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Ashby Magna is a typical small English village set in fertile undulating farmland in the Midlands.

It lies midway between junctions 20 and 21 on the M1 and midway between Leicester and Rugby.

It also lies almost as far from the sea as possible in Britain, near the North sea/Bristol Channel watershed, near the crossing of two of the longest Roman Roads in Britain, and beside one of Britains finest former railways.

The village is of Danish origin and recorded in the Doomsday Book as 'Essebi' or 'Asseby'. Its name derives from the 'ash' tree, from 'by', Old Danish for a farmstead or settlement, and from 'Magna', Latin for great. It was large by medieval standards but the population has remained static at around 300-400.