Services & Businesses

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• Builders
• Caterpillar
• Conservatories
• Construction & Contractors
• Dairies
• Dog Training
• Design Services
• Domestic Services
• Driving Instructors
• Estate Agents
• Factory Shop
• Funeral Directors
• Gardening
• Garage Services
• Kennels & Catteries
• Painter & Decorators
• Solicitors
• Window Cleaners

Kennels & Catteries

Lyndale Boarding Cattery
Lyndale
Lindridge Lane
Desford
Leicester
LE9 9GN

Telephone: 01455 823190

Luxury heated Chalets. Boarding in quiet surroundings. Vaccinated cats only. Viewing by appointment

Lockey Farm Boarding Kennels
Lockey Farm
Hunts Lane
Desford
Leicester
LE9 9HE

Telephone: 01455 823251

Open all year. Individual attention. Dogs walked daily. Kennels with outside runs. Heating if necessary. Vaccinated dogs only.

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Dog Training

K9 Consultants - Dog Training & Behaviour Experts

Brand new from K9 Consultants. Dog training for the deaf and hard of hearing!! Our dog training classes and home visits can now take place with a signer trained in BSL for clear communication!

Does your dog do something you don’t like and you wish you could train him to stop but all the things you have tried in the past just don’t seem to work, or would you like to train your dog to do something, but everything you have tried doesn't get the results you want?

Builders

Philip Gaunt

Telephone: 01455 823235

All aspects of brickwork, extensions, roofing, U.P.V.C. windows and conservatories. Many examples of our work can be viewed locally.

E.D. Williams & Co.

Telephone: 01455 822373

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Garage Services

Lindridge Lane Garage
8 Lindridge Lane
Desford
Leicester
LE9 9GN

Telephone: 01455 822636

Car and light commercial servicing. Repairs, valeting, paintwork & welding.

BR Cartronics Ltd
Unit 6b
Merrylees Industrial Estate
Merrylees Rd
Desford
Leicester
LE9 9FE

Telephone: 01530 231100

Caterpillar (UK) Ltd.

Peckleton Lane
Desford
Leicester
LE9 9JT

Telephone: 01455 826826
Website

Caterpillar manufactures five different building construction products in over 60,000 square metres of production facility. At Desford we manufacture a range of world class Backhoe Loaders, Telehandlers, Small Wheel Loaders, Mini Hydraulic Excavators and Compact Wheel Loaders. Products are reliable, cost effective, versatile and adaptable.

Conservatories

John Law Conservatories
The Lodge Workshop
Markfield Lane
Botcheston

Telephone: 01455 822159
Facsimile: 01455 822147

Complete service including brickwork, plumbing, electrics & tiling. Hardwood & uPVC specialists. Free design service.

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Dairies

Express Dairies

Telephone: 0800 615715

Domestic Services

ADCO Heating & Plumbing

Nether Bridge
Station Rd
Desford
Leicester
LE9 9FP

Telephone: 01455 822226

Boilers serviced. NHBC registered.

Ian Marriott

25 Kirkby Road
Desford
Leicester
LE9 9JH

Telephone: 01455 828542

Plumbing and Heating services, household maintenance & gas maintenance.

Ron Jarvis
16 Manor Gardens
Desford
Leicester

Telephone: 01455 823059

Heating & Plumbing specialist, Corgi registered. Sales, service and repairs. Established 1971. Most general household repairs and maintenance, some types of electrical installations and decorating.

Mavrick Blinds

Unit 1
Grange Farm Business Park
Newtown Unthank
Leicester
LE9 9FL

Telephone: 01455 828222
Facsimile: 01455 828732

Quality made to measure blinds direct from the manufacturer. Free consultation and free fitting. Fast friendly service. Specialists in verticals, rollers, Venetian, pleated & roman blinds.

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Painter & Decorators

Collins Interior Services
(Painting & Decorating)

Mark Collins
82 Manor Road
Desford
Leicester
LE9 9JQ

Telephone/Facsimile: 01455 823131
Mobile: 07793 056039
Email

Michael Jackson
14 Warwick Close
Desford
Leicester
LE9 9JY

Telephone: 01455 823643

Estate Agent

Dales–Chartered Surveyors & Independent Estate Agents
Richard Dale MRICS, FCIOB, IRRV
13 Narborough Road
Leicester
LE3 0LE

Telephone: 0116 2541600
Email

Open Monday–Saturday inclusive.

