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Places to stay in Syston
Syston is a town and civil parish in the district of Charnwood in Leicestershire,
England. The River Soar runs past the western edge of the town, shortly
after passing under the A46 road which underwent significant improvements
early in 2006 at the Hobby Horse Roundabout, a popular meeting place on
the Leicester Western Bypass.
The 'Syston white plum' is well known in the Syston locality and has been
grown there for well over 100 years. It is yellow, oval in shape, thin
skinned and a good sized dessert plum. It normally crops in September
and is emblazoned on the Syston Town welcoming signs. The Midland Main
Line runs through the town. Syston railway station currently has one platform
on what remains of the former goods line, served by local Leicester to
Lincoln via Nottingham and Newark services on the Ivanhoe Line.
