Armour Shield Roofing Services Coalville is based on Station Road in Hugglescote, on the south side of Coalville, so this is our home patch. We repair, re-roof and look after every kind of roof in LE67, from the Victorian miners’ terraces of Hugglescote and Ellistown to the interwar and postwar semis of Greenhill and Whitwick and the newer estates out towards Bardon.
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| Covered from | Our base on Station Road, Hugglescote, Coalville (LE67 2GB) |
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| Postcode district | LE67 |
| Local council (planning) | North West Leicestershire District Council |
| Conservation areas include | Coalville, Hugglescote and Ravenstone |
| Roofs we see most | Miners’ terraces under slate · Interwar and postwar semis · Newer estates |
| Also covering | Hugglescote, Ellistown, Whitwick, Thringstone, Greenhill, Agar Nook, Ravenstone and Bardon |
| Every job | Free quote · £5 million public liability insurance · 15-year written guarantee |
Local details checked and updated September 2026.
Coalville is our home town and base, a former coal-mining town in the National Forest north-west of Leicester, in the LE67 postcode. Its housing tells the story: rows of Victorian and Edwardian miners’ terraces in Hugglescote and Ellistown, interwar and postwar semis through Greenhill, Thringstone and Whitwick, and modern estates spreading towards Bardon and Agar Nook — nearly every roof type in the country turns up somewhere in the area. Sitting on higher, exposed ground on the edge of Charnwood Forest, beneath Bardon Hill, these roofs take real weather. From our base on Station Road in Hugglescote we repair, re-roof and maintain the lot, and cover the wider area too — Ashby-de-la-Zouch, Ibstock, Whitwick, Shepshed, Loughborough and across to Leicester.
Hugglescote, Ellistown, Whitwick and the streets around the old Snibston pit
Most were built in the 1800s and early 1900s and are well over a century old. Slipped and cracked slates, perished lead where the terraces step down the slope, and shared chimney stacks that need repointing are the usual jobs. Where the original slate is still sound, a careful repair is better value than a new roof.
Greenhill, Thringstone, Whitwick and along the main roads out of town
Clay or concrete tiles on timber battens, some with no underlay at all and others with their original bitumen felt. At this age the felt, the battens and the mortar under the ridge wear out before the tiles do, so these roofs are often ready for a re-roof or new fascias rather than more patching.
Out towards Bardon and on the newer streets at the edge of town
Concrete tiles, mechanically fixed ridge and verge systems and plastic roofline throughout. Problems are usually small and specific, such as a lifted verge cap, a blocked valley or a leaking gutter joint, and are quick to put right.
Coalville sits high for Leicestershire, on the western edge of Charnwood Forest, with Bardon Hill (at 278 metres the highest point in the county) on the town’s eastern side. Homes on the exposed high ground around Whitwick, Thringstone and Bardon take the full force of south-westerly gales, which is when loose ridge tiles and verge mortar give way. Coalville is also one of the National Forest’s towns, and the extra tree cover means more leaves in gutters and more moss on shaded slopes than a typical town roof sees.
North West Leicestershire District Council has designated conservation areas right on our doorstep, among them Coalville’s Victorian town centre, the historic heart of Hugglescote and the village of Ravenstone. Day-to-day repairs to a house rarely need consent even there; dormers, roof extensions and work on listed buildings, such as Christ Church or Hugglescote’s church of St John the Baptist with its Swithland slate roof, are a different matter. Coalville was built on coal, and the Mining Remediation Authority (formerly the Coal Authority) deals with claims for damage caused by past coal mining, which is worth knowing if a roof has moved.
Planning authority for Coalville: North West Leicestershire District Council. We will tell you at the quote if your job needs consent, but the council has the final say.
The century-old slate on the miners’ terraces mostly needs targeted repair, with slipped slates refixed, cracked flashings replaced and leaks around shared stacks traced, rather than a whole new roof.
Roof Repairs in Coalville →Almost every older house in town has a chimney, many shared between neighbours, and stacks on the higher ground lose their pointing and flaunching faster than most.
Chimney Repairs in Coalville →Interwar and postwar roofs in Greenhill, Thringstone and Whitwick are reaching the age where battens and felt are spent, and a re-roof is better value than chasing leaks.
New Roofs in Coalville →National Forest tree cover and exposed ground mean gutters fill quickly and timber fascias weather hard, so the roofline on Coalville’s semis is often due for renewal.
Roofline & Guttering in Coalville →“Good, friendly company. Finished the work quickly and competently. I am very pleased with my new roof and at a good price.”
It can, though it is rare. Coalville grew up around the Snibston and Whitwick collieries; Snibston stopped producing coal in 1983 and Whitwick closed in 1986. A roof that has started to sag, a ridge line that is no longer straight or cracks running through the brickwork below point to movement in the building rather than a roofing fault, and we will tell you honestly if we think that is what we are looking at. The Mining Remediation Authority, formerly the Coal Authority, is the body that handles claims for damage from past coal mining.
Part of it is. North West Leicestershire District Council has a Hugglescote Conservation Area covering the historic heart of the village, and Coalville town centre and Ravenstone have conservation areas of their own. For most houses it makes little difference to ordinary repairs, but dormers and roof extensions face tighter rules there, and a listed building such as the church of St John the Baptist needs listed building consent for work that affects its character.
More than most in Leicestershire. Bardon Hill is the highest point in the county at 278 metres, and the ground around Whitwick, Thringstone and Bardon is high and open to the south-west. After a big blow, ridge tiles, verge mortar and lead flashings on those roofs are the first things to shift. Mechanically fixed dry ridge and dry verge systems, which meet British Standard BS 5534, are the longer-lasting fix because there is no mortar left to crack.
All of Coalville (LE67), including Hugglescote, Ellistown, Whitwick, Thringstone, Greenhill, Agar Nook, Ravenstone and Bardon. Coalville is home ground. Our base is on Station Road in Hugglescote, so the town and the villages on its edges, Ellistown, Ravenstone, Whitwick and Thringstone, are all on our doorstep. Every quote is free and no-obligation, the work is covered by £5 million public liability insurance, and our workmanship is guaranteed in writing for 15 years.
Coalville’s miners’ terraces fail in set ways: nail sickness, perished torching, rotten valley boards, shared stacks. When to repair and when to re-roof.
Read the guide →Storm damage to a Coalville roof: make the house safe, photograph it from the ground, then get a make-safe before the permanent repair. Free quotes.
Read the guide →Moss thrives on shaded Coalville roofs under National Forest tree cover. When to scrape and treat it, why never to pressure-wash, and when to leave it.
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