Soar
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15th century packhorse bridge over the Soar at Aylestone , Leics. |
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location | East Midlands , England | |
River system | Humber | |
Drain over | Trent → Humber → North Sea | |
muzzle | near Ratcliffe on Soar in the Trent Coordinates: 52 ° 52 ′ 23 " N , 1 ° 16 ′ 6" W 52 ° 52 ′ 23 " N , 1 ° 16 ′ 6" W
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The Soar is a tributary of the Trent in the English East Midlands .
It rises near Hinckley in Leicestershire and flows through Leicester (where it joins the Grand Union Canal at Aylestone ), Barrow upon Soar and Kegworth . Near Ratcliffe on Soar in Nottinghamshire it flows into the Trent, this into the Humber , which flows into the North Sea.
According to legend, the corpse of the English King Richard III. thrown into the soar.
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