Worthington, Leicestershire of the former railway to Melbourne, Derbyshire. In the parish the cycle route is called the Cloud Trail. The parish is in the hunting country of the Quorn Hunt. Worthington, Leicestershire Worthington is a village and civil parish in North West Leicestershire, England, about north of the town of Coalville and a similar distance north-east of the market town of Ashby-de-la-Zouch. The population of the civil parish (including Gelsmoor , Griffydam and Newbold) at the 2011 census was 1,461. The village is about from East Midlands Airport and junction 23a of the M1 motorway where it meets the A42 road.
Anstey, Leicestershire century until 1892. Two members of the family held the position of Lord Lieutenant of Leicestershire, and the local high school is named after them. They lived at Anstey Pastures (now demolished), before moving to The Brand in 1892. Famous past Anstey residents include Ned Ludd (Ludlam), the machine-wrecker whose name was appropriated by the Luddites - whose name was adopted in a recent household development in the village: Ned Ludd Close, and snooker player and commentator Willie Thorne, who started playing snooker at the village's Conservative club. Footballer Derek Dougan lived in the village during his time at Leicester