Whats special about Leicestershire?
Leicestershire is one of the smallest counties in England. Throughout most of the county the landscape is characterised by rolling farmland dotted with Jacobean and Georgian country houses and a regular patchwork of fields bounded by hawthorn hedgerows. In contrast Charnwood Forest, in the northwest, is notable for its rugged beauty, with outcrops of ancient rocks and expanses of heath land and historic woodlands. Read more…