Area Info for Asfordby (Leicestershire)

Asfordby, Leicestershire, UK

Asfordby is a small village located in the county of Leicestershire, England. It is situated approximately 4 miles north of Melton Mowbray and about 10 miles north of Leicester. The village is known for its rural charm and historical significance within the region.

History and Development

Historically, Asfordby was a rural agricultural community. Over the years, it has maintained its traditional character while experiencing some modern development. The village has a number of historic buildings and features that reflect its long-standing heritage.

Economy and Local Features

The local economy has traditionally been based on agriculture, but in recent decades, residents have increasingly commuted to nearby towns and cities for work. Asfordby is also notable for its proximity to the Asfordby Hill, which was the site of a significant coal mining operation that closed in the late 20th century. The area now features some residential developments and local amenities.

Transport and Accessibility

Asfordby is accessible via local roads connecting it to Melton Mowbray and Leicester. Public transport options are limited, but bus services connect the village to surrounding areas. The nearest railway station is in Melton Mowbray, providing links to larger cities.

Community and Amenities

The village has a close-knit community with local events and activities. Amenities include a church, a pub, and some local shops. The surrounding countryside offers opportunities for outdoor activities such as walking and cycling.

Additional Information

Asfordby is part of the civil parish of Asfordby, which includes nearby hamlets and rural areas. The village's scenic setting and historical background make it a notable location within Leicestershire.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   
Education
School
Captains Close Primary School0.00 miles
Saxelby Road, Asfordby, Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire, LE14 3TU
Frisby Church of England Primary School1.15 miles
Hall Orchard Lane, Frisby-on-the-Wreake, Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire, LE14 2NH
Asfordby Hill Primary School1.19 miles
Melton Road, Asfordby Hill, Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire, LE14 3QX
Long Field Academy2.47 miles
Ambleside Way, Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire, LE13 0BN
St Mary's Church of England Primary School2.58 miles
Brampton Road, Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire, LE13 0NA
The Grove Primary School2.58 miles
Asfordby Road, Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire, LE13 0HN
Ab Kettleby Community Primary School2.67 miles
Wartnaby Road, Ab Kettleby, Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire, LE14 3JJ
Saint Francis Catholic Primary School2.88 miles
Dalby Road, Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire, LE13 0BP
Swallowdale Primary School and Community Centre2.95 miles
Dalby Road, Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire, LE13 0BJ
John Ferneley College3.13 miles
Scalford Road, Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire, LE13 1LH
Brownlow Primary School3.39 miles
Limes Avenue, Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire, LE13 1QL
Old Dalby Church of England Primary School3.49 miles
Longcliff Hill, Old Dalby, Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire, LE14 3JY
Great Dalby School3.72 miles
