Ellistown

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Midland Road (2015)
Ellistown Location within Leicestershire
Population	2,106 (parish, 2001 census)[1]
OS grid reference	SK4211
Civil parish	Ellistown and Battleflat
District	North West Leicestershire
Shire county	Leicestershire
Region	East Midlands
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Coalville
Postcode district	LE67
Dialling code	01530
Police	Leicestershire
Fire	Leicestershire
Ambulance	East Midlands
UK Parliament	North West Leicestershire
Website	Ellistown & Battleflat Parish Council
List of places UK England Leicestershire 52°41′56″N 1°22′01″W / 52.699°N 1.367°W / 52.699; -1.367

Ellistown is a village about 2 miles (3 km) south of Coalville in the North West Leicestershire district of Leicestershire, England. It is named after Colonel Joseph Joel Ellis who died in 1885. The village is in the civil parish of Ellistown and Battleflat.

The village has a community primary school,^[2] two village shops and a hairdressing salon. A working men's club, Ellistown F.C. football club and five play parks. Ellistown is just within the eastern boundary of the National Forest.