Cropston

Cropston
Cropston
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	Cropston Location within Leicestershire
Ceevil pairish	Thurcaston an Cropston;
Destrict	Charnwood;
Shire coonty	Leicestershire;
Region	East Midlands;
Kintra	Ingland
Sovereign state	Unitit Kinrick
Post toun	CROPSTON
Postcode destrict	LE7
Diallin code	0116
Police	Leicestershire
Fire	Leicestershire
Ambulance	East Midlands
EU Pairlament	East Midlands
	Leet o places UK Ingland Leicestershire 52°41′N 1°11′W / 52.69°N 1.18°WCoordinates: 52°41′N 1°11′W / 52.69°N 1.18°W

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.

References

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

Freemit airtins

Cropston at Leicestershirevillages.com Archived 2012-05-19 at the Wayback Machine
Thurcaston & Cropston Parish Cooncil Archived 2012-04-30 at the Wayback Machine

Template:Touns an veelages o Charnwood

[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] ttp://cropston.play-cricket.com/home/home.asp

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