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Shepshed | |
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![]() St Botolph's Church, Shepshed | |
Location within Leicestershire | |
Population | 14,875 (2021) |
OS grid reference | SK475195 |
District | |
Shire county | |
Region | |
Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | LOUGHBOROUGH |
Postcode district | LE12 |
Dialling code | 01509 |
Police | Leicestershire |
Fire | Leicestershire |
Ambulance | East Midlands |
UK Parliament | |
Shepshed (often known until 1888 as Sheepshed,[1] also Sheepshead – a name derived from the village being heavily involved in the wool industry) is a market town and civil parish in the Charnwood Borough of Leicestershire, England with a population of 14,875 at the 2021 census.[2] It is the second biggest settlement in the borough, after the town of Loughborough.