The village's name means 'eastern farm/settlement'. The village sits in the Welland Valley in the rolling south Leicestershire countryside. It is located in the extreme south-east of the county and is very close to the borders with
Northamptonshire and
Rutland; it is just south of the
Eyebrook Reservoir. Nearby places are
Bringhurst and
Drayton in Leicestershire,
Caldecott in Rutland, and
Rockingham and
Cottingham in Northamptonshire. The nearest town is
Corby in Northamptonshire. St Andrew's is the
Church of England parish church. It is a Grade II*
listed building. The village has public transport services to
Corby town centre,
Oakham and
Uppingham,
Market Harborough town centre and St Margaret's Bus Station in
Leicester. The village formerly had a
cricket team, but after the playing field was destroyed they relocated to
Rockingham Castle and now go by the name of Old Eastonians Cricket Club. Newspapers available in Great Easton include the
Harborough Mail and the
Northamptonshire Evening Telegraph. Radio stations that can be picked up in the village are
Smooth East Midlands,
Harborough FM,
BBC Radio Northampton and
BBC Radio Leicester. Great Easton is also home to the Opera Minima, which is an opera/theatre group registered as a charitable trust and based at the Old Corset Factory in the village and is sponsored by
Leicestershire County Council, Harborough District Council, Creative LeicesterShire and the Welland Sub-Regional Strategic Partnership. The parish is protected and served by
Leicestershire Constabulary (Harborough North Division). The local telephone dialling code is the
Kettering and Corby code (01536) due to its proximity to Northamptonshire. Great Easton is the largest village and civil parish in South-East Leicestershire, however is only a small village itself. Many people who live in Great Easton commute to work in the nearby towns of Corby and Kettering in neighbouring Northants, to Market Harborough and indeed the
county town,
Leicester. ==Local government and politics==