Buckminster
Sign in to saveBuckminster is a village and civil parish within the Melton district of Leicestershire, England, which includes the two villages of Buckminster and Sewstern. The total population of the civil parish was 335 at the 2021 census. It is on the B676 road, 10 miles east of Melton Mowbray and 4 miles west of the A1 at Colsterworth.
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Place details
- Locality
- Melton
- Region
- England
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Population
- 0
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Key facts
- UK place.country
- England
- UK place.official_name
- Buckminster
- UK place.static_image_name
- Buckminster, Leicestershire - geograph.org.uk - 38228.jpg
- UK place.static_image_width
- 240
- UK place.static_image_caption
- Church of St John the Baptist, Buckminster
- UK place.population
- 335
- UK place.population_ref
- (2021)
- UK place.civil_parish
- Buckminster
- UK place.shire_district
- Melton
- UK place.shire_county
- Leicestershire
- UK place.region
- East Midlands
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- Rutland and Melton
- UK place.post_town
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- civil parish
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Located in
- Melton
- Population
- +356
- Image
- Buckminster, Leicestershire - geograph.org.uk - 38228.jpg
via Wikidata · CC0
Article
8 sectionsContents
- Housing
- Buckminster Park
- History
- Church and mausoleum
- Facilities
- References
- Further reading
- External links
Buckminster is a village and civil parish within the Melton district of Leicestershire, England, which includes the two villages of Buckminster and Sewstern. The total population of the civil parish was 335 at the 2021 census. It is on the B676 road, 10 miles east of Melton Mowbray and 4 miles west of the A1 at Colsterworth.
The parish is located in the north-east of the county, on the border with Lincolnshire. Nearby places are Coston, Wymondham and Sproxton in Leicestershire, and Stainby over the border in Lincolnshire. Sewstern Lane, which forms the parish boundary and the county boundary with Lincolnshire is part of the modern Viking Way. The village is noted for its autumnal colours, with many trees in the grounds and on the perimeter of Buckminster Park, on the village green, behind the houses of The Crescent and along the edges of roads and fields.