Cropston

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Cropston

Cropston
Cropston is located in Leicestershire
Cropston
Cropston
Location within Leicestershire
Ceevil pairish
  • Thurcaston an Cropston
Destrict
Shire coonty
Region
KintraIngland
Sovereign stateUnitit Kinrick
Post tounCROPSTON
Postcode destrictLE7
Diallin code0116
PoliceLeicestershire
FireLeicestershire
AmbulanceEast Midlands
EU PairlamentEast Midlands
Leet o places
UK
Ingland
Leicestershire
52°41′N 1°11′W / 52.69°N 1.18°W / 52.69; -1.18Coordinates: 52°41′N 1°11′W / 52.69°N 1.18°W / 52.69; -1.18

Cropston is a veelage athin the ceevil parish o Thurcaston & Cropston,[1] pairt o the Charnwood Borough o Leicestershire, Ingland. It is on the edge o Charnwood Forest, an lees close tae Bradgate Park. The veelage itself is sma, wi the aulder properties close tae the crossroads o Reservoir an Station Roads. Near the crossroads thare are twa pubs, The Bradgate Arms an The Badger's Sett (umwhile The Reservoir Inn), a post office an a garage. Thare are a nummer o cottages datin back tae the 16t century. Cropston Reservoir lees atween the veelage an Bradgate Park. The Victorian pumpin station next tae the reservoir haes nou been replacit wi a mair modren facility, but the oreeginal ingineerin can still be seen at the Severn Trent Visitor Centre, which haes an eddication centre for childer an aw.[2] Cropston Cricket Club haud regular fixtures at thair Waterfield Road cricket field.[3]

The Rothley Brook flows atween Cropston an Thurcaston, an ither nearbi veelages include Rothley, Anstey, Swithland an Newtown Linford.

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  1. "Archived copy". Archived frae the original on 30 Apryle 2012. Retrieved 24 Juin 2012.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived frae the original (PDF) on 7 Februar 2012. Retrieved 24 Juin 2012.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. http://cropston.play-cricket.com/home/home.asp

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