Stanton-under-Bardon is a village and civil parish about 4 miles (6.4 km) southeast of Coalville, in the Hinckley and Bosworth district, in Leicestershire, England.

Stanton under Bardon derives from the Old English words stᾱn for "stone" and tῡn for a village or estate.

[3] In the early 1870s the Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Stanton under Bardon as In 1881 a high proportion of the local population worked with various minerals, suggesting that stone was key to the areas foundations and the possible cause for the naming of the village.

[7] The 2011 Census recorded the population of Stanton under Bardon at 634 people,[1] equally split in terms of sex.

It shows that the Christian population is reducing in Stanton under Bardon and slowly diversifying towards other religions and to atheism.

[10] Stanton under Bardon shows rates of high employment in specific areas, suggesting that they specialise in certain occupations.

[12] Cliffe Hill Quarry in Stanton under Bardon has been producing granite since the 1860s and has employed many local residents.