Long Whatton

Long Whatton
Looking along West End in Long Whatton
Long Whatton Location within Leicestershire
Population	1,156 (2021)[ citation needed ]
OS grid reference	SK478235
Civil parish	Long Whatton and Diseworth
District	North West Leicestershire
Shire county	Leicestershire
Region	East Midlands
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	LOUGHBOROUGH
Postcode district	LE12
Dialling code	01509
Police	Leicestershire
Fire	Leicestershire
Ambulance	East Midlands
UK Parliament	North West Leicestershire
List of places UK England Leicestershire 52°48′21″N1°17′15″W / 52.8057°N 1.2875°W / 52.8057; -1.2875

Long Whatton is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Long Whatton and Diseworth, in the North West Leicestershire district, in the English county of Leicestershire. It is south of East Midlands Airport, off Junctions 23 and 23A of the M1 motorway, and has easy access to Loughborough via the A6 and to Shepshed, Ashby-de-la-Zouch and Kegworth.

Geography

It is near the Charnwood Forest, in the northern division of the county, West Goscote hundred, rural deanery of Akeley, Loughborough Union and County Court district. The village is situated on the south bank of a small rivulet. It is 4.5 mi (7.2 km) north west by west from Loughborough, 16.5 mi (26.6 km) north west from Leicester, 3 mi (4.8 km) south south east. from Castle Donington, and about the same distance from Kegworth.

The population of Long Whatton as of 2021 is 1,156.^{[ citation needed ]}

Long Whatton History Society is participating in the setting up of a local heritage centre with the Diseworth Heritage Trust.

Community activities and amenities

Long Whatton hosts a village show every August Bank Holiday.

Long Whatton has a Scout troop ^[1] and a Brownie pack.

Long Whatton has a cricket club and a football team.

Long Whatton has one active church: Long Whatton All Saints Church. http://longwhattonvillage.co.uk/other_pages/all_saints.html

Long Whatton Methodist Church closed its doors in 2020. It had a history of 200 years. http://www.longwhattonvillage.co.uk/other_pages/methodist.html

Long Whatton Baptist Church: Due to a loss of funding, the Baptist Church closed in 2016.

Civil parish

On 1 April 1936 the parish of Diseworth was merged with Long Whatton, parts of Hathern and Shepshed was also merged, ^[2] on 4 August 1999 the parish was renamed "Long Whatton & Diseworth". ^[3] In 1931 the parish of Long Whatton (prior to the merge) had a population of 587. ^[4]

Gallery

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  Whatton House
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  Long Whatton milepost
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  The Royal Oak

References

1. Long Whatton Scouts
2. "Relationships and changes Long Whatton CP/AP through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 31 December 2022.
3. "Loughborough Registration District". UKBMD. Retrieved 31 December 2022.
4. "Population statistics Long Whatton CP/AP through time". A Vision of Britain through Time . Retrieved 31 December 2022.

External links

Media related to Long Whatton at Wikimedia Commons

• Welcome to Long Whatton