Shepshed
Shepshed is a market town and civil parish in the Charnwood Borough of Leicestershire, England with a population of 14,875 at the 2021 census. It is the third largest settlement in the borough, after Loughborough and Leicester.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Town with 13,500 residents
- Description: town in Leicestershire, England, UK
- Also known as: “Sheepshed” and “Shepshed, Leicestershire”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Iveshead School and Blackbrook Reservoir.
Iveshead School
School
Iveshead School is a coeducational secondary school and sixth form situated within the town of Shepshed, Leicestershire, England. It was formed in September 2017 through the merger of Hind Leys Community College and Shepshed High School.
Blackbrook Reservoir
Reservoir
Photo: Richard Guise, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Blackbrook Reservoir is a 33.4-hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest between Shepshed and Whitwick in Leicestershire. The reservoir was constructed in 1796 in order to feed the Charnwood Forest Canal, which has long since vanished. Blackbrook Reservoir is situated 2 miles southwest of Shepshed.
Pilkington Library
Library
Photo: Chemical Engineer, Public domain.
The Pilkington Library is the academic library at Loughborough University, situated in the West Park of the university campus at Loughborough, Leicestershire, in the East Midlands of England. Pilkington Library is situated 2½ miles east of Shepshed.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Oaks in Charnwood and Nanpantan.
Oaks in Charnwood
Hamlet
Oaks in Charnwood is a hamlet of scattered houses in the English county of Leicestershire within the Charnwood Forest. Oaks in Charnwood is located in and is part of the Civil Parish of Charley in North West Leicestershire. Oaks in Charnwood is situated 2 miles south of Shepshed.
Nanpantan
Village
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Nanpantan is a historic village, ward and suburb of Loughborough, in the Charnwood borough of Leicestershire, England. It is located in the south-west of the town of Loughborough. It is home to Nanpantan Reservoir. Nanpantan is situated 2 miles southeast of Shepshed.
Belton
Village
Photo: Tim Heaton, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Belton is a small village and civil parish in the North West Leicestershire district of Leicestershire, England. The village is located approximately 2 miles northwest of the town of Shepshed, 5.5 miles west-northwest of Loughborough, and 6 miles northeast of Ashby-de-la-Zouch. Belton is situated 2 miles west of Shepshed.
Shepshed
- Categories: civil parish and locality
- Location: Shepshed, Charnwood District, Leicestershire, East Midlands, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
52.77164° or 52° 46′ 18″ northLongitude
-1.29019° or 1° 17′ 25″ westPopulation
13,500Elevation
266 feet (81 metres)United Nations Location Code
GB SPDOpen location code
9C4WQPC5+MWOpenStreetMap ID
node 27044161OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Welsh—“Shepshed” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Shepshed”
- Basque: “Shepshed”
- Bengali: “সেপশেড”
- Cebuano: “Shepshed”
- Chinese: “謝普謝德”
- Chinese: “谢普谢德”
- Dutch: “Shepshed”
- French: “Shepshed”
- German: “Shepshed”
- Gujarati: “શેપશેડ”
- Irish: “Shepshed”
- Italian: “Shepshed”
- Japanese: “シェパード”
- Kannada: “ಷೆಪ್ಶೆಡ್”
- Korean: “쉐프쉐드”
- Ladin: “Shepshed”
- Lithuanian: “Šepšedas”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Shepshed”
- Persian: “شپشد”
- Polish: “Shepshed”
- Portuguese: “Shepshed”
- Romanian: “Shepshed”
- Russian: “Шепшед”
- South Azerbaijani: “شپشد”
- Spanish: “Shepshed”
- Swedish: “Shepshed”
- Tamil: “ஷெபிஷெட்”
- Telugu: “షేప్స్హెడ్”
- Turkish: “Shepshed”
- Urdu: “شیپشید”
- Volapük: “Shepshed”
- Welsh: “Shepshed”
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