Loughborough

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Loughborough
Clockwise from top left: Loughborough University; Central; Carillon; All Saints Church; Old Town Hall & town centre
Loughborough Location within Leicestershire
Population	64,884 (2021 Census Ward Profile)[1]
OS grid reference	SK5319
District	Charnwood
Shire county	Leicestershire
Region	East Midlands
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Areas of the town	List Ashby Dishley Hathern and Thorpe Acre Garendon Hastings Hathern (Village) Lemyngton Nanpantan Outwoods Shelthorpe Southfields Storer Thorpe Acre Woodthorpe
Post town	LOUGHBOROUGH
Postcode district	LE11
Dialling code	01509
Police	Leicestershire
Fire	Leicestershire
Ambulance	East Midlands
UK Parliament	Loughborough
List of places UK England Leicestershire 52°46′21″N 01°12′28″W / 52.77250°N 1.20778°W / 52.77250; -1.20778

Loughborough (/ˈlʌfbərə/ ^ⓘ[2] LUF-bə-rə) is a market town in the Charnwood Borough of Leicestershire, England; it is the administrative centre of Charnwood Borough Council. At the United Kingdom 2021 census, the town's built-up area had a population of 64,884.^[3]

It is the second largest settlement in the county after Leicester. Loughborough is close to the Nottinghamshire border and is at an equal distance to Leicester, Nottingham, Derby and the East Midlands Airport. Loughborough is also home to the world's largest bell foundry, John Taylor Bellfounders, which produced Great Paul at St Paul's Cathedral; it has also made bells for the Carillon War Memorial, a landmark in Queens Park.