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Kibworth is an area of the Harborough district of Leicestershire, England, that contains two civil parishes—the villages of Kibworth Beauchamp and Kibworth Harcourt. According to the 2011 census, Kibworth Beauchamp had a population of 5,433 and Kibworth Harcourt of 990. The two villages are split by the A6. Kibworth is close to Foxton Locks, Market Harborough, and Leicester.FacilitiesKibworth has a number of shops, a community newspaper, and since 2002 new shops, including a branch of Co-op UK. New housing continues to be built on the edge of the village, causing periodic controversy.The village snooker team, Kibworth Snooker based at the village Working Men's Club, won the Market Harborough snooker league in 2011 and 2012, also enjoying cup successes in both these years. However recent seasons have not been as fruitful. The local cricket club won the ECB National Club Cricket Championship in 2004. In the village there are also clubs for golf, bowls and football, and dance schools. The Bookshop, opened in the High Street in 2009, won a regional award of Independent Bookseller of The Year in 2012.The X7 Stagecoach and X3 Arriva bus services to Leicester and Market Harborough run regularly through the village. The X3 bus also serves Kibworth Meadows estate. The Midland Main Line runs through the area, but Kibworth railway station, which served both villages, closed in 1968.