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Barrowden

Barrowden
The Duck Pond, Barrowden
The Duck Pond, Barrowden
Barrowden is located in Rutland
Barrowden
Barrowden
Barrowden shown within Rutland
Area 3.24 sq mi (8.4 km2
Population 420 2001 Census
• Density 130/sq mi (50/km2)
OS grid reference SK946000
• London 78 miles (126 km) SSE
Unitary authority
Shire county
Ceremonial county
Region
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town OAKHAM
Postcode district LE15
Dialling code 01572
Police Leicestershire
Fire Leicestershire
Ambulance East Midlands
EU Parliament East Midlands
UK Parliament
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RutlandCoordinates: 52°35′24″N 0°36′14″W / 52.590°N 0.604°W / 52.590; -0.604

Barrowden is a village and civil parish in the county of Rutland in the East Midlands of England.

The population of the civil parish was 420 at the 2001 census rising to 506 at the 2011 census.

There is a church, a village hall, a doctor’s surgery and pharmacy, a community shop, a mobile library, a recreational field with cricket club and a pub, The Exeter Arms. Barrowden and Wakerley Community Shop opened in 2009 after the post office closed. It is run by volunteers alongside a paid manager.

It is part of Ketton ward on Rutland County Council.

Both the Rutland Round and Jurassic Way long-distance paths pass through the village.

The village was served by Wakerley and Barrowden railway station from 1873 to 1966. The station was across the Welland in the neighbouring parish of Wakerley.


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