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Kegworth

Kegworth

Kegworth () is a large village and civil parish in the North West Leicestershire district of Leicestershire, in the East Midlands region, England.

The village is situated between the M1 motorway to the west and the River Soar to the east – the latter also marking county boundary with Nottinghamshire. It is 6 miles north of Loughborough, 12 miles southwest of Nottingham, 12.5 miles southeast of Derby, and 17 miles north of Leicester. The population of Kegworth as of the 2011 census was 3,601.

Kegworth is twinned with Bois-Guillaume, a suburban town located on the plateau immediately to the north of Rouen in Normandy, north-western France.