Wilbarston

Wilbarston
Wilbarston
Wilbarston shown within Northamptonshire
Population	753 (2011)
OS grid reference	SP8188
District	Kettering
Shire county	Northamptonshire
Region	East Midlands
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Market Harborough
Postcode district	LE16
Dialling code	01536

Police	Northamptonshire
Fire	Northamptonshire
Ambulance	East Midlands

EU Parliament	East Midlands
UK Parliament	Kettering
List of places UK England Northamptonshire 52°29′18″N 0°48′04″W / 52.4884°N 0.8012°W / 52.4884; -0.8012Coordinates: 52°29′18″N 0°48′04″W / 52.4884°N 0.8012°W / 52.4884; -0.8012

Wilbarston is a village and civil parish in the English county of Northamptonshire in the Welland valley. It is administered as part of the borough of Kettering and is five miles east of the Leicestershire town of Market Harborough, via the A427. At the time of the 2001 census, the parish's population was 767 people, including Pipewell but reducing slightly to 753 at the 2011 Census.

It has no secondary schools, but one primary school - Wilbarston C of E Primary School - that dates back to 1845. It was built with the intention of serving seven villages: Wilbarston, Stoke Albany, Dingley, Weston by Welland, Sutton Bassett, Ashley and Brampton Ash.