Barlestone, Leicestershire - <>

Barlestone is a village and civil parish in the Hinckley and Bosworth district of Leicestershire, England. The 2001 Census recorded a parish population of 2,471, increasing marginally to 2,481 at the 2011 census. The village adjoins the neighbouring village of Osbaston.HistoryAlthough coal miners lived in the village, there was never a mine at Barlestone, the miners travelling to pits in Bagworth, Coalville or Newbold Heath. A pit wheel from a coal mine was installed as a monument during the late 1980s to commemorate the miners.AmenitiesThe village has four churches. The Church of England parish church of Saint Giles on Church Road was designed by the Gothic Revival architect Ewan Christian and built in 1855. There is a Baptist church on West End and a Methodist church on Newbold Road. Elohim Church at Elohim Church Hub, Newbold Road, was formerly the Jolly Toper public house.Barlestone's public house is The Three Tuns. Another pub in the village, the former Red Lion, is now an Indian restaurant.

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