Sheepy

Sheepy
Sheepy Magna
Sheepy is located in Leicestershire
Sheepy
Sheepy
Location within Leicestershire
Population1,174 (2011)
OS grid referenceSK3201
Civil parish
  • Sheepy
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townATHERSTONE
Postcode districtCV9
Dialling code01827
PoliceLeicestershire
FireLeicestershire
AmbulanceEast Midlands
UK Parliament
List of places
UK
England
Leicestershire
52°36′36″N 1°31′16″W / 52.610°N 1.521°W / 52.610; -1.521

Sheepy is a civil parish in the Borough of Hinckley and Bosworth in Leicestershire, England.[1] It contains the villages of Sheepy Magna, Sheepy Parva, Sibson, Wellsborough, Upton, Pinwall and Cross Hands—collectively 449 homes.[2] At the 2001 census, the parish had a population of 1,192,[3] including Orton on the Hill but falling slightly to 1,174 at the 2011 census.[4]

  1. ^ OS Explorer Map 232 : Nuneaton & Tamworth: (1:25 000) :ISBN 0 319 46404 0
  2. ^ "Sheepy Parish Council". Sheepy Parish Council. Retrieved 8 July 2012.
  3. ^ "Census 2001: Parish Headcounts: Hinckley and Bosworth". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 8 July 2012.
  4. ^ "Civil Parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 19 June 2016.