Shepshed

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Shepshed
St Botolph's Church, Shepshed
Shepshed Location within Leicestershire
Population	14,875 (2021)
OS grid reference	SK475195
District	Charnwood
Shire county	Leicestershire
Region	East Midlands
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	LOUGHBOROUGH
Postcode district	LE12
Dialling code	01509
Police	Leicestershire
Fire	Leicestershire
Ambulance	East Midlands
UK Parliament	Loughborough
List of places UK England Leicestershire 52°46′16″N 1°17′42″W / 52.7711°N 1.2951°W / 52.7711; -1.2951

Shepshed (often known until 1888 as Sheepshed,^[1] also Sheepshead – a name derived from the village being heavily involved in the wool industry) is a market town and civil parish in the Charnwood Borough of Leicestershire, England with a population of 14,875 at the 2021 census.^[2] It is the second biggest settlement in the borough, after the town of Loughborough.