Staunton Harold is a civil parish in North West Leicestershire about 3 miles north of Ashby-de-la-Zouch. The parish is on the county boundary with Derbyshire and about 9 miles south of Derby. The 2011 Census recorded the parish's population as 141.A brook flows from the south through the parish, heading for the River Trent which it joins about 4 miles to the north. In the parish the brook is dammed to form a pair of small lakes.