Broughton and Old Dalby is a

civil parish In England, a civil parish is a type of administrative parish used for local government. It is a territorial designation which is the lowest tier of local government below districts and counties, or their combined form, the unitary authority ...

in the Melton district of

Leicestershire Leicestershire ( ; postal abbreviation Leics.) is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in the East Midlands, England. The county borders Nottinghamshire to the north, Lincolnshire to the north-east, Rutland to the east, Northamptonshire t ...

, England. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 1,400, rising marginally to 1,405 at the 2011 census. It includes

Nether Broughton Nether Broughton is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Broughton and Old Dalby, in the Melton district, in Leicestershire, England. Broughton and Old Dalby's parish council is based in Nether Broughton. The village lies o ...

and

Old Dalby Old Dalby is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Broughton and Old Dalby, in the Borough of Melton, Melton district, in the county of Leicestershire, England. It is located to the north-west of Melton Mowbray. It was originall ...

. However,

Upper Broughton Upper Broughton or Broughton-Sulney or Over-Broughton is a village and civil parish about seven miles north west of Melton Mowbray, in the Rushcliffe district of the county of Nottinghamshire, England. In 2011 the built-up area had a population o ...

also has an LE14 postcode but lies entirely within Nottinghamshire and is not part of the civil parish of Broughton and Old Dalby.

References

Civil parishes in Leicestershire Borough of Melton {{Leicestershire-geo-stub