Melton Mowbray to one rugby club aptly named Melton Rugby club who compete in Midlands 3 East. The town has its own Sunday Football League in which some 15 teams compete every Sunday. Asfordby Hill is home to Holwell Sports who play in the Leicestershire Senior League premier division. Melton Mowbray Melton Mowbray () is a town in Leicestershire, England, northeast of Leicester, and southeast of Nottingham. The town is on the River Eye and the River Wreake and has a population of 25,554. The town is best known for its culinary speciality, the Melton Mowbray pork pie, and it is one
Harby, Leicestershire Castle, to the north-east of the village. The population in 2001/2 is listed as 864 individuals, with 698 on the electoral register and 376 houses. The population increased according to the 2011 census to 931, and was estimated in 2016 to be 877. Harby is in the Rutland and Melton constituency. The current Member of Parliament is Alan Duncan. It shares its civil parish council with Long Clawson, and Hose. In local government it comes under Melton Borough Council and Leicestershire County Council. There are other villages named Harby in Nottinghamshire, Denmark (Hårby) and Sweden. Old names for the village