Long Whatton and Diseworth
Long Whatton
Long Whatton and Diseworth Location within Leicestershire
Civil parish	Long Whatton and Diseworth
District	North West Leicestershire
Shire county	Leicestershire
Region	East Midlands
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
List of places UK England Leicestershire 52°48′40″N 1°18′36″W / 52.811°N 1.310°W / 52.811; -1.310

Long Whatton and Diseworth, formerly just Long Whatton is a civil parish in the North West Leicestershire district of Leicestershire, England. The parish includes the villages of Long Whatton and Diseworth. The population of the parish at the 2011 census was 1,760.^[1]

The Donington Park motorway service area, a large part of East Midlands Airport, and a smaller part of the East Midlands Gateway freight terminal all lie in the northern part of the civil parish.^[2]

History

On 1 April 1936 the parish of Diseworth was merged with Long Whatton, parts of Hathern and Shepshed was also merged,^[3] on 4 August 1999 the parish was renamed "Long Whatton & Diseworth".^[4]