Top End, Great Dalby, Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire, LE14 2HA
Sherard Primary School and Community Centre3.74 miles
Grange Drive, Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire, LE13 1HA
Birch Wood (Melton Area Special School)3.74 miles
Grange Drive, Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire, LE13 1HA
Thrussington Church of England Primary School3.91 miles
Hoby Road, Thrussington, Leicester, Leicestershire, LE7 4TH
Health
Clinic
Dr B Kirkup & Partners (Latham House)0.15 miles
Regency Road, Asfordby, Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire, LE14 3YL
Croxton Lodge Hospital3.02 miles
Warwick Road, Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire, LE13 0RD
Warwick Lodge3.02 miles
Warwick Road, Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire, LE13 0RD
Latham House Medical Practice3.11 miles
Sage Cross Street, Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire, LE13 1NX
East Leicestershire Adult Team (Melton)3.36 miles
St. Marys Hospital, Thorpe Road, Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire, LE13 1SJ
Long Clawson5.26 miles
The Sands, Long Clawson, Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire, LE14 4PA
Highgate Medical Centre6.44 miles
5 Storer Close, Sileby, Loughborough, Leicestershire, LE12 7UD
Navas [Syston Health Centre]6.47 miles
Syston Health Centre, Melton Road, Syston, Leicester, Leicestershire, LE7 2EQ
Syston Health Centre6.47 miles
1330 Melton Road, Syston, Leicester, Leicestershire, LE7 2EQ
Syston Medical Centre6.47 miles
Melton Road, Syston, Leicester, Leicestershire, LE7 2EQ
Spire Syston Clinic6.47 miles
Syston Health Centre, Melton Road, Syston, Leicester, Leicestershire, LE7 2EQ
Melton Mowbray - Somerby Surgery7.69 miles
Oakham Road, Somerby, Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire, LE14 2QF
Rubicon Close8.05 miles
1&3 Rubicon Close, Linkfield Road, Mountsorrel, Loughborough, Leicestershire, LE12 7DJ
BPAS Leicester8.89 miles
Leicester Medical Group, Thurmaston Health Centre, 573A Melton Road, Thurmaston, Leicester, Leicestershire, LE4 8EA
Thurmaston Health Centre8.89 miles
573A Melton Road, Thurmaston, Leicester, Leicestershire, LE4 8EA
Birstall Medical Centre9.06 miles
4 Whiles Lane, Birstall, Leicester, Leicestershire, LE4 4EE
GP
Dr J L Harris & Partners - Regency Road0.15 miles
Regency Road, Asfordby, Melton Mowbray, Leics, LE14 3YL
Dr J L Harris & Partners - Latham House3.11 miles
Latham House, Sage Cross Street, Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire, LE13 1NX
Dr B J Shah5.24 miles
10 Chestnut Way, East Goscote, Leics, LE7 3QQ
Dr A Gallop & Partners5.26 miles
The Sands, Long Clawson, Melton Mowbray, Leics, LE14 4PA
Dr M K Lakhani6.44 miles
5 Storer Close, Sileby, Loughborough, Leics, LE12 7UD
Dr R S Hurwood & Partners6.47 miles
Melton Road, Syston, Leicester, LE7 2EQ
The Jubilee Medical Practice6.58 miles
Syston Health Centre, 1330 Melton Road, Syston, Leicester, Leicestershire, LE7 2EQ
The Banks Surgery6.63 miles
9 The Banks, Sileby, Loughborough, Leics, LE12 7RD
Market Overton and Somerby Surgeries7.09 miles
Oakham Road, Somerby, Leicestershire, LE14 2PZ
Welby Practice-Waltham7.31 miles
The Welby Practice, Bescaby Lane, Waltham On The Wolds, Melton Mowbray, LE14 4AB
Charnwood Surgery8.05 miles
39 Linkfield Road, Mountsorrel, Leics, LE12 7DJ
Dr N H R Simpson & Partners8.07 miles
27 High Street, Barrow Upon Soar, Loughborough, Leics, LE12 8PY
Dr I R Schofield & Partners8.12 miles
