Swinford, Leicestershire

Swinford is a nucleated village and civil parish in the Harborough district of the English county of Leicestershire.

The parish church is All Saints, a 12th-century Norman rebuilding of an earlier Saxon church with a 14th-century square bell tower and a Grade II* listed building.

[2] Its Anglo-Saxon name was "Suin Heaford" meaning "the head of the Suin" referring to a tributary of the River Avon.

A wind farm was constructed north of the village at Swinford Corner and commenced operation in Autumn 2012.

It consists of 11 turbines, each of 2 MW capacity and is operated by Vattenfall.