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Long Whatton is a village 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 village is part of the civil parish of Long Whatton and Diseworth, along with the adjoining village of Diseworth.

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Long Whatton
Looking along West End in Long Whatton
Long Whatton Location within Leicestershire
Population	1,124 (2011)[citation needed]
OS grid reference	SK478235
Civil parish	Long Whatton and Diseworth
District	North West Leicestershire
Shire county	Leicestershire
Region	East Midlands
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	LOUGHBOROUGH
Postcode district	LE12
Dialling code	01509
Police	Leicestershire
Fire	Leicestershire
Ambulance	East Midlands
UK Parliament	North West Leicestershire
List of places UK England Leicestershire 52.8057°N 1.2875°W / 52.8057; -1.2875

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^{[citation needed]}, 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.^{[citation needed]}

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[1]
• Manor Organic Farm, Farm Shop and Tearoom[2]
• 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[3] and Long Whatton Baptist Church. Between 1998 and 2005 an annual Mission Aviation Fellowship Midlands Rally took place in the Methodist Church.[4] 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[5] and a Brownie pack.

Long Whatton has a cricket club and a football team.

Gallery

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  Whatton House
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  Long Whatton milepost
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  The Royal Oak

References

External links

Media related to Long Whatton at Wikimedia Commons

• Welcome to Long Whatton

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