Shepshed
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Shepshed (often known until 1888 as Sheepshed, also Sheepshead – a name derived from the village being heavily involved in the wool industry) 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 second largest settlement in the borough, after Loughborough.
Key facts
- UK place.country
- England
- UK place.official_name
- Shepshed
- UK place.static_image_name
- St Botolph's Church, Church Side, Shepshed (NHLE Code 1236177) (July 2025) (5).jpg
- UK place.static_image_caption
- St Botolph's Church
- UK place.population
- 14,875
- UK place.population_ref
- (2021)
- UK place.shire_district
- Charnwood
- UK place.shire_county
- Leicestershire
- UK place.region
- East Midlands
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- Loughborough
- UK place.post_town
- LOUGHBOROUGH
- UK place.postcode_district
- LE12
- UK place.postcode_area
- LE
- UK place.dial_code
- 01509
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- SK475195
- UK place.type
- Town
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Population
- 13505
- Image
- Shepshed Parish church 2006-04-06 013web.jpg
- Dialing code
- 01509
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- postal code
- LE12
- OS grid reference
- SK475195
- Commons category
- Shepshed
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Article
13 sectionsContents
- History
- Origins
- Parish Church of St Botolph
- 18th to 20th centuries
- Landmarks
- St Winefride’s Church
- Education
- Transport
- Buses
- Sport
- Notable people
- Shepshed Fire Station
- References
Shepshed (often known until 1888 as Sheepshed, also Sheepshead – a name derived from the village being heavily involved in the wool industry) 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 second largest settlement in the borough, after Loughborough.
==History==
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