Valuations and sales of residential property. Land development. Survey and valuation department for RICS Homebuyer Reports. Condition Surveys. Valuations for Banks, Building Societies. Insurance Companies. Matrimonial, Probate, Taxation.

Factory Shop

Keswick Trays Ltd
Forest View Farm
Peckleton Lane
Desford
Leicester
LE9 9JU

Telephone: 01455 828990
Facsimile: 01455 828999
Email Website

Open to the public: Monday–Friday 9.00am–4.30pm
Also 1st Saturday of every month 10.00am–2.00pm

Manufacturers of a complete range of glass fibre trays, place mats and coasters, waste paper bins and accessories for the home.

Funeral Directors

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Gilliver's

Church Road
Barlestone

Telephone: 01455 290356

Private Chapel of rest, embalming, Rolls Royce hearse and cars, floral tributes, catering, monumental stones and vases. Day and night service.

Ginns & Gutteridge

Leicester and Loughborough

Telephone: 0116 2516117 (anytime)

G. Seller Co Ltd.

65-75 Upper Bond Street
Hinckley

Telephone: 01455 637457 or 01455 611785

Dedicated private chapel of rest, Rolls Royce hearses and limousines, catering and monumental masons. Day and night service.

Gardening

Garvey's Gardens Landscaping

R Garvey

Telephone: 01455 823467
Mobile: 07887 685798

Complete landscaping, tree lopping, lawn mowing, fencing, driveways, hedge trimming, pruning, anything you need.

GC Landscapes & Design

5 Newbold Road
Desford

Telephone: 01455 822799
Mobile: 07787 842176

Lockeymead Farm Nursery

Geoff Johns & Caroline Gill
Hunts Lane
Desford
Leicester
LE9 9LJ

Telephone: 01455 824391 or 01455 822411

Plants & shrubs, compost, basket and bedding plants (in season), hanging baskets filled. Antique garden accessories i.e. stone troughs, chimney pots, old farm implements. Hire of ornamental plants/trees for weddings, special occasions, conferences. Christmas trees & wreaths in season.

Open March–December, Tuesday-Sunday 9.00am–5.00pm, Closed Mondays, Open Bank Holidays. Closed January & February.

G.T. Morgan & Co. Ltd.

Desford Lane
Kirby Muxloe
Leicester
LE9 2BF

Telephone: 01455 828022
Facsimile: 01455 828001
Email

Worldwide shopfitters

Highfields Seeds Limited

Peckleton Lane
Desford
Leicester

Telephone: 01455 822555
Email

Production and sale of agricultural and amenity seeds.

Laminating Service

Contact: Issy

Telephone: 01455 824405 (evenings)

Posters, menus etc. Collection and delivery in local area.

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Driving Instructors

Richard’s School of Motoring

Telephone: 01455 824578 or 01455 273121
Mobile: 07974 099823

Fully qualified instructor. Structured, professional training, help with Theory test, Motorway training, Pass Plus instructor, hourly lessons, discount for block bookings.

Design

Sector Design

Chris Everard
Desford Hall
Leicester Lane
Desford
Leicester
LE9 9JJ

Telephone: 01455 828682
Email

3D point of sale/point of purchase
Designers and manufacturers.

Solicitors

Freer Bouskell

10 New Street
Leicester
LE1 5ND

Telephone: 0116 2516624

All aspects of legal work undertaken. For further information contact our resident partner:

Mr Peter L. Ward

Telephone: 01455 822268 (evenings only please)

Josiah Hincks Son & Bullough

Telephone: 0116 255 1811
Email

Law to Door Mobile Legal Clinic. Comes to The Bluebell Inn car park, Desford, 11am–1.30pm one Friday each month.

Construction & Contractors

Sissons & Allen Ltd.

Desford Road
Kirby Muxloe
Leicester
LE9 2BG

Telephone: 01455 824782
Facsimile: 01455 823386
Email

Electrical contractor specialising in commercial and industrial installations. Power, lighting, fire alarms, energy management, in house cad design undertaken.

Client base includes Alliance & Leicester, Waterstones, Leicestershire Health Authority, Leicestershire County Council, Body Shop & Casepak (Midlands) Ltd.

Contact: Lesley Willis

Window Cleaner

Dean Wells

Telephone: 0116 2714685

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