Cropston

{{Short description|Village in Leicestershire, England}}

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{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2015}}

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{{Infobox UK place

| static_image_name = Cropston Crossroads 2005-10-25 005b.jpg

| static_image_width = 240

| static_image_caption = Cropston

| country = England

| coordinates = {{coord|52.69|-1.18|display=inline,title}}

| official_name = Cropston

| civil_parish = Thurcaston and Cropston

| shire_district = Charnwood

| shire_county = Leicestershire

| region = East Midlands

| post_town = Leicester

| postcode_district = LE7

| postcode_area = LE

| dial_code = 0116

| constituency_westminster = Charnwood

}}

Cropston is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Thurcaston and Cropston,{{Cite web |url=http://thurcastonandcropston.leicestershireparishcouncils.org/ |title=Thurcaston & Cropston Parish Council - Home Page |access-date=21 October 2007 |archive-date=30 April 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120430153943/http://thurcastonandcropston.leicestershireparishcouncils.org/ |url-status=dead }} part of the Borough of Charnwood in Leicestershire, England. It is on the edge of Charnwood Forest, and lies close to Bradgate Park. In 1931 the parish had a population of 404.{{cite web|url=https://visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10374625/cube/TOT_POP|title=Population statistics Cropston Tn/CP through time|publisher=A Vision of Britain through Time|accessdate=26 December 2022}}

The village itself is small, with the older properties close to the crossroads of Reservoir and Station Roads. Near the crossroads there are two pubs, The Bradgate Arms and The Badger's Sett (formerly The Reservoir Inn), and a garage. There are a number of cottages dating back to the 16th century. Cropston Reservoir lies between the village and Bradgate Park. The Victorian pumping station next to the reservoir has now been replaced with a more modern facility.

Cropston Cricket Club hold regular fixtures at their Waterfield Road cricket field.{{cite web |url=http://cropston.play-cricket.com/home/home.asp |title=Cropston CC - Play-Cricket - |accessdate=2011-09-10 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://archive.today/20120708052958/http://cropston.play-cricket.com/home/home.asp |archivedate=8 July 2012 |df=dmy-all }}

The Rothley Brook flows between Cropston and Thurcaston, and other nearby villages include Rothley, Anstey, Swithland and Newtown Linford.