Muston, Leicestershire

Muston (pronounced Musson) is a small village in north Leicestershire, fifteen miles east of Nottingham, 12.5 miles north of Melton Mowbray and five miles west of Grantham on the A52.

It lies on the Leicestershire/Lincolnshire county border, at the start of the Bottesford. The Viking Way lies a half-mile to the east in the direction of Sedgebrook. The River Devon flows through the village. The Muston Gap pub lies on the A52, a hundred metres from the Nottingham to Grantham Line. The parish church is dedicated to St John the Baptist in the Belvoir Group of churches, based in Bottesford. Muston Meadows is a nearby nature reserve with Green-winged Orchids. It has a café, "The Old Forge Tea Rooms", which serves a variety of cakes and treats as well as local fruit juices.