Husbands Bosworth

Husbands Bosworth

Husbands Bosworth
Husbands Bosworth
 Husbands Bosworth shown within Leicestershire
Population 1,145 (2011)
OS grid referenceSP642842
Civil parishHusbands Bosworth
DistrictHarborough
Shire countyLeicestershire
RegionEast Midlands
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post town LUTTERWORTH
Postcode district LE17
Dialling code 01858
Police Leicestershire
Fire Leicestershire
Ambulance East Midlands
EU Parliament East Midlands
UK ParliamentHarborough
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Coordinates: 52°27′09″N 1°03′21″W / 52.4526°N 1.0559°W / 52.4526; -1.0559

Husbands Bosworth is a large crossroads village in South Leicestershire on the A5199 road from Leicester city to Northampton and the A4304 road from Junction 20 of the M1 motorway to Market Harborough.

John Cooke, Solicitor General and later the prosecutor in the trial of Charles I, was baptised here on 18 September 1608 in the All Saints church.

To the north of the village the Grand Union Canal passes through a 1,166-yard (1,066 m) tunnel that bears the name of the village. On the southern boundary of the village is a thriving allotment site, immediately adjacent to the village's cemetery. The nearby airfield (at SP650827) is the home of a gliding club, and a rapid response police helicopter unit, the East Midlands Air Support Unit.[1] It was originally constructed as RAF Husbands Bosworth during World War II and subsequently was used to house displaced Polish families.[2]

The nearest railway station is Market Harborough.

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