[2] The hillfort stands on a promontory around 660 feet (200 m) above sea level, 7 miles (11 km) south of the modern settlement of Melton Mowbray.

Trains used to go north to Melton Mowbray, and south to Leicester and Market Harborough, but the line was closed in the 1960s.

The 10th Battalion, The Parachute Regiment Memorial at Burrough on the Hill was completed and unveiled in September 2019 by Friends of the Tenth.

[6] A memorial garden has also been created looking over and across to the valley where the battalion practised parachute drops and training exercises in 1944.

After a run of victories in 1984 including the Cheltenham Gold Cup, Hennessy Gold Cup and King George VI Chase, Burrough Hill Lad was considered one of the greatest racehorses in the history of the sport.