI usage0506 = 4.361 usage0607 = 4.778 platforms = 4 start = 1840 Rebuilt 1894 latitude = 52.632 longitude =… … Wikipedia
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