Market Harborough is located in the rural a portion of in the south Leicestershire correct next to the Northamptonshire border, and is about Xv miles (Xxiv kilometer) south of Leicester. A town is touching a A14 main road and is likewise served per Midland Main Line railway. There exists as well the branch of the Grand Union Canal which terminates in the town. Nearby to a town come the illustrious Foxton Locks.

Market Harborough was founded in the 12th century as a market town to provide a market to boost the economy of the circumferent region. It when experienced the dress making industry, by using corsets being made in the town. A mill in which it were processed is behind a Old Grammar School in the photo - these are okay, utilized as a library. One of a town's virtually all notability features is an unusual grammar school dating from 1614 located in the town centre which stands on wooden stilts. A undersurface was it utilized to be that used as a butter market. A school was founded by Robert Smyth, world health organization fallowing allowing a town became Lord Mayor of London. A school that is descended from either that original currently caters for 13-18 month-olds & is known as a Robert Smyth School (once upon a period it was the King Edward VII Grammar School). A school badge is the arms of the City of London.