Burton on the Wolds
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Burton on the Wolds is a village situated on the B676 road 3 miles (4.8 km) west of the A46
A46 road
The A46 is an A road in England. It starts east of Bath, Somerset and ends in Cleethorpes, North East Lincolnshire, but it does not form a continuous route. Large portions of the old road have been lost, bypassed, or replaced by motorway development...
in Leicestershire
Leicestershire
Leicestershire is a landlocked county in the English Midlands. It takes its name from the heavily populated City of Leicester, traditionally its administrative centre, although the City of Leicester unitary authority is today administered separately from the rest of Leicestershire...
and has a population of around 800. The Parish Council of Burton on the Wolds, Cotes
Cotes, Leicestershire
Cotes is a hamlet and very small civil parish near the town of Loughborough in Leicestershire, England, with a population of about 50.It lies on the River Soar, and Cotes Bridge provides the main bridging point in that area. The A60 Trunk Road goes over Cotes Bridge on its way out of Loughborough...
and Prestwold
Prestwold
thumb|right|Prestwold HallPrestwold is a hamlet and civil parish in the Charnwood district of Leicestershire, England. The parish has a population of around 60. Nearby places are Hoton, just to the north, and Burton on the Wolds, to the south-east....
serves the village and its two neighbouring hamlets. The local borough council is Charnwood
Charnwood (borough)
Charnwood is a borough of northern Leicestershire, England. It is named after Charnwood Forest, which it contains. Loughborough is the largest town in the district and serves as the borough's administrative and commercial centre.-History:...
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Burton has its own primary school, pub and shop (in the garage), with most of the village life centreing at the pub, The Greyhound, and village hall, and the village is famous for its Lion's Head fountain
Fountain
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Sport
The village has two football teams that play in the North Leicestershire League division one, and the Charnwood Sunday League division one. The Sunday side made it into the William Davis Semi-final in 2009. Home games are played at Towels Fields.Burton also has a long-established cricket club who in 2010 merged with one of the County's largest and most successful clubs, Barrow Town. Now named Barrow and Burton Cricket Club (www.barrowburtoncc.co.uk), the club has 4 teams represented in the Everards Leicestershire County Cricket League and also the Leicestershire Senior Cricket League.