Nanpantan

Nanpantan is a historic village,^[6] ward and suburb of Loughborough, in the Charnwood borough of Leicestershire, England.^[7] It is located in the south-west of the town of Loughborough. It is home to Nanpantan Reservoir.

Nanpantan[1]
Clockwise from top: The Priory, St. Mary-in-Charnwood Church & Nanpantan Reservoir
Nanpantan[4] Location within Leicestershire
Population	5,250 (2021 Census Ward Profile)[5]
• London	113 mi (182 km) S
Civil parish	Unparished
District	Charnwood
Shire county	Leicestershire
Region	East Midlands
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	LOUGHBOROUGH
Postcode district	LE11
Dialling code	01509
Police	Leicestershire
Fire	Leicestershire
Ambulance	East Midlands
UK Parliament	Loughborough
List of places UK England Leicestershire 52.751219°N 1.251952°W / 52.751219; -1.251952

History

The first edge rails used in a wagonway were on the Charnwood Forest Canal, in the section between Nanpantan and Loughborough. Inside Nanpantan is a gastropub called The Priory. There is a small church here: Saint Mary in Charnwood, originally built as a mission room by the owner of Nanpantan Hall in 1888. After some years as a chapel of ease to the ecclesiastical parish of Emmanuel, Loughborough, Saint Mary in Charnwood became a parish in its own right, on 1 January 2015.^[8]

Parish

Nanpantan became a civil parish in 1894, being formed from the rural part of Loughborough, on 1 April 1936 it was abolished and merged with Loughborough.^[9] In 1931 the parish had a population of 680.^[10] The parish was later abolished and the village became part of the unparished area of Loughborough.

Geography

The ward covers the southwestern part of Loughborough and is mostly rural.

Demographics

At the 2021 census, the ward profile population was 5,250. Of the findings, the ethnicity and religious composition of the ward was:

Loughborough Nanpantan: Ethnicity: 2021 Census
Ethnic group	Population	%
White	3,852	73.4%
Asian or Asian British	886	16.9%
Mixed	221	4.2%
Black or Black British	171	3.3%
Other Ethnic Group	94	1.8%
Arab	27	0.5%
Total	5,250	100%

The religious composition of the ward at the 2021 Census was recorded as:

Loughborough Nanpantan: Religion: 2021 Census
Religious	Population	%
Christian	2,041	43.5%
Irreligious	1,972	42%
Hindu	359	7.6%
Muslim	219	4.7%
Sikh	41	0.9%
Buddhist	38	0.8%
Other religion	20	0.4%
Jewish	5	0.1%
Total	5,250	100%