Stathern

Stathern
Stathern
	Leicestershire
Ambulance	East Midlands
UK Parliament	Rutland and Melton;
	List of places UK England Leicestershire 52°52′20.2″N 0°51′15.3″W / 52.872278°N 0.854250°W

Stathern is an English village and

Melton district of Leicestershire. It lies in the Vale of Belvoir about 10 miles (16 km) north of Melton Mowbray

. Its church has an unusual dedication and its school a long history. Its pub doubles as a post office.

Population

In the

2001 census the parish had 288 dwellings,^[1] and a population of 672.^[2] The population had increased to 728 at the time of the 2011 census,^[3] and was estimated at 751 in 2019.^[4]

Amenities

The village has an Anglican church, St Guthlac's, listed Grade II*. Parts of it date from the 13th and 17th centuries. It was restored in 1867–1868 under R. W. Johnson.[5] Guthlac of Crowland was a Lincolnshire hermit-saint of the 7th–8th century. The church has a ring of five bells. It normally holds a family service on the first Sunday in the month.^[6]

The village primary school in Water Lane dates back at least to 1868 and in some form to 1845.^[7] It has about 100 pupils.^[8]

The public house, The Plough Inn, also acts as a restaurant and provides thrice-weekly post office services.^[9] There coffee shop, village store^[10] and bed-and-breakfast accommodation available in the village.^[11]

Stathern is served by hourly weekday, daytime buses between Melton Mowbray and Bottesford or Bingham.^[12] The nearest railway station is at Bottesford (8 miles/12.9 km), with services to and beyond Nottingham and Grantham or Skegness.