Cropston

Coordinates: 52°41′N 1°11′W / 52.69°N 1.18°W / 52.69; -1.18

Cropston
Cropston
Cropston  Cropston shown within Leicestershire
Parish	Thurcaston and Cropston
District	Charnwood
Shire county	Leicestershire
Region	East Midlands
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	CROPSTON
Postcode district	LE7
Dialling code	0116
Police	Leicestershire
Fire	Leicestershire
Ambulance	East Midlands
EU Parliament	East Midlands
List of places: UK • England • Leicestershire

Cropston is a village within the civil parish of Thurcaston & Cropston,^[1] part of the Charnwood Borough of Leicestershire, England. It is on the edge of Charnwood Forest, and lies close to Bradgate Park. The village itself is small, with the older properties close to the crossroads of Reservoir and Station Roads. Near the crossroads there are two pubs, The Bradgate Arms and The Badger's Sett (formerly The Reservoir Inn), a post office and a garage. There are a number of cottages dating back to the 16th century. Cropston Reservoir lies between the village and Bradgate Park. The Victorian pumping station next to the reservoir has now been replaced with a more modern facility, but the original engineering can still be seen at the Severn Trent Visitor Centre, which also has an education centre for children.^[2] Cropston Cricket Club hold regular fixtures at their Waterfield Road cricket field. ^[3]

The Rothley Brook flows between Cropston and Thurcaston, and other nearby villages include Rothley, Anstey, Swithland and Newtown Linford.

References

1. ^ http://thurcastonandcropston.leicestershireparishcouncils.org/
2. ^ http://www.stwater.co.uk/upload/pdf/Cropston_Education_Centre_20050125095226.pdf
3. ^ http://cropston.play-cricket.com/home/home.asp

External links

• Cropston at Leicestershirevillages.com
• Thurcaston & Cropston Parish Council
• Cropston Pumping Station image at ViewFinder