86 Rothley Road, Mountsorrel, Loughborough, Leics, LE12 7JU
Silverdale Medical Centre8.52 miles
6 Silverdale Drive, Thurmaston, Leicester, Leics, LE4 8NN
Quorn Medical Centre8.80 miles
1 Station Road, Quorn, Loughborough, Leics, LE12 8BP
Dr S.M Arolker & Partners8.89 miles
577 Melton Road, Thurmaston, Leicester, Leicestershire, LE4 8EA
Hospital
St Mary's Hospital3.36 miles
Leicestershire County and Rutland PCT, Thorpe Road, Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire, LE13 1SJ
Melton Mowbray Hospital3.36 miles
Thorpe Road, Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire, LE13 1SJ
Nuffield Health, Leicester Hospital9.68 miles
Scraptoft Lane, Leicester, Leicestershire, LE5 1HY
Leicester General Hospital10.75 miles
Gwendolen Road, Leicester, Leicestershire, LE5 4PW
Loughborough Hospital11.22 miles
Hospital Way, Loughborough, Leicestershire, LE11 5JY
Rutland Memorial Hospital11.31 miles
Cold Overton Road,, LE15 6NT
Spire Leicester Hospital11.70 miles
Gartree Road, Leicester, Leicestershire, LE2 2FF
Leicester Frith Hospital11.96 miles
Groby Road, Leicester, Leicestershire, LE3 9QF
Leicester Royal Infirmary12.08 miles
Leicester Royal Infirmary, Infirmary Square, Leicester, Leicestershire, LE1 5WW
Glenfield Hospital12.09 miles
Groby Road, Leicester, Leicestershire, LE3 9QP
Lings Bar Hospital12.37 miles
Beckside,, NG2 6PR
CircleNottingham NHS Treatment Centre15.35 miles
Nottingham NHS Treatment Centre, Lister Road, Nottingham, NG7 2FT
Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust - Queen's Medical Centre Campus15.53 miles
Derby Road, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, NG7 2UH
Coalville Community Hospital16.67 miles
Coalville Hospital, Broom Leys Road, Coalville, Leicestershire, LE67 4DE
Ashley House16.97 miles
Beacon Lane, Grantham, Lincolnshire, NG31 9DF
Manthorpe Centre16.99 miles
Manthorpe Centre, Grantham Hospital Site, 101 Manthorpe Road, NG31 8DG
Pharmacy
Boots0.26 miles
5 Bradgate Lane, Ashfordby, Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire, LE14 3YD
Boots2.94 miles
1 - 2 Cheapside, Melton Mowbray, LE13 0TP
Superdrug Pharmacy3.01 miles
1-3 Sherrard Street, Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire, LE13 1XP
Melton Pharmacy3.03 miles
72 Barker Crescent, Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire, Leicestershire, LE13 0QW
Daynight Pharmacy3.07 miles
41 Sherrard Street, Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire, LE13 1XH
Lloydspharmacy3.07 miles
55 Sherrard Street, Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire, LE13 1XH
Boots3.11 miles
Sage Cross Street, Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire, LE13 1NX
East Goscote Pharmacy5.26 miles
10 Merchant Common, East Goscote, Leicester, LE7 3XR
Long Clawson Pharmacy5.26 miles
Long Clawson Med Practice, The Sands, Long Clawson, Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire, LE14 4PA
The Co-Operative Pharmacy6.47 miles
1318 Melton Road, Syston, Leicester, LE7 2EQ
Boots6.47 miles
1326 Melton Road, Syston, Leicester, Leicestershire, LE7 2EQ
Boots6.64 miles
54 Swan Street, Sileby, Loughborough, Leicestershire, LE12 7NW
Sunlit Chemist6.68 miles
Unit 16, Syston Shopping Centre, Town Square,Syston, LE7 1GZ
Riverside Pharmacy6.87 miles
Inside Costcutter Supermarket, 112-114 Barrow Road, Sileby, Leicestershire, LE12 7LP
Wymeswold Pharmacy Ltd6.93 miles
2A Hoton Road, Wymeswold, Leicester, LE12 6UA
Asda Pharmacy7.80 miles
