River Soar - Course of The River

Course of The River

The Soar passes:

  • through Croft, Leicestershire
  • west of Aylestone
  • west of Leicester City Centre and east of Leicester's West End
  • east of Woodgate
  • west of Belgrave
  • east of Birstall and west of Thurmaston
  • it is joined by the River Wreake
  • west of Sileby and east of Mountsorrel
  • east of Quorn and west of Barrow-on-Soar
  • east of Loughborough (a canalised short-cut runs through the town), passing through Cotes
  • west of Stanford on Soar, downstream from which the river forms the Nottinghamshire/Leicestershire county boundary
  • west of Normanton on Soar and then past Zouch
  • west of Sutton Bonington
  • east of Kegworth
  • west of Kingston on Soar, where the Kingston Brook enters
  • west of Ratcliffe on Soar
  • joining the River Trent near the Trent Locks

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