Snarestone
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Snarestone is a small rural village in North West Leicestershire, England.
View down Main Street in Snarestone village (looking toward Appleby Magna)
Section of Ashby Canal near Snarestone
Ashby Canal
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The Ashby-de-la-Zouch Canal is a 31-mile long canal in England which connected the mining district around Moira, just outside the town of Ashby-de-la-Zouch in Leicestershire, with the Coventry Canal a
Snarestone
…the foot of a slight hill that gently rises to a height of 115 metres. Other topographical features include the River Mease and the terminus for the Ashby Canal. Both of these waterways are sites of special scientific interest (SSSI). Based on the 2011 census data, it is the centre of population density for the…
The canal near Congerstone
Snarestone Tunnel, just before the present terminus, is crooked in the middle
The restored section of the Ashby de la Zouch Canal alongside Moira Furnace, now a museum.
The short new section of canal at Snarestone excavated in 2010. Beyond the bend at the far end, work started on the next section in 2012.