South Croxton is a conservation village in the heart of the countryside to the east north east of Leicester. It lies on a hill below the 14^th.century church and has 90 houses, a pub, and a Village Hall, formerly the school. Its history goes back before Domesday, and even before the coming of the Vikings. So it has its origins at least in the eighth century. Nobody important or rich ever lived here, so records, other than ecclesiastical, are very few. It has always been a solid farming community up to the 1960s. Now it is a commuter dormitory village, and the price of the houses reflects this.

In 2000AD a grant was obtained to clean up the brook at the bridge, and provide seating, as well as at the top of the hill, making it a delightful spot for walkers and cyclists to stop and sit. To celebrate the Queen's Golden Jubilee a mini obelisk was erected half way up the hill, constsing of a sereis of tiles produced by children of the village under the guidance of two artists.

Each year a Working Weekend is held in fields close to the village - see http://www.oldengine.org/members/dolly/croxton/croxton.htm

The village continues much as it has for1,200 years, quietly being one of the most delightful places to see and to live in, in the County.