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Fleckney
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Fleckney is a village and civil parish in the Harborough district of Leicestershire, England. It is situated 2.5 miles (4 km) west of the A6 national route between Market Harborough and Leicester.
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Place details
- Locality
- Harborough
- Region
- England
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Population
- 4,894
- Timezone
- Europe/London
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
Key facts
- UK place.official_name
- Fleckney
- UK place.static_image_name
- Fleckney Duck Pond - geograph.org.uk - 418016.jpg
- UK place.static_image_caption
- Fleckney duck pond in April 2007
- UK place.country
- England
- UK place.region
- East Midlands
- UK place.shire_county
- Leicestershire
- UK place.shire_district
- Harborough
- UK place.area_total_sq_mi
- 1.961
- UK place.area_total_km2
- 5.079
- UK place.population
- 4894
- UK place.population_ref
- (2011)
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- SP651933
- UK place.london_distance_mi
- 81
- UK place.post_town
- LEICESTER
- UK place.postcode_area
- LE
- UK place.postcode_district
- LE8
- UK place.dial_code
- 0116
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- Harborough
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- civil parish
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Located in
- Harborough
- Population
- 4613
- Area
- 1.961
- Shares border with
- Wistow
- Image
- Fleckney Duck Pond - geograph.org.uk - 418016.jpg
- Dialing code
- 0116
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- Commons category
- Fleckney
- OS grid reference
- SP651933
- P8168
- Visaginas
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Facilities
- History and geography
- Transport
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Fleckney is a village and civil parish in the Harborough district of Leicestershire, England. It is situated 2.5 miles (4 km) west of the A6 national route between Market Harborough and Leicester.
The village appeared in the Domesday Book and remained a small farming community until the 19th century, which saw development of industry: initially bricks and later hosiery. The historic village centre is a hub of amenities for the mostly rural local area.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Fleckney” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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