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.
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