[2] The parish is the site of Waltham television transmitting station, which serves most of the East Midlands.

The village is on a ridge, which has an escarpment close to the north-west that dramatically overlooks the Vale of Belvoir.

One of the earliest mentions of this place is in the Domesday Book where it is listed among lands given to Hugh de Grandmesnil[4] by the King.

The line was owned by GNR and was used mainly by iron ore trains from quarries near Knipton, Eaton and Branston.

There was a trailing junction with the Eaton Branch Railway (opened in 1884) to the south west of the station.

[5] On 1 April 1936 the parish was abolished and merged with Thorpe Arnold to form "Waltham".

One was begun in 1882 by the Waltham Iron Ore Company[7] either side of what is now the A607 north of the village.