Long Whatton

Long Whatton
Looking along West End in Long Whatton
Looking along West End in Long Whatton
Long Whatton is located in Leicestershire
Long Whatton
Long Whatton
Location within Leicestershire
Population1,156 (2021)[citation needed]
OS grid referenceSK478235
Civil parish
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townLOUGHBOROUGH
Postcode districtLE12
Dialling code01509
PoliceLeicestershire
FireLeicestershire
AmbulanceEast Midlands
UK Parliament
List of places
UK
England
Leicestershire
52°48′21″N 1°17′15″W / 52.8057°N 1.2875°W / 52.8057; -1.2875

Long Whatton is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Long Whatton and Diseworth, in the North West Leicestershire district, in the English county of Leicestershire. It is south of East Midlands Airport, off Junctions 23 and 23A of the M1 motorway, and has easy access to Loughborough via the A6 and to Shepshed, Ashby-de-la-Zouch and Kegworth.