Editing Groby (section)

{{Short description|Village in Leicestershire, England}}
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{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2015}}
{{Use British English|date=July 2015}}
{{Infobox UK place
| country = England
| official_name = Groby
| coordinates = {{coord|52.65824|-1.23267|display=inline,title}}
| civil_parish = Groby
| population = 6,796
| shire_district = [[Hinckley and Bosworth]]
| shire_county = [[Leicestershire]]
| region = East Midlands
| constituency_westminster = [[Mid Leicestershire (UK Parliament constituency)|Mid Leicestershire]]
| post_town = LEICESTER
| postcode_district = LE6
| postcode_area = LE
| dial_code = 0116
| os_grid_reference = SK5207
| static_image_name = Grobyvillagestamfordarms.jpg
| static_image_caption = The village centre in 2005
}}

'''Groby''' (pronounced "GROO-bee" {{audio|En-groby.ogg|listen}}) is a village in the [[Hinckley and Bosworth]] borough [[Leicestershire]], England. It is to the north west of [[Leicester]]. The population at the time of the 2011 census was 6,796.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ukcensusdata.com/groby-e05005486#sthash.4Vd94LhS.dpbs|title=UK Census Data:Groby|access-date=17 July 2014|archive-date=26 July 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140726073625/http://www.ukcensusdata.com/groby-e05005486#sthash.4Vd94LhS.dpbs|url-status=live}}</ref>

The village saw a huge expansion during the 1970s along with the village of [[Glenfield, Leicestershire|Glenfield]]. The historic village centre retains some of its historic buildings, [[Cobblestone|cobbled]] lanes and [[thatch]]ed cottages. The church of St Philip and St James,<ref>{{cite web|title=St Philip and St James, Groby|url=http://stphilipandstjames.wixsite.com/grobychurch|access-date=13 March 2017|archive-date=14 March 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170314063158/http://stphilipandstjames.wixsite.com/grobychurch|url-status=live}}</ref> built in the lancet style by [[George Grey, 6th Earl of Stamford|George Harry Booth-Grey]], the sixth [[Earl of Stamford]], dates from 1840 and stands in the grounds of [[Groby Castle]].<ref name="Pevsner">{{cite book|last=Pevsner|first=Nikolaus |year=1960|series=The Buildings of England|title=Leicestershire and Rutland|publisher=Penguin Books|page=115}}</ref> The architect was [[William Railton]].<ref>{{NHLE |num=1115789 |accessdate=27 December 2011}}</ref> Additionally the village was also home to the former [[Groby Old Hall]], the stone-built parts of which are thought to have been part of the castle's outer buildings.<ref name="Pevsner"/>