Leicestershire

Coonty
Flag
Motto: For'ard, For'ard
Sovereign state	Unitit Kinrick
Constituent kintra	Ingland
Region	East Midlands
Ceremonial coonty
Area
• Rankit	o 48
• Rankit	o 48
Density
Ethnicity	85.0% White 11.9% S.Asian 1.2% Black British 1.5% Mixed Race
Time zone	Greenwich Mean Time (UTC)
• Simmer (DST)	Breetish Simmer Time (UTC+1)

Leicestershire (ⁱ/ˈlɛstəʃɪər/ or /ˈlɛstərʃər/; abbreviation Leics.) is a landlockit coonty in the Inglis Midlands. It takes its name frae the Ceety o Leicester, traditionally its admeenistrative centre, although the Ceety o Leicester unitary authority is the day admeenistered separately frae the rest o Leicestershire. The coonty borders Derbyshire tae the north-wast, Nottinghamshire tae the north, Rutland tae the east, Warwickshire tae the sooth-wast, Staffordshire tae the wast, Lincolnshire tae the north-east, an Northamptonshire tae the sooth-east. The border wi Warwickshire is Watling Street (the A5).