Barkby Thorpe Lane, Thurmaston, Leicester, LE4 8GN
Leisure
Park
MELTON PARK3.45 miles
BURROUGH HILL6.13 miles
BAGGRAVE HALL (Grade II Listed)6.39 miles
STAPLEFORD HALL (Grade II Listed)7.04 miles
LOWESBY HALL (Grade II Listed)7.17 miles
PRESTWOLD HALL (Grade II Listed)7.84 miles
REEDBED7.95 miles
QUENBY HALL (Grade II Listed)7.99 miles
KEYWORTH MEADOW8.29 miles
BIRSTALL8.36 miles
THURMASTON VILLAGE GREEN8.38 miles
WATERMEAD8.52 miles
HALSTEAD ROAD CENTENARY PASTURE8.67 miles
SCRAPTOFT8.87 miles
WATERMEAD COUNTRY PARK9.48 miles
STANFORD HALL (Grade II Listed)9.53 miles
Shop
Groceries
Co-op Leicester0.27 miles
Asfordby, LE14 3YD
Welby Lane Post Office2.60 miles
73 Welby Lane, Melton Mowbray LE13 0ST
M&S Egerton Park Bp2.64 miles
Leicester Road, Melton Mowbray, LE13 0DA
Sainsbury's Melton Mowbray2.72 miles
Nottingham Road, Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire, LE13 0UL
Tesco Melton Mowbray (Express)2.72 miles
Nottingham Rd, Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire, LE13 0NR
SPAR Melton2.82 miles
Spar, 52-56 Valley Road, Leicestershire, LE13 0DX
Iceland Melton Mowbray2.91 miles
Sharman`s Garage, High Street, Wilton Road, LE13 0TR
Lidl Melton Mowbray-Scalford Road2.93 miles
Scalford Road, Melton Mowbray, LE13 1JA
Co-op Melton Mowbray2.97 miles
Melton, LE13 1JY
Harveen Convenience Store,3.02 miles
70 Barker Crescent, Melton Mowbray Leicester LE13 0QW
Londis Nfs Service3.07 miles
34 Sherrard Street, Melton Mowbray, LE13 1XJ
St Johns Convenience Store3.08 miles
24/26 St Johns Drive, Melton Mowbray LE13 1JX
Morrisons Melton Mowbray3.16 miles
Vale Of Belvoir Shopping Centre, Rutland Street, Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire, LE13 1QR
Craven Street Stores3.18 miles
15 Craven Street, Melton Mowbray Leicester LE13 0QT
Londis Brobot Petroleum Ltd3.58 miles
Thorpe Road, Melton Mowbray, LE13 1SH
Tesco Melton Mowbray (Superstore)3.72 miles
Thorpe Rd, Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire, LE13 1SQ
Transport
Airport
East Midlands Airport16.11 miles
Coventry Baginton Airport35.04 miles
Robin Hood Doncaster Sheffield Airport49.80 miles
Bus Stop
Saxelby Road (E)0.05 miles
Saxelby Road (W)0.06 miles
Hazelwood Crescent (SE)0.10 miles
Charnwood Avenue (E)0.13 miles
Allotment (NW)0.17 miles
Pump Lane (E)0.18 miles
Allotment (SE)0.18 miles
Hall Drive (S)0.18 miles
Charnwood Avenue (W)0.18 miles
Pump Lane (W)0.18 miles
Hall Drive (N)0.19 miles
All Saints Close (W)0.23 miles
Telephone Exhange (N)0.25 miles
Telephone Exhange (S)0.27 miles
All Saints Close (E)0.27 miles
Jubilee Avenue (W)0.41 miles
Railway Station
Melton Mowbray Rail Station3.02 miles
Sileby Rail Station6.80 miles
Syston Rail Station7.19 miles
Barrow upon Soar Rail Station7.91 miles
Loughborough (Leics) Rail Station10.00 miles
Oakham Rail Station11.37 miles
Leicester Rail Station11.64 miles
Bingham Rail Station13.02 miles
Aslockton Rail Station13.07 miles
Radcliffe (Notts) Rail Station13.07 miles
Elton & Orston Rail Station13.56 miles
Bottesford Rail Station14.10 miles
East Midlands Parkway Rail Station14.40 miles
Netherfield Rail Station14.44 miles
Carlton Rail Station14.66 miles
South Wigston Rail Station14.68 miles
Crime
Flood Data
Flood Risk Per Year (LE14 3T*)
Number of Properties in Catchment324
Very Low Risk (<0.1% chance of flooding)0
Low Risk (0.1% < 1% chance of flooding)0
Medium Risk (1% < 3.3% chance of flooding)0
High Risk (>3.3%)0
Property Sales
Awaiting sales data

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