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Twycross is a small village and civil parish in Leicestershire, England, on the A444 road.[1] The population of the civil parish (including Norton juxta Twycross) at the 2011 census was 850.[2] The civil parish includes the hamlet called Little Orton, as well as Twycross Zoo, and the selective, private Twycross House School.

Twycross
Saint James' Parish Church, Twycross
Twycross Location within Leicestershire
Population	850 (2011)
District	Hinckley and Bosworth
Shire county	Leicestershire
Region	East Midlands
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Atherstone
Postcode district	CV9
Police	Leicestershire
Fire	Leicestershire
Ambulance	East Midlands
UK Parliament	Bosworth
List of places UK England Leicestershire 52.641°N 1.503°W / 52.641; -1.503

Administratively, Twycross forms part of the Hinckley and Bosworth district. It is named 'Twycross' because its centre lies at the intersection of three roads. The A444 connects it to Burton-on-Trent and Coventry and the B4116/B4114 to Birmingham.

The Twycross Cricket Club is a village club with a 1st and 2nd XI who play in the Leicestershire Senior League. It also has a Sunday XI which plays many friendly games throughout the season.

The 1st team XI play regularly in the Premier division, whilst the 2nd team XI play in division 3, which hosts a 1st team and 2nd teams while also holding a Sunday friendly team. It has a youth set-up with under-15, under-13, and under-11 teams.

The church of St. James contains the oldest stained glass in England, originally from Sainte-Chapelle, Saint-Denis, and Le Mans Cathedral. The earliest glass is c.1145 from Saint-Denis, the panels having been presented to William IV who gave them to Earl Howe, who got the glazier Thomas Willement to arrange and install them in the church during its restoration in the 1840s.

Twycross is the home of Rare, a video game developer owned by Xbox Game Studios.

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External links

Media related to Twycross at Wikimedia Commons

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Twycross es un pequeño pueblo y parroquia civil en Leicestershire, Inglaterra en la carretera A444. A algunas zonas se las denomina Norton juxta Twycross[1] o Littele Twycross. La parroquia civil incluye la aldea de pequeña Orton, así como el Zoo de Twycross y la selectiva escuela privada de Twycross House School.

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