Sproxton
Sproxton is a village and civil parish within the Borough of Melton in Leicestershire, England, close to the border with Lincolnshire. It has approximately 80 occupied dwellings and a population of 480, rising to 658 at the 2011 census.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Village with 544 residents
- Description: village and civil parish in Leicestershire, UK
- Also known as: “Sproxton, Leicestershire”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Church of St Peter and Church of St Andrew.
Church of St Peter
Church
Photo: Kate Jewell, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Church of St Peter is situated 2 miles west of Sproxton.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Saltby and Coston.
Saltby
Village
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Saltby is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Sproxton, in the Melton borough of Leicestershire, England. It lies close to the River Eye and the border with Lincolnshire.
Coston
Hamlet
Coston is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Garthorpe in the Melton district, in the eastern part of Leicestershire, England. In 1931 the parish had a population of 74.
Stonesby
Village
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Stonesby is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Sproxton, within the Melton borough of Leicestershire, England. It is 6 miles northeast of Melton Mowbray, and 1.5 miles southeast of Waltham on the Wolds. Stonesby is situated 2 miles west of Sproxton.
Sproxton
- Categories: civil parish and locality
- Location: Sproxton, Melton District, Leicestershire, East Midlands, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
52.80984° or 52° 48′ 35″ northLongitude
-0.73095° or 0° 43′ 51″ westPopulation
544Elevation
430 feet (131 metres)Open location code
9C4XR759+WJOpenStreetMap ID
node 31822059OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
2637180Wikidata ID
Q1862125
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Welsh—“Sproxton” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Sproxton”
- Dutch: “Sproxton”
- French: “Sproxton”
- Irish: “Sproxton”
- Italian: “Sproxton (Leicestershire)”
- Italian: “Sproxton”
- Japanese: “スプロクストン”
- Japanese: “スプロックストン”
- Ladin: “Sproxton (Leicestershire)”
- Ladin: “Sproxton”
- Persian: “اسپراکستون، لسترشر”
- Polish: “Sproxton”
- Swedish: “Sproxton, Leicestershire”
- Swedish: “Sproxton”
- Turkish: “Sproxton, Leicestershire”
- Welsh: “Sproxton, Swydd Gaerlŷr”
- “Sproxton”
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Notable Places Nearby
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