Bardon is a civil parish and former village in North West Leicestershire about 1.5 miles (2.4 km) southeast of the centre of Coalville.

[2] The parish includes Bardon Hill, which at 912 feet (278 m) above sea level is the highest point in Leicestershire.

The station was closed in the 20th century but the railway through it remains open for freight as part of the Leicester to Burton upon Trent Line.

The Old Hall was demolished in about 1840 for Robert Jacomb Hood, who described it in his memoirs as "too dilapidated for residence, and the situation was low, damp and unhealthy"[11] The moat that surrounded it still remains.

[12] The Hall is Grade II listed,[10] and is the head office of Aggregate Industries, the owners of Bardon Hill Quarry.

[6] St. Peter's was built in memory of two members of the Everard family[14] who were co-owners of the quarry, and the architect also is buried in the churchyard.

[15] St. Peter's parish is now part of a single benefice with Christ Church, Coalville and St. Michael and All Angels, Ravenstone.

[17] A number of original 17th-century features survive, including the roof trusses and the wooden pulpit, which is octagonal and has fluted Doric pilasters.