Loughborough

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Loughborough

Total population

59,317

Coordinates52.77°, -1.21°

Demographic figures from UK Office for National Statistics. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

Overview

Loughborough is a market town in the Charnwood Borough of Leicestershire, England. The area has been represented since 2024, by Labour Party MP, Jeevun Sandher. Loughborough is the administrative centre of Charnwood Borough Council and according to the United Kingdom 2021 census, the town's built-up area had a population of 64,884.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Wildlife & biodiversity

Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).

Earthquake history

Events from the USGS Earthquake Catalog (global) (FDSN Event Web Service).

Notable people from here

Lady Jane Grey

Queen of England and Ireland in July 1553

Sally Barker

British musician

Augustus Charles Hobart-Hampden

British admiral (1822-1886)

Johnnie Johnson

British RAF flying ace in WWII (1915-2001)

William Lilly

English astrologer (1602–1681)

T

Thomas Pierrepoint

English executioner (1870–1954)

Hazel Byford, Baroness Byford

Farmer and parliamentarian (born 1941)

Henry Pierrepoint

British executioner (1874–1922)

J

John Webster

governor (1590-1661)

C

Churchill Babington

English scholar, archaeologist and naturalist (1821-1889)

B

Bernard Smith

English professional footballer (born 1908)

Bruce Woolley

English singer-songwriter

C

Candace Newmaker

American child abuse victim

C

Cyril "Squib" Burton

motorcycle speedway rider (1908-1990)

Franklin Gimson

British colonial administrator (1890-1975)

F

Frederick Randon, Jr.

English cricketer (1873-1949)

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in England

• Castle Donington
  7.3 mi away
• Long Eaton
  9.1 mi away
• Ashby de la Zouch
  11.2 mi away
• West Bridgford
  11.5 mi away
• Cotgrave
  11.9 mi away
• Carlton
  14.3 mi away
• Bulwell
  15.8 mi away
• Burton upon Trent
  17.8 mi away
• Langley Mill
  18 mi away
• Ripley
  20.9 mi away
• Oakham
  21.3 mi away
• Tamworth
  22.5 mi away

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Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Loughborough

Annual report and accounts

Loughborough and District General Hospital (Loughborough, England) · 1935

The Taylor Bell Foundry

People and computers VIII

HCI Conference (8th 1993 Loughborough, England) · 1993

The proceedings of the Programmed Learning Conference held at Loughborough, 1970

Programmed Learning Conference (1970 Loughborough, England) · 1970

BL/ABLISS Workshop

BL/ABLISS Workshop (1984 Loughborough, England) · 1985

Bells and Bellfounding

Michael Milsom · 2017

2007 Loughborough Antennas and Propagation Conference : 2-3 April 2007 : Burleigh Court Conference Centre, Loughborough University, UK

Loughborough Antennas & Propagation Conference (3rd 2007 Loughborough, England) · 2007

The proceedings of the Programmed Learning Conference held at Loughborough, 15-18 April 1966

Programmed Learning Conference (1966 Loughborough, England) · 1967

Search results from Open Library.

Recently spotted species

Western Roe Deer

Capreolus capreolus

Seen 2026-09-17

Red Fox

Vulpes vulpes

Seen 2026-09-16

Noble False Widow

Steatoda nobilis

Seen 2026-09-15

Common Darter

Sympetrum striolatum

Seen 2026-09-15

creeping thistle

Cirsium arvense

Seen 2026-09-14

Rosemary Beetle

Chrysolina americana

Seen 2026-09-14

Wasp Spider

Argiope bruennichi

Seen 2026-09-14

Seven-spotted Lady Beetle

Coccinella septempunctata

Seen 2026-09-14

Migrant Hawker

Aeshna mixta

Seen 2026-09-14

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).

Official Identifiers