Nanpantan is a suburb of Loughborough, in the Charnwood borough of Leicestershire, England.[1] It is located in the south-west of the town of Loughborough, but the village is slightly separated from the main built-up area of Loughborough. It is also the site of the Nanpantan Reservoir.

Nanpantan
Longcliffe Nursing Home
Nanpantan is located in Leicestershire
Nanpantan
Nanpantan
Location within Leicestershire
District
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Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townLOUGHBOROUGH
Postcode districtLE11
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52°45′5″N 1°15′10″W / 52.75139°N 1.25278°W / 52.75139; -1.25278

The derelict Charnwood Forest Canal alongside the entrance to Longcliffe Golf Club in Nanpantan.

The first edge rails used in a wagonway were on the Charnwood Forest Canal, in the section between Nanpantan and Loughborough.

Inside Nanpantan is a gastropub called The Priory. There is a small church here: Saint Mary in Charnwood, which was originally built as a mission room by the owner of Nanpantan Hall in 1888. After some years as a chapel of ease to the ecclesiastical parish of Emmanuel, Loughborough, Saint Mary in Charnwood became a parish in its own right, on 1 January 2015.[2]

Nanpantan became a civil parish in 1894, being formed from the rural part of Loughborough, on 1 April 1936 it was abolished and merged with Loughborough.[3] In 1931 the parish had a population of 680.[4]

References edit

  1. ^ Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 129 Nottingham & Loughborough (Melton Mowbray) (Map). Ordnance Survey. 2014. ISBN 9780319231623.
  2. ^ "A Brief History | St. Mary in Charnwood".
  3. ^ "Loughborough Registration District". UKBMD. Retrieved 3 January 2023.
  4. ^ "Population statistics Nanpanton CP through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 3 January 2023.

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