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thumb|right|Barrow Upon Soar parish church thumb|Bridge over the [[River Soar next to the Navigation.]] Barrow upon Soar is a large village and civil parish in the Charnwood district of Leicestershire, England, with a population of 5,083 at the time of the 2001 Census. It is twinned with the French commune of Marans.

The village lies upon the east bank of the River Soar, where which the Fishpool Brook joins with the river. Furthermore, it is separated from its neighbouring settlement, Quorn, by the A6. Both the Midland Main Line and the Ivanhoe Line run through the village. The Mountsorrel Railway formerly ran into the village, carrying granite from the quarries in Mountsorrel. However, the line remains followed by a mineral conveyor to Barrow, where quarry rock is sorted for distribution.

The village is famous for a plesiosaur excavation; a species named Rhomaleosaurus megacephalus, dubbed the 'Barrow Kipper'. The reptile was discovered 1851 in a lime pit close to the village. Thus, a roundabout at the centre of the village represents the discovery using a mascot of the dinosaurs' skeleton. The genuine bones, however, are displayed at the Leicestershire Museum and Art Gallery.