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| Shepshed | |
|---|---|
 St Botolph's Church, Shepshed | |
  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.
- ^ NTLworld.com Archived 12 December 2006 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Civil Parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 20 June 2016.