Burton on the Wolds is a village situated on the B676 road 3 miles (4.8 km) west of the A46 in Leicestershire and has a population of around 800. The Parish Council of Burton on the Wolds, Cotes and Prestwold serves the village and its two neighbouring hamlets. The local borough council is Charnwood.
Burton has its own primary school, pub and shop (in the garage), with most of the village life centreing at the pub, The Greyhound, and village hall, and the village is famous for its Lion's Head fountain.
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“All my joys to this are folly,
Naught so sweet as melancholy.”
—Robert Burton (1577–1640)