NORTH WEST LEICESTERSHIRE

North West Leicestershire District
North West Leicestershire ''Shown within Leicestershire''	''Leicestershire within England''
Geography
Status:	District
Region:	East Midlands
Admin. County:	Leicestershire
Area: - Total	Ranked 163rd 279.33 km²
Admin. HQ:	Coalville
ONS code:	31UH
Demographics
Population: - Total () - Density	Ranked / km²
Ethnicity:	98.8% White
Politics
Arms of North West Leicestershire District Council North West Leicestershire District Council http://www.nwleics.gov.uk/
Leadership:	Leader & Cabinet
Executive:
MP:	David Taylor

'North West Leicestershire' is a local government district in Leicestershire, England. Its main towns are Ashby-de-la-Zouch and Coalville.
It contains East Midlands Airport, which has flights to the rest of Britain and various places in Europe. It is also notable for Castle Donington, site of Donington Park, a grand-prix circuit and site for music festivals.
In Parliament, it is represented by David Taylor (Labour).
This district has a long history of mineral extraction, with coal, brick clay, gravel and granite amongst the products. All the deep coal mines are now closed, but opencast continues.
It was formed in 1974 by a merger of Ashby de la Zouch Urban District, Ashby Woulds Urban District, Coalville Urban District, Ashby de la Zouch Rural District, Castle Donington Rural District and Ibstock from the Market Bosworth Rural District.
==Parishes==

★ Appleby Magna, Ashby Woulds, Ashby-de-la-Zouch,

★ Bardon, Battleflat, Belton, Breedon on the Hill

★ Castle Donington, Charley, Chilcote, Coleorton

★ Ellistown and Battleflat

★ Heather

★ Ibstock

★ Isley cum Langley

★ Kegworth

★ Lockington cum Hemington, Long Whatton, Lount

★ Measham

★ Normanton le Heath

★ Oakthorpe and Donisthorpe, Osgathorpe

★ Packington

★ Ravenstone with Snibston

★ Snarestone, Staunton Harold, Stretton en le Field, Swannington, Swepstone

★ Worthington

Contents

Energy policy

Energy policy

In May 2006, a report commissioned by British Gas [1] showed that housing in North West Leicestershire produced the 18th highest average carbon emissions in the country at 6,946 kg of carbon dioxide per dwelling.
:''See also: Energy efficiency in British housing''.
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