Appleby Magna is an historic village and parish in Leicestershire.
Understand
[edit]The parish includes the small hamlets of Appleby Parva and Little Wigston, and the villages of Norton-Juxta, Twycross, Snarestone and Swepstone; which even though in northwest Leicester have a postal address of Derbyshire.
Twycross is the home of the video game developer Rare, who developed Goldeneye and the Banjo Kazooie games for the Nintendo 64.
- Appleby Magna[dead link] local information
Get in
[edit]Just off the A444, exit 11 of M42.
Get around
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Map of Appleby Magna
See
[edit]- 1 Twycross Zoo, Burton Road, Atherstone, ☏ +44 844 474 1777. The largest collections of monkeys and apes in the Western World.
- 2 The Moat House. View from the outside. A partly medieval house with a 15th-century gatehouse and later extensions.
Do
[edit]Buy
[edit]Eat
[edit]- 1 Appleby Inn, 11 Atherstone Rd, Appleby Parva (6 miles south of the town), ☏ +44 1530 270463.
Drink
[edit]- 1 The Crown Inn, 23 Church St, ☏ +44 1530 271478.
Sleep
[edit]- 1 Best Western Appleby Park Hotel, Junction 11 M42, ☏ +44 1530 279500.
- 2 Upper Rectory Farm Cottages, Snarestone Road, ☏ +44 1827 880448.
Connect
[edit]Go next
[edit]| Routes through Appleby Magna |
| Birmingham ← Tamworth ← | SW  NE
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→ merges with 
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merges with  ←
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SW  NE
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→ Ashby-de-la-Zouch → Nottingham |