Stonebow Village is a

civil parish In England, a civil parish is a type of administrative parish used for local government. It is a territorial designation which is the lowest tier of local government. Civil parishes can trace their origin to the ancient system of parishes, w ...

Borough of Charnwood Charnwood is a local government district with borough status in the north of Leicestershire, England. It is named after Charnwood Forest, much of which lies within the borough. Towns in the borough include Loughborough (where the council is ...

Leicestershire Leicestershire ( ) is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in the East Midlands of England. It is bordered by Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire and Lincolnshire to the north, Rutland to the east, Northamptonshire to the south-east, Warw ...

, England. ''Shows ward and parish boundaries'' In 2021 the parish had a population of 9.Area E04012892 (Stonebow Village) in Table PP002 - Sex, from The parish was created on 1 April 2019, from parts of the parishes of

Shepshed Shepshed (often known until 1888 as ''Sheepshed'', 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 ...

and

Hathern Hathern is a village and civil parish in the Charnwood district of Leicestershire, England. The village itself is located in the north of the district, and is just north of Loughborough. It is served by the A6. The parish has a population o ...

and part of the unparished area of

Loughborough Loughborough ( ) is a market town in the Charnwood (borough), Charnwood Borough of Leicestershire, England; it is the administrative centre of Charnwood Borough Council. At the United Kingdom 2021 census, the town's built-up area had a popula ...

. It is bordered to the west by the parish of Shepshed (the

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forming the boundary), to the north by Hathern, and to the east and south by Loughborough. The Garendon Park Development, also known as the West of Loughborough Sustainable Urban Extension, is a proposed development of 3,200 houses, with associated shopping facilities, schools, sporting facilities and employment areas, in the parish. It received outline planning permission in July 2018, and is being marketed by its developers under the name Garendon Country Park. there are 13

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(the Triumphal Arch at grade I, the Temple of Venus at grade II* and 11 at grade I), one listed park and garden (Garendon at grade II), and one

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(the remains of the

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Garendon Abbey Garendon Abbey was a Cistercian abbey located between Shepshed and Loughborough, in Leicestershire, United Kingdom. History Garendon was founded by Robert de Beaumont, 2nd Earl of Leicester, in 1133, and was probably a daughter house of Waverle ...

) in the parish. All are within Garendon Park, the grounds of the former

Garendon Hall Garendon Hall was a country home near Shepshed, Leicestershire, England. It was demolished in 1964. History The site of Garendon Hall was formerly occupied by a Cistercian abbey, known as Garendon Abbey. The abbey was founded in 1133 and dissolv ...

. The highest point in the parish is Bellevue Hill at , in the north, which has been described as "offer ngstunning panoramic views of the surrounding countryside". Stonebow Primary School, despite its name, is not in the parish of Stonebow Village but is in an adjacent unparished area of Loughborough.

References

External links

Map of Stonebow Village parish
on mapit.com * {{authority control Civil parishes in Leicestershire 2019 establishments in England Borough of Charnwood