Hoby with Rotherby

The ironstone church at Ragdale

Hoby with Rotherby is a civil parish in Leicestershire, England. In the 2001 census it had a population of 594,[1] reducing to 556 at the time of the 2011 census. It includes the villages of Hoby, Rotherby, Ragdale and Brooksby. The parish is part of Melton local government district, and within the Rutland and Melton constituency.

Local businesses

The parish is home to a number of small local businesses, ranging from plant centres to business entrepreneurs including:

Miles Nurseries Ltd - established in 1988 by Tom Miles as a wholesale nursery supplying the horticultural trade with plugs and liners. More recently the nursery has been growing top quality 1.5–10 litre shrubs, perennials, conifers etc. supplying local independent garden centres/nurseries, Landscapers and Designers [2]

Oasis Plant Centre offers a great range of hardy garden plants direct to the public from Miles Nurseries Ltd. They have been growing on the site since 1988, producing top quality plants. They also grow for local garden centres, nurseries, landscapers and designers offering a huge range of hardy plants.[3]

References

  1. ↑ "Neighbourhood Statistics: 2001 Census: Key Statistics: Parish Headcounts: Hoby with Rotherby CP". Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 2008-05-24.
  2. ↑ http://www.leicestershirevillages.com/hoby/miles-nurseries.html
  3. ↑ http://www.leicestershirevillages.com/hoby/oasis-plants-centre.html

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Coordinates: 52°45′N 1°01′W / 52.750°N 1.017°W / 52.750; -1.017


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