Long Whatton

Long Whatton is a village and parish 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. The civil parish is called Long Whatton and Diseworth. The population of this parish at the 2011 census was 1,760.[1]

Long Whatton

Looking along West End in Long Whatton
Long Whatton
Location within Leicestershire
Population1,760 (2011)
OS grid referenceSK478235
Civil parish
  • Long Whatton and Diseworth
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townLOUGHBOROUGH
Postcode districtLE12
Dialling code01509
PoliceLeicestershire
FireLeicestershire
AmbulanceEast Midlands
UK Parliament

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 clean and well built, several of the houses being modern, and 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 2011 was 1,124

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

Places to visit in Long Whatton
  • Whatton House and Gardens[2]
  • Manor Organic Farm, Farm Shop and Tearoom[3]
  • Long Whatton Post Office and Shop

Amenities

The public houses are the Royal Oak and the Falcon; the Royal Oak has an entry in the 2012 Campaign for Real Ale Good Beer Guide.

Long Whatton has three churches: Long Whatton All Saints Church, Long Whatton Methodist Church[4] and Long Whatton Baptist Church. Between 1998 and 2005 an annual Mission Aviation Fellowship Midlands Rally took place in the Methodist Church.[5] Due to a loss of funding, the Baptist Church sadly closed in 2016.

Long Whatton has a primary school, a farm shop and a village store.

Community activities

Long Whatton hosts a village show every August Bank Holiday.

Long Whatton has a Scout troop[6] and a Brownie pack.

Long Whatton has a cricket club and a football team.

  • Whatton House
  • Long Whatton milepost
  • The Royal Oak

References
  1. "Civil Parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 10 June 2016.
  2. Whatton House and Gardens
  3. Manor Organic Farm, Farm Shop Butchery & Bakery
  4. Long Whatton Methodist Church
  5. Long Whatton Methodist Church
  6. Long Whatton Scouts

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