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Bob Vylan and Zarah Sultana to perform at festival near Market Harborough www.shambalafestival.org
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November 27, 2025 at 12:33 PM
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BOB Swagsack vinyl reissue now available release date 5/12/2025 order now from @roughtraderecords.bsky.social @legererecordings.bsky.social ltd to 300 copies worldwide
November 17, 2025 at 12:02 PM
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ddebralouise.bsky.social
See, you all think Spoons is common, but I’m in the one in Market Harborough and a woman just said ‘The thing is Julian, I can’t comprehend crossing the expanse that is Mongolia, so - no.’
November 15, 2025 at 9:31 AM
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Harborough Town: The tiny English market town attracting Spanish football fans trib.al/Ka1Fp74
The tiny English market town attracting Spanish football fans
Here's how a club in Leicestershire became a real life Football Manager project
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November 13, 2025 at 2:51 PM
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Never mind that, you should watch Leonard and Hungry Paul.
Leonard and Hungry Paul - Series 1: Episode 1
After his mother’s death, Leonard begins to open up his world with the help of a new colleague, Shelley. His best friend, Hungry Paul, reluctantly volunteers at the hospital.
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November 9, 2025 at 11:00 PM
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Market Harborough in Leicestershire is a charming market town surrounded by rich history and beautiful countryside
The Midlands storybook market town with canals and traditional pubs
www.nottinghampost.com
November 9, 2025 at 10:24 AM
David Lammy has announced the Gartree Mega Prison in Market Harborough will be officially called HMP Welland Oaks
#Foxton #Locks
November 6, 2025 at 6:45 PM
The Peter And The Test Tube Babies gig in Corby has been cancelled
November 5, 2025 at 3:06 PM
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longbarrowpress.bsky.social
Looking forward to this, always a highlight of any year. We'll be walking the 150 miles from Sheffield to London (partly to save on train fares), with scheduled stops in Castle Donington, Market Harborough and Leighton Buzzard, where you can buy books from our improvised roadside stall.
smallpublishers.bsky.social Small Publishers Fair @smallpublishers.bsky.social · Oct 13
Sheffield-based @longbarrowpress.bsky.social has been exploring the intersections of landscape, history and memory since 2006; recent titles include Martin Heslop & Helen Tookey's 'To the End of the Land'. You can find them at #smallpublishersfair25 on Fri 24 / Sat 25 Oct
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The pamphlet and CD editions of 'To the End of the Land' by Martin Heslop and Helen Tookey: the blue-grey coastal edge of Nova Scotia, with dilapidated wooden lobster traps in the foreground, sea and distant land beyond, and white clouds and blue sky above.
October 13, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Mark Steel's In Oakham

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Mark Steel's in Town - Series 14 - 1. Oakham - BBC Sounds
Find out how hanging horseshoes upside down helps the people of Oakham vanquish the devil.
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October 9, 2025 at 6:19 AM
Walham Green Wetherspoons is nice
September 29, 2025 at 11:40 AM
The name for new prison near Market Harborough has been narrowed down to 3 options: HMP Harcourt, HMP Devana or HMP Welland Oaks
September 11, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Fridge magnate appointed Channel 4 chairman
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September 10, 2025 at 6:53 PM
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Bench 39633

https://openbenches.org/bench/39633

"The Gentle Giant'
This seat was placed here by friends & admirers of the boxing fraternity to perpetuate the memory of Jack Gardner
(Market Harborough)
British Heavyweight Champion 1950-1952
"The Gentle Giant' This Seat Was Placed Here By F
"The Gentle Giant' This Seat Was Placed Here By F
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September 9, 2025 at 7:45 PM
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Begg Shoes is opening its first English store in Market Harborough

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Begg Shoes expands into England
The move is a first step south of the border, with further expansion to be considered post-Budget
www.insider.co.uk
September 8, 2025 at 10:31 AM
Footfall monitoring reveals that a route to a boozer is popular with folk from Market Harborough
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Footfall monitoring results highlight Griffin Trail’s success and future potential | North Northamptonshire Council
Recent footfall monitoring has confirmed the success of the Griffin Trail, an active travel route connecting Braybrooke to Market Harborough and forming a vital link in the wider North Northamptonshir...
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September 4, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Miriam Margoyles will be selling books in Market Harborough Waterstones on October 24
September 4, 2025 at 10:50 AM
A train was disrupted due to people being lowered over bridges to hang flags.
The East Midlands Railway (EMR) service - from Nottingham to London St Pancras - came to a stop on the approach to Market Harborough station in Leicestershire on Thursday night.
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August 29, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Map of Britain in which place names are swapped with the areas most searched for famous resident #Harborough
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August 19, 2025 at 12:12 PM
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firmlyaground.bsky.social
I have discovered that a dessert confection known as ‘Market Harborough Cheesecake’ is not, in fact, a cheesecake but what is commonly known (in Yorkshire, in any event) as Curd Tart.

Disinformation is rife.
August 18, 2025 at 2:15 PM
The Poundland branch in Market Harborough will be closing its doors for the final time on October 8th.
#Harborough
August 18, 2025 at 7:42 PM
There is a plan to split the Coventry Road Co-Op in half to create a new retail unit.
Market #Harborough
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Yeomanry Court, Coventry Road, Market Harborough LE16, Retail premises to let, Non quoting
Retail premises to let in Yeomanry Court, Coventry Road, Market Harborough LE16, letting for Non quoting from Johnson Fellows. See property details on PrimeLocation or browse all our range of properti...
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August 18, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Popped into Sainsbury's on his way to a mythical paradise #Harborough
August 17, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Chocolate hotel opens, pound shop closes #Harborough
August 17, 2025 at 10:17 AM
22 years ago today, we were lucky enough to see Goldblade play the Assembly Rooms at Welland Park School. Easily the best gig to ever hit Market Harborough! @johnrobbofficial.bsky.social
August 16, 2025 at 7:42 AM