Illston on the Hill

Illston on the Hill
Illston on the Hill
	Main Street, Illston
	Illston on the Hill Location within Leicestershire
Population	179 (2011)
OS grid reference	SP706992
District	Harborough;
Shire county	Leicestershire;
Region	East Midlands;
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	LEICESTER
Postcode district	LE7
Police	Leicestershire
Fire	Leicestershire
Ambulance	East Midlands
UK Parliament	Rutland and Melton;
	List of places UK England Leicestershire 52°35′11″N 0°57′30″W / 52.58626°N 0.95821°W

Illston on the Hill is a small village and parish seven miles north of Market Harborough in the county of Leicestershire. The population of the civil parish at the 2011 census (including Carlton Curlieu) was 179.^[1] The old part of Illston is a rare "dead end" village: literally, at the end of the road which leads to it Illston also has a village hall available for rent. In the summer it hosts events including a Village Fete and 'Onion Sunday'.

References

^ "Civil Parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Archived from the original on 11 October 2016. Retrieved 9 June 2016.

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[1] "Civil Parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Archived from the original on 11 October 2016. Retrieved 9 June 2016.

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