Official Name: | Newtown Unthank |
Static Image Name: | Newtown Unthank - geograph.org.uk - 490849.jpg |
Static Image Caption: | Desford Lane, Newtown Unthank |
Coordinates: | 52.634°N -1.28°W |
Os Grid Reference: | SK488043 |
Label Position: | left |
Civil Parish: | Desford |
Shire District: | Hinckley and Bosworth |
Shire County: | Leicestershire |
Region: | East Midlands |
Country: | England |
Post Town: | Leicester |
Postcode District: | LE9 |
Postcode Area: | LE |
Dial Code: | 01455 |
Constituency Westminster: | Bosworth |
Website: | Desford parish council |
Newtown Unthank is a hamlet in the Hinckley and Bosworth district of Leicestershire about 6miles west of Leicester. It is in the civil parish of Desford and about a mile northeast of the village.
Newtown Unthank was the site of Desford railway station on the Leicester and Swannington Railway, which became part of the Leicester to Burton-upon-Trent Line. The station was closed in the 20th century; the railway between and remains open for freight trains.