Buckminster

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See also: Buckminster Fuller

Buckminster is a village and civil parish in the Melton district of Leicestershire, England. It is on the B676, between Melton Mowbray and the A1.

Many properties in the local area and Grantham are owned by the Buckminster Estates, who are linked with the Tollemache family who live in Buckminster Park: the former home of the Earl of Dysart. They have connections with Helmingham Hall in Suffolk. The village pub is called the Tollemache Arms.

The parish is located in the north-east of the county, on the border with Lincolnshire, and also includes the hamlet of Sewstern. Nearby places are Coston, Wymondham and Sproxton in Leicestershire, and Stainby over the border in Lincolnshire. Quite close by is the Viking Way, which follows the boundary with Lincolnshire.

Buckminster Gliding Club based at nearby Saltby Airfield is named after the village.