Swithland

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Swithland
Main Street, Swithland
Swithland Location within Leicestershire
Population	230 (2004 population estimate)[1]
OS grid reference	SK549131
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	Charnwood
List of places UK England Leicestershire 52°42′48″N 1°11′17″W / 52.713228°N 1.188036°W / 52.713228; -1.188036

Swithland is a linear village in the Charnwood borough of Leicestershire, England. The civil parish population was put at 230 in 2004 and 217 in the 2011 census.^[2] It is in the old Charnwood Forest, between Cropston, Woodhouse and Woodhouse Eaves. It has a village hall, a parish church and a public house, the Griffin Inn. The village is known for the slate that was quarried in the area.