Great Easton, Leicestershire

Great Easton is a village and civil parish in the Harborough District of Leicestershire, England. The parish had a population of 558 according to the 2001 census. The village sits in the Welland Valley in the rolling south Leicestershire countryside.

It is located in the extreme south-east of the county and is very close to the borders with Northamptonshire and Rutland. It is just south of the Eyebrook Reservoir. Nearby places are Bringhurst and Drayton in Leicestershire, Caldecott in Rutland, and Rockingham and Cottingham in Northamptonshire. The nearest town is Corby in Northamptonshire.

The village has public transport services to Corby town centre, Oakham and Uppingham,Market Harborough town centre and St Margaret's Bus Station in Leicester.

The village also formerly had a cricket team, but after the playing field was destroyed they relocated to Rockingham Castle and now go by the name of Old Eastonians.

Newspapers available in Great Easton are the Harborough Mail and the Northamptonshire Evening Telegraph. Radio stations that can be picked up in the village are Connect 97.2 & 107.4, Harborough FM, BBC Radio Northampton and BBC Radio Leicester.

Great Easton is also home to the Opera Minima, which is an opera/theatre group registered as a charitable trust and based at the Old Corset Factory in the village and is sponsored by Leicestershire County Council, Harborough District Council, Creative LeicesterShire and the Welland Sub-Regional Strategic Partnership.

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