Oadby and Wigston

Oadby and Wigston is a local government district with borough status in , England. It covers the two towns of , where the council is based, and , which is the larger town.
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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 Knighton Spinney.

Railway station
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serves the village of , , England, on the Birmingham to Peterborough Line 4 miles south of and the west-north loop of Wigston Junction.

Nature reserve
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is a 2.9-hectare Local Nature Reserve in . It is owned by Leicester City Council and managed by Environ for the council. This oak and ash plantation is part of Knighton Park.

Nature reserve
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is a 1.5 hectare Local Nature Reserve in in . 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 Wigston.

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is the largest city and county town of in the East Midlands of England. With a population of 388,000 in 2024, it's industrial, with a heritage spanning from Roman times to the Space Age.

Town
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, or Magna, is a town in the Oadby and district of , England, just south of on the A5199. It had a population of 37,261 in 2024.

Town
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is a town in the borough of and Wigston in , England, located 4 miles south-east of on the A6 road. is situated on the border between and .

Oadby and Wigston

Latitude
52.5871° or 52° 35′ 14″ north
Longitude
-1.0929° or 1° 5′ 35″ west
Population
55,800
Elevation
351 feet (107 metres)
Open location code
9C4WHWP4+RR
Geo­Names ID
2641133
Wiki­data ID
Q764425
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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”
  • “Oadby and Wigston”

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