Normanton on Soar

Coordinates: 52°48′12″N 1°14′06″W / 52.8034°N 1.235°W / 52.8034; -1.235

Normanton on Soar
The Old Post Office
Normanton on Soar  Normanton on Soar shown within Nottinghamshire
OS grid reference	SK520228
- London	117 miles / 188 km
Parish	Normanton on Soar
District	Rushcliffe
Shire county	Nottinghamshire
Region	East Midlands
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	LOUGHBOROUGH
Postcode district	LE12
Dialling code	01509
Police	Nottinghamshire
Fire	Nottinghamshire
Ambulance	East Midlands
EU Parliament	East Midlands
UK Parliament	Rushcliffe
List of places: UK • England • Nottinghamshire

Normanton on Soar ( /ˈnɔrməntən ən ˈsɔər/; known to locals as just "Normanton") is a village and civil parish in the south of Nottinghamshire in England near the River Soar.

Nearby villages include Zouch, Sutton Bonington and Stanford on Soar.

The post town for Normanton is Loughborough leading to the confusion of being in Nottinghamshire but with a Leicestershire post code.

The 1881 census reported that the village had 322 inhabitants.^[1] The village is now home to between 450 and 500 inhabitants.

Normanton contains a primary school called Normanton-on-Soar Primary School, a Grade I Listed church built between 1141 and 1147 — the Church of St. James — a post office and a pub called "The Plough".

References

The Plough public house, which is situated by the River Soar

1. ^ 1881 Census: Normanton on Soar.

External links

• Normanton-On-Soar Village Website