Muston, Leicestershire
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 Muston village |
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| Muston shown within Leicestershire | |
| Population | 339 (2011 Census) |
| OS grid reference | Latitude : 54.2167. Longitude : -0.3167 |
| • London | 116 miles (187 km) |
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| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Nottingham |
| Postcode district | NG13 |
| Police | Leicestershire |
| Fire | Leicestershire |
| Ambulance | East Midlands |
| EU Parliament | East Midlands |
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Muston (pronounced Musson) is a village in north Leicestershire, 18.6 miles east of Nottingham, 12.5 miles north of Melton Mowbray and five miles west of Grantham on the A52. The population of the civil parish at the 2011 census was 339. It lies on the Leicestershire/Lincolnshire county border, two miles east of Bottesford, of which it forms part of the civil parish. The River Devon (pronounced Deevon) flows through the village.
The parish church is dedicated to St John the Baptist. It is in the Belvoir Group of parishes, based in Bottesford, and under the Diocese of Leicester.
Muston Meadows is a nearby 41-hectare grassland nature reserve featuring 33 types of grass and over 100 other species of flowering plant. The reserve is notable for its colony of over 10,000 Green-winged Orchids. The 14th century cross on the village green is a Grade II* listed structure. The Viking Way, a long-distance footpath between Humberside and Rutland, passes half a mile to the east of the village.
The village lies on the Bingham–Bottesford–Grantham bus route, which runs about once an hour in the daytime on weekdays. The local pub, the Muston Gap, occupies a Grade II listed building dating back to the 18th century. It stands on the A52, 110 yards (100 metres) from the Nottingham–Grantham railway line, where the nearest station is Bottesford 1.8 miles away (3 km). Muston also has a café (the Old Forge Tea Rooms), bed and breakfast facilities (Glebe House, a Grade II listed building, and Chantry Cottage), a children's play area, and a village hall (Old School Muston).
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