What is Quorn, Leicestershire?
{{one source|date=April 2024}} {{Infobox UK place | official_name = Quorn | country = England | region = East Midlands | static_image_name = File:Quorn_Village_Centre_-_geograph.org.uk_-_516906.jpg | static_image_caption = Quorn Village Centre | population = 5,177 | population_ref = {{small|(2011 census)}} | population_demonym = | os_grid_reference = SK561164 | map_alt = Map of Leicestershire, with a red dot showing the location of Quorn | coordinates = {{coord|52.7427|-1.1699|display=inline,title}} | label_position = bottom | post_town = LOUGHBOROUGH | postcode_area = LE | postcode_district = LE12 | dial_code = 01509 | civil_parish = Quorndon | constituency_westminster = [[Loughborough (UK Parliament constituency)|Loughborough]] | london_distance = | unitary_england = [[Borough of Charnwood|Charnwood]] | lieutenancy_england = [[Leicestershire]] }} '''Quorn''' is a village in [[Leicestershire]], a county in the [[East Midlands]] region of [[England]]. It is situated near to the university town of [[Loughborough]]. The village's population in 2011 was 5,177. The village was named '''Quorndon''' until 1899.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2023-05-05|title=Quorn|url=https://www.visitleicester.info/see-and-do/quorn-p823891|website=visitleicester |language=en-US}}</ref> The name was shortened to Quorn to avoid confusion in posting as the name was similar to the village of [[Quarndon]] in nearby [[Derbyshire]]. Quorn is built around the old [[A6 road (England)|A6]] road, it runs through the centre of the village. On 28 October [[1991]], a [[dual carriageway]] bypass opened. The building of this road took the A6 away to the north-east of the village. [[Quorn]], the famous meat substitute company, takes its name from the village. It began production in 1985. The village has a heritage railway station, [[Quorn and Woodhouse railway station|Quorn and Woodhouse]], on the [[Great Central Railway (heritage railway)|Great Central Steam Railway]], a preserved railway that runs between [[Loughborough]] and [[Leicester]]. The station al