Great Glen, Leicestershire

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Great Glen Great Glenn or Glenn Magna
Great Glen village green and Old Greyhound coaching inn
Great Glen Location within Leicestershire
Population	3,662 (2011)
OS grid reference	SP655975
Civil parish	Great Glen
District	Harborough
Shire county	Leicestershire
Region	East Midlands
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Leicester
Postcode district	LE8
Dialling code	0116
Police	Leicestershire
Fire	Leicestershire
Ambulance	East Midlands
UK Parliament	Harborough
List of places UK England Leicestershire 52°34′17″N 1°02′06″W / 52.57139°N 1.03499°W / 52.57139; -1.03499

Great Glen (historically known as Great Glenn or Glenn Magna) is a village and civil parish in the Harborough district, in Leicestershire. It is 2 miles south of Oadby and about seven miles south east of Leicester old town. The population of the civil parish at the 2011 census was 3,662.^[1] Its name comes from the original Iron Age settlers who used the Celtic word glennos meaning valley, and comes from the fact that Great Glen lies in part of the valley of the River Sence. The 'great' part is to distinguish the village from Glen Parva.