Oadby and Wigston
Oadby and Wigston is a local government district with borough status in Leicestershire, England. It covers the two towns of Oadby, where the council is based, and Wigston, which is the larger town.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Locality with 55,800 residents
- Description: non-metropolitan district in Leicestershire, United Kingdom
- Also known as: “Oadby and Wigston (unparished area)”
Places of Interest
Highlights include South Wigston railway station and Wigston College.
South Wigston railway station
Railway station
Photo: Kate Jewell, CC BY-SA 2.0.
South Wigston railway station serves the village of South Wigston, Leicestershire, England, on the Birmingham to Peterborough Line 4 miles south of Leicester and the west-north loop of Wigston Junction.
Wigston College
College
Wigston College, previously known as Guthlaxton College, is a coeducational sixth form located in Wigston Magna in the English county of Leicestershire. The college forms part of The Wigston Academies Trust, together with neighbouring Wigston Academy.
Lucas Marsh
Nature reserve
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Lucas Marsh is a 1.5 hectare Local Nature Reserve in Oadby in Leicestershire. It is part of Brock's Hill Country Park, and is owned by Oadby and Wigston Borough Council and managed by the Leicestershire and Rutland Wildlife Trust.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Leicester and Oadby.
Leicester
Leicester is the largest city in the East Midlands region of England, the capital of the traditional county of Leicestershire, with a population of almost 370,000 in the city and 510,000 in the urban area.
Oadby
Town
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Oadby is a town in the borough of Oadby and Wigston in Leicestershire, England, located 4 miles south-east of Leicester on the A6 road. Leicester Racecourse is situated on the border between Oadby and Stoneygate.
Wigston
Town
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Wigston, or Wigston Magna, is a town in the Oadby and Wigston district of Leicestershire, England, just south of Leicester on the A5199. It had a population of 32,321 in 2011.
Oadby and Wigston
- Categories: non-metropolitan district, borough in the United Kingdom, and unparished area
- Location: Leicestershire, East Midlands, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Bulgarian to Welsh—“Oadby and Wigston” goes by many names.
- Bulgarian: “Оудби и Уигстън”
- Cebuano: “Oadby and Wigston”
- Chinese: “Oadby and Wigston”
- Chinese: “奥德比和威格斯顿”
- Dutch: “Oadby and Wigston”
- French: “Oadby and Wigston”
- German: “Oadby and Wigston”
- Irish: “Oadby agus Wigston”
- Italian: “Oadby and Wigston”
- Japanese: “オアドビー・アンド・ウィグストン”
- Korean: “오드비 윅스턴”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Oadby and Wigston”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Oadby and Wigston”
- Norwegian: “Oadby and Wigston”
- Polish: “Oadby and Wigston”
- Romanian: “Oadby and Wigston”
- Russian: “Одби-энд-Уигстон”
- Spanish: “Oadby and Wigston”
- Swedish: “Oadby and Wigston”
- Urdu: “اواڈبی اور ویگسٹن”
- Welsh: “Bwrdeistref Oadby a Wigston”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Leicester Racecourse and Glen Gorse Golf Club.
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