The Soar Valley in Leicester- and

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is the basin of the River Soar, which rises south of Leicester and flows north through Charnwood before meeting the

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. Soar Valley embraces the large villages of

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Mountsorrel Mountsorrel is a village in Leicestershire on the River Soar, just south of Loughborough with a population in 2001 of 6,662 inhabitants, increasing to 8,223 at the 2011 census. Geography The village is in the borough of Charnwood, surroundi ...

, Barrow upon Soar, Birstall,

Rothley Rothley ( ) is a village and civil parish within the Borough of Charnwood in Leicestershire, England. Situated around west of the River Soar and north of Leicester, it had a population of 3,612 inhabitants . The population measured at the 201 ...

and Sileby and a number of smaller communities all on or near the River Soar as it flows from Leicester to

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in Leicestershire. The area edges onto

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and the only double tracked preserved main railway line in Britain, the

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forms a spine through the area.

Ward and electoral district

Downstream from Stanford on Soar the River Soar forms the boundary with Nottinghamshire and in that county Soar Valley is an electoral district for purposes of electing a councillor to Nottinghamshire County Council. The most recent election was in 2009 when Linda Sykes, of the Conservative party, won the seat. For the election of a councillor to

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, which covers a smaller area than the electoral district of the same name, and consists of the three

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of Sutton Bonington, Kingston on Soar and

Ratcliffe on Soar Ratcliffe-on-Soar is a village and civil parish in Nottinghamshire on the River Soar. It is part of the Rushcliffe district, and is the site of Ratcliffe-on-Soar Power Station. Nearby places are Kingston on Soar, Kegworth and Trentlock. With a p ...

. The most recent election was in 2007 when Terry Holt, of the Liberal Democrats, won the seat.Rushcliffe Borough Council
Borough election result 2007

References

Valleys of Leicestershire Valleys of Nottinghamshire Rushcliffe {{Nottinghamshire-geo-stub

Ward and electoral district

See also

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