12 Burley Close, Desford, Leicester, LE9 9HX

This property is located in Desford, a village and civil parish in the Hinckley and Bosworth district, 7 miles west of Leicester and 7 miles north‑east of Hinckley, on a hill approximately 400 feet above sea level.

Desford is a village and civil parish in the Hinckley and Bosworth district of England. It lies 7 miles (11 km) west of the centre of Leicester and about 7 miles north‑east of Hinckley. The settlement sits on a hill roughly 400 feet above sea level. The parish includes the hamlets of Botcheston and Newtown Unthank and a scattered settlement at Lindridge. According to the 2021 census the population was 4,592. Desford is recorded in the Doomsday Book of 1086, though the name itself predates that entry; it is thought to mean “Deor’s Ford”, suggesting an Anglo Saxon origin, or alternatively “ford frequented with wild animals.”