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Appleby Magna is an historic village and parish in Leicestershire.

Understand

The parish includes the small hamlets of Appleby Parva and Little Wigston, and the villages of Norton-Juxta, Twycross, Snarestone and Swepstone; which even though in northwest Leicester have a postal address of Derbyshire.

Twycross is the home of the video game developer Rare, who developed Goldeneye and the Banjo Kazooie games for the Nintendo 64.

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Get in

Just off the A444, exit 11 of M42.

Get around

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Map of Appleby Magna

See

• 52.652359-1.5290771 Twycross ZooCategory:Has map markers, Burton Road, Atherstone, ☏ +44 844 474 1777. The largest collections of monkeys and apes in the Western World.  
• 52.684991-1.5338222 The Moat HouseCategory:Has map markers. View from the outside. A partly medieval house with a 15th-century gatehouse and later extensions.  (updated Jun 2025)

Do

Buy

Eat

• 52.677267-1.5454281 Appleby InnCategory:Has map markers, 11 Atherstone Rd, Appleby Parva (6 miles south of the town), ☏ +44 1530 270463.  

Drink

• 52.68476-1.5354931 The Crown InnCategory:Has map markers, 23 Church St, ☏ +44 1530 271478.  

Sleep

• 52.688558-1.5456211 Best Western Appleby Park HotelCategory:Has map markers, Junction 11 M42, ☏ +44 1530 279500.  
• 52.674899-1.5200692 Upper Rectory Farm CottagesCategory:Has map markers, Snarestone Road, ☏ +44 1827 880448.  

Connect

Go next

• Ashby-de-la-Zouch

Birmingham ← Tamworth ←	SW  NE	→ merges with
merges with ←	SW  NE	→ Ashby-de-la-Zouch → Nottingham

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