Burton on the Wolds is a village in Leicestershire, England situated on the

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west of the A46 and about the same distance to the east of

Loughborough Loughborough ( ) is a market town in the Charnwood borough of Leicestershire, England, the seat of Charnwood Borough Council and Loughborough University. At the 2011 census the town's built-up area had a population of 59,932 , the second large ...

, close to the county border with

Nottinghamshire Nottinghamshire (; abbreviated Notts.) is a landlocked county in the East Midlands region of England, bordering South Yorkshire to the north-west, Lincolnshire to the east, Leicestershire to the south, and Derbyshire to the west. The trad ...

. In the 2011 census, the population was measured at 1,218. The Parish Council of Burton on the Wolds,

Cotes Cotes may refer to: Placename * Cotes, Cumbria, a village in England * Cotes, Leicestershire, a village in England * Cotes, Staffordshire, a village in England; see List of United Kingdom locations: Cos-Cou * Cotes, Valencia, a municipality in ...

and

Prestwold Prestwold is a hamlet and civil parish in the Charnwood district of Leicestershire, England. The parish has a population of around 60. The population at the 2011 census remained less than 100 and is included in the civil parish In En ...

serves the village and its two neighbouring hamlets. The local borough council is Charnwood. The village's name means 'farm/settlement with a fortification'. The village is listed in the

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, showing it comprised 15 households in the year 1086. In the

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Burton was the property of

Garendon Abbey Garendon Abbey was a Cistercian abbey located between Shepshed and Loughborough, in Leicestershire, United Kingdom. History Garendon was founded by Robert de Beaumont, 2nd Earl of Leicester, in 1133, and was probably a daughter house of Waverley ...

. After

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a Polish camp was set up in the village, due to its proximity to

RAF Wymeswold RAF Wymeswold is a former Royal Air Force station located north-east of Loughborough, Leicestershire, England. The airfield is situated between Hoton, Wymeswold and Burton on the Wolds, lying in the current district of Charnwood. History ...

which opened in 1942 and closed in 1957. It now hosts an industrial complex containing Jump Giants Loughborough. Burton has its own primary school, pub and shop (in the garage). The Lion's Head water

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was probably built in the mid 19th century.

Prestwold Hall Prestwold Hall is a country house in Leicestershire, England, standing in of land in the parish of Prestwold. It is both a private home and a venue for weddings and events. History Prestwold Hall was, for many years, the seat of the Packe fami ...

, which was built in the 18th century, is within the parish of

, but part of the grounds fall within the Burton on the Wolds parish.

Sport

The village has two football teams that play in the North Leicestershire League division one, and the Charnwood Sunday League division one. Home games are played at Towles Fields. Burton also has a long-established cricket club who in 2010 merged with one of the County's largest and most successful clubs, Barrow Town. Now named Barrow and Burton Cricket Club, the club has four teams represented in the Everards Leicestershire County Cricket League and also the Leicestershire Senior Cricket League.

References

External links

Burton on the Wolds Primary School

The New Barrow and Burton Village Cricket Club Web Site

The Greyhound Inn
* {{authority control Villages in Leicestershire Civil parishes in Leicestershire Borough of Charnwood