Great Glen (or Glenn) is a village and civil parish in the Harborough District, in Leicestershire, 2 miles south of Oadby. The population of the civil parish at the 2011 census was 3,662. Leicester city centre is about seven miles north west. Its name comes from the original Iron Age settlers who used the Celtic word glennos meaning valley, and comes from the fact that Great Glen lies in part of the valley of the River Sence. The 'great' part is to distinguish the village from Glen Parva. Features and amenities In 1751 a turnpike bridge was built over the River Sence as a part of the stagecoach route from Leicester to London. The pubs The Pug & Greyhound (The Old Greyhound) and The Crown were originally coaching inns built soon after the new road opened. This road later became the A6 road, and a bypass around the village was opened in 2003. The Midland Main Line runs to the south of the A6, and formerly had a station to serve the village at the closest point. Leicester Grammar School is constructed on the land of Mount Farm, Great Glen. There are two other schools in the village, the C of E St Cuthbert's primary school, which feeds to the local state schools in the neighbouring village of Kibworth and the town of Market Harborough. The independent school, The Stoneygate School, also has its site at Great Glen. Its pupils won Best Junior Choir at BBC Songs of Praise 2005 School Choirs Contest Only four of the village pubs remain open, to date: The Yews The Royal Oak Fox Pond The Pug & Greyhound (formerly The Greyhound). The village park, The Recreation Ground on Bindleys Lane is the home of two of the village's sports clubs: Glen Villa FC Great Glen Cricket Club. At the centre of the village on the Stretton Road/Oaks Road T-junction is Great Glen Methodist Church, a Grade II* listed building. Built in 1827 it houses many activities including Sunday morning and evening services, a Sparklers mums and toddlers group on Mondays, Fusion children's group on Sunday mornings and Confusion alternate Friday evenings for teenagers. View the church at Google Maps The village is serviced by a Post Office and a Co-op store. The K6 Red telephone box on the village green is a listed building. Footballer Trevor Benjamin used to live here, and Engelbert Humperdinck