page_title: Leicester Forest
section_title: After disafforestation
hierarchical_section_title: Leicester Forest / After disafforestation
caption_attribution_description: English: A47 Hinckley Road towards Earl Shilton Long Spinneys runs down the right side of the road.
context_page_description: Leicester Forest was a Royal Forest that existed to the West of Leicester.
context_section_description: In the following centuries, much of the area was cleared to provide land for farming and housing. The forest's name persists in the name of two settlements - the village of Leicester Forest East and the hamlet Leicester Forest West.
caption: A47 road towards Earl Shilton in Leicester Forest.
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