Barrow-upon-Soar

Barrow Upon Soar is a large village in northern Leicestershire. It is a residential and industrial village between Leicester and Loughborough, and as it’s name indicates is situated on the east side of the River Soar.

The village used to have a big industry in hosiery and knitwear, but now boating is the most important and the riverbank provides mooring for many houseboats.

The village is famous for having a plesiosaur dinasour excavated in its past, dubbed the 'Barrow Kipper'. The dinosaur was found in a lime pit just outside of the village in 1851, and a roundabout with a sign representing its skeleton lies at the centre of the village.