Shepshed

Shepshed
St Botolph's Church, Shepshed
Shepshed is located in Leicestershire
Shepshed
Shepshed
Location within Leicestershire
Population14,875 (2021)
OS grid referenceSK475195
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townLOUGHBOROUGH
Postcode districtLE12
Dialling code01509
PoliceLeicestershire
FireLeicestershire
AmbulanceEast Midlands
UK Parliament
List of places
UK
England
Leicestershire
52°46′16″N 1°17′42″W / 52.7711°N 1.2951°W / 52.7711; -1.2951

Shepshed (often known until 1888 as Sheepshed,[1] also Sheepshead – a name derived from the village being heavily involved in the wool industry) is a market town and civil parish in the Charnwood Borough of Leicestershire, England with a population of 14,875 at the 2021 census.[2] It is the second biggest settlement in the borough, after the town of Loughborough.

  1. ^ NTLworld.com Archived 12 December 2006 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ "Civil Parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 20 June 2016.

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