Peckleton

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

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

{{Use British English|date=July 2015}}

{{infobox UK place

| country = England

| coordinates = {{coord|52.606|-1.306|display=inline,title}}

| official_name = Peckleton

|static_image=St Mary Magdalene Church in Peckleton - geograph.org.uk - 703262.jpg

|static_image_caption=St Mary Magdalene's Church

| population = 1,067

| population_ref = (2011)

| civil_parish = Kirkby Mallory, Peckleton and Stapleton

| shire_district = Hinckley and Bosworth

| shire_county = Leicestershire

| region = East Midlands

| post_town = Leicester

| postcode_district = LE9

| postcode_area = LE

| os_grid_reference = SK4701

| constituency_westminster = Hinckley and Bosworth }}

Peckleton is a small village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Kirkby Mallory, Peckleton and Stapleton, in the Hinckley and Bosworth district of Leicestershire, England. The villages of Kirkby Mallory and Stapleton also form part of the parish. Thus, according to the 2001 census, the parish had a population of 1,077,[http://www.leics.gov.uk/peckleton.pdf Census 2001 Parish Profile]. Leicestershire County Council. falling slightly to 1,067 at the 2011 census.{{cite web|url=http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=11127447&c=peckleton+cp&d=16&e=62&g=6445059&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1465986620260&enc=1|title=Civil Parish population 2011|accessdate=15 June 2016|publisher=Office for National Statistics|work=Neighbourhood Statistics}} Due east of the village is Peckleton Common, adjacent to The Glebe Fisheries, an angling centre of excellence completed in 1996. The local church, St Mary Magdalene, is located just south of the village centre.

Notable residents of Peckleton include George Vincent (MP), heir (through his mother) to the Moton family which held the manor of Peckleton for centuries; and descendants of Charles Henry Bennett, illustrator to Charles Darwin and Lewis Carroll.

{{Geographic Location

|Centre = Peckleton

|North = Desford

|Northeast = Leicester Forest East

|East = Leicester Forest West

|Southeast = Thurlaston

|South = Earl Shilton

|Southwest = Barwell

|West = Kirkby Mallory

|Northwest = Newbold Verdon

}}