Leicestershire
Blaby
Leicester Forest East

Leicester Forest East

Leicester Forest East is a large suburban village in , England, west of , straddling the M1 motorway. It is part of the Blaby district.
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  • Type: Village with 13,800 residents
  • Description: village and civil parish in Leicestershire, United Kingdom
  • Also known as: “Leicester Forest East (civil parish), Leicestershire” and “Leicester Forest East, Leicestershire”

Places of Interest

Highlights include St Andrew’s and Kirby Muxloe Castle.

Church
Photo: Peter Mackenzie, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a church.

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, also known historically as Kirby Castle, is a ruined, fortified manor house in , , England. William, Lord Hastings, began work on the castle in 1480, founding it on the site of a pre-existing manor house.

Nature reserve
Photo: Dudley Miles, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Kirby Frith is a 2.1-hectare Local Nature Reserve on the western outskirts of . It is owned and managed by Leicester City Council. This site is described by Natural England as the richest wildflower grassland in the county, with species such as devil's-bit scabious, betony and yellow rattle.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Thorpe Astley and Lubbesthorpe.

Suburb
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is a suburban settlement on the southwestern edge of the city of , . It is part of the civil parish of , although a small part of the development, around Goodheart Way, extends into Leicester Forest East civil parish.

Hamlet
is a hamlet and parish in the district of Blaby within on the outskirts of , England, on the west side of the M1 motorway and the .

Village
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Braunstone is a town and civil parish in the district of Blaby in Leicestershire, England. At the 2011 census the population of the town was 16,850. Braunstone is mentioned in the Domesday Book of 1086, giving a population of "two sokemen and four villeins". is situated 1½ miles east of Leicester Forest East.

Leicester Forest East

Latitude
52.62118° or 52° 37′ 16″ north
Longitude
-1.21853° or 1° 13′ 7″ west
Population
13,800
Elevation
341 feet (104 metres)
Open location code
9C4WJQCJ+FH
Open­Street­Map ID
node 26950295
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
12264215
Wiki­data ID
Q6519181
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In Other Languages

From Basque to Urdu—“Leicester Forest East” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “Leicester Forest East”
  • Bengali: “ইস্ট ফরেস্ট লিসেস্টার”
  • Cebuano: “Leicester Forest East”
  • Chinese: “莱斯特森林东部”
  • Chinese: “萊斯特森林東部”
  • French: “Leicester Forest East”
  • German: “Leicester Forest East”
  • Gujarati: “લિસેસ્ટર ફોરેસ્ટ પૂર્વ”
  • Irish: “Leicester Forest East”
  • Japanese: “レイセスター・フォレスト東部”
  • Kannada: “ಲೀಸೆಸ್ಟರ್ ಫಾರೆಸ್ಟ್ ಈಸ್ಟ್”
  • Korean: “레세스터 포레스트 이스트”
  • Lithuanian: “Leičesteris”
  • Polish: “Leicester Forest East”
  • Portuguese: “Leicester Forest East”
  • Russian: “Лестер-Форест-Ист”
  • Spanish: “Leicester Forest East”
  • Swedish: “Leicester Forest East”
  • Tamil: “லீசெஸ்டர் போரெஸ்ட் கிழக்கு”
  • Telugu: “లీసెస్టర్ ఫారెస్ట్ ఈస్ట్”
  • Turkish: “Leicester Forest East”
  • Urdu: “لیکیسٹر فوریسینٹ ایسٹ”
  • “Leicester Forest East”

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Leicester Forest East Library and Parish Hall.

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Leicester Forest East”. Photo: Kate Jewell, CC BY-SA 2.0.