Scraptoft is a village in Leicestershire, England. It has a population of about 1,500, measured at the 2011 census as 1,804. It lies north of the A47 road east of Leicester, and runs directly into the built up area of Thurnby and Bushby to the south. For local government the village forms part of the district of Harborough, and constitutes a civil parish.
Church of All Saints, Scraptoft
Scraptoft Hall
The A47 is a major trunk road in England linking Birmingham to Lowestoft, Suffolk, maintained and operated by National Highways. Most of the section between Birmingham and Nuneaton is now classified as the B4114. From Peterborough eastwards, it is a trunk road.
Sentinel by Tim Tolkien near the wartime Spitfire factory at Castle Bromwich
The A47 in Normandy Way, Hinckley
Humberstone Gate in Leicester (ex-A47)
Uppingham Road shops