Parish in Harborough, Leicestershire, England
| Coordinates: | 52.567, -0.839 |
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| OS grid ref: | SP 78 97 |
| Population: | 594 |
The village and civil parish of Hallaton sits in the district of Harborough in Leicestershire, England, set among rolling farmland and limestone hills on the edge of the Welland valley. It’s a compact rural community a short drive from the market town of Market Harborough, with lanes, hedgerows and a mix of arable and livestock farming shaping the local landscape.
Hallaton punches above its weight culturally and historically: nearby excavations produced the “Hallaton Treasure” - thousands of Iron Age and Roman coins and an Iron Age helmet - and the village is famous for its colourful Easter Monday customs, notably a traditional bottle‑kicking and hare‑pie scramble. Social life still revolves around the parish church, the village pub and local events, with small-scale agriculture and rural tourism underpinning the local economy.
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