The former headquarters of Aggregate Industries (now under the Holcim company) was in Markfield and currently proposals are being discussed to expand the Bardon Hill Quarry into the parish of Markfield to create a large extension which would expand the life of Bardon for another 40 years.
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The village of Markfield has two public houses – The Queens Head and The Bulls Head – and a Travelodge hotel, the hotel of which is located on the outskirts on the A50; the parish contains a fourth pub – the Coach and Horses in Field Head.
At the northern and eastern edges of the Borough lie several settlements (including Bagworth, Desford, Groby, Markfield, Ratby and Thornton) which largely relate to Leicester; in particular the most northern villages have little to do with the main administrative centre of Hinckley.