Country: | England |
Official Name: | Illston on the Hill |
Static Image: | Illston on the Hill.jpg |
Static Image Width: | 240px |
Static Image Caption: | Main Street, Illston |
Map Type: | Leicestershire |
Coordinates: | 52.5863°N -0.9582°W |
Os Grid Reference: | SP706992 |
Population: | 179 |
Population Ref: | (2011) |
Shire District: | Harborough |
Shire County: | Leicestershire |
Region: | East Midlands |
Constituency Westminster: | Rutland and Melton |
Post Town: | LEICESTER |
Postcode Area: | LE |
Postcode District: | LE7 |
Illston on the Hill is a small village and parish seven miles north of Market Harborough in the county of Leicestershire. The population of the civil parish at the 2011 census (including Carlton Curlieu) was 179.[1] The old part of Illston is a rare "dead end" village: literally, at the end of the road which leads to it Illston also has a village hall available for rent. In the summer it hosts events including a Village Fete and 'Onion Sunday'.