Sproxton is a village and civil parish

Civil parish

In England, a civil parish is a territorial designation and, where they are found, the lowest tier of local government below districts and counties...

 within the Borough of Melton in Leicestershire

Leicestershire

Leicestershire is a landlocked county in the English Midlands. It takes its name from the heavily populated City of Leicester, traditionally its administrative centre, although the City of Leicester unitary authority is today administered separately from the rest of Leicestershire...

, England

England

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, close to the border with Lincolnshire

Lincolnshire

Lincolnshire is a county in the east of England. It borders Norfolk to the south east, Cambridgeshire to the south, Rutland to the south west, Leicestershire and Nottinghamshire to the west, South Yorkshire to the north west, and the East Riding of Yorkshire to the north. It also borders...

. It has a population of 480.

The village and civil parish are not coterminous; the parish includes the villages of Sproxton, Saltby

Saltby

Saltby is a village within the civil parish of Sproxton and Melton borough of Leicestershire, England. It lies close to the River Eye and the border with Lincolnshire.The village includes the former RAF Saltby....

, Stonesby

Stonesby

Stonesby is a small village within the Melton borough of Leicestershire, England. It is northeast of Melton Mowbray, and southeast of Waltham on the Wolds....

, Bescaby

Bescaby

Bescaby is a hamlet and deserted medieval village in Leicestershire, England.The hamlet of Bescaby lies close to, and can only be reached by public road from, neighbouring Waltham-on-the-Wolds. It was not always so...

, and the former RAF Saltby

RAF Saltby

RAF Station Saltby was a World War II airfield in Leicestershire, England. The airfield is located approximately northeast of Melton Mowbray; about north-northwestof London....

. The River Eye

River Eye, Leicestershire

The River Eye is a river in north eastern Leicestershire which becomes the Wreake.The Eye rises at Bescaby about six miles north east of Melton Mowbray. It flows east towards Saltby, where it turns south and flows past Sproxton, Coston and Garthorpe. At Saxby it turns west and flows by Stapleford,...

 runs through the parish. Nearby places are Waltham on the Wolds

Waltham on the Wolds

Waltham on the Wolds is a village located in the civil parish of Waltham and Thorpe Arnold, in the Melton borough of Leicestershire, England, about northeast of Melton Mowbray and south-west of Grantham on the A607 road.-Geography:...

, Croxton Kerrial

Croxton Kerrial

Croxton Kerrial is a village and civil parish in the Melton borough of Leicestershire, England. It is to the southwest of Grantham and northeast of Melton Mowbray— west of Leicestershire's boundary with Lincolnshire...

, Coston

Coston, Leicestershire

- Governance :Coston forms part of the civil parish of Garthorpe that, in turn, is part of the district of Melton.-Church:The parish church, dedicated to St Andrew, is thought to date back to the 13th century and was restored in 1846....

, Buckminster

Buckminster

Buckminster is a village and civil parish within the Melton district of Leicestershire, England. It is on the B676 road, between Melton Mowbray and the A1....

, and Skillington

Skillington

Skillington is a rural village, located to the south-west of Lincolnshire and is within three miles of the Leicestershire border. Nearby villages include Buckminster, Sproxton, Stainby, Sewstern, Colsterworth and Woolsthorpe-by-Colsterworth, with the latter famous as the birthplace of Sir Isaac...

 (in Lincolnshire). The village pub is the Crown Inn.

The Viking Way runs close by. Nearby is Sproxton Quarry SSSI.

External links

• Sproxton Millennium Site