Hathern

Hathern
St Peter & St Paul Church, Hathern
Hathern is located in Leicestershire
Hathern
Hathern
Location within Leicestershire
Population1,866 (2011)
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townLoughborough
Postcode districtLE12
PoliceLeicestershire
FireLeicestershire
AmbulanceEast Midlands
UK Parliament
List of places
UK
England
Leicestershire
52°47′44″N 1°15′23″W / 52.7956°N 1.2563°W / 52.7956; -1.2563

Hathern is a village and civil parish in the Charnwood district of Leicestershire, England. The village itself is located in the north of the district, and is just north of Loughborough. It is served by the A6. The parish has a population of about 1,800. Nearby places are Dishley, Long Whatton, and Zouch, over the border in Nottinghamshire. Residents of the village have, in recent years, campaigned to prevent the green "wedge" separating Loughborough, Shepshed and Hathern from being built on.[1] The village is home to the Swift Sock Factory, one of only a small number of independent sock manufacturers left in the UK.[2]

Hathern Signpost
  1. ^ "www.GPCPG.co.uk". www.garendon.org.uk. Archived from the original on 29 November 2018. Retrieved 31 May 2013.
  2. ^ "About us our history". J. Alex Swift.