Sproxton (/ˈsproʊsən/) is a village and civil parish within the Borough of Melton in Leicestershire, England, close to the border with Lincolnshire.

It has approximately 80 occupied dwellings (2021) and a population of 480,[1] rising to 658 (including Coston, Saltby and Stonesby) at the 2011 census.

Nearby places are Waltham on the Wolds, Croxton Kerrial, Coston, Buckminster, and Skillington (in Lincolnshire).

The 14th-century parish church of St Bartholomew, extended and restored in 1882 by architect Henry Woodyer, is a Grade II* listed building.

[3] There is evidence of Norman building in the west wall of the south aisle and the tower is 13th-century.

[6] The first quarry was for iron ore close to the road between the railway and Sproxton Church and worked its way eastwards until 1961.