Wigston
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.Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Town with 32,300 residents
- Description: town in Leicestershire, England, UK
- Also known as: “Wigston, Leicestershire”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Wigston Birkett House Community Special School and Wigston Academy.
Wigston Birkett House Community Special School
School
Wigston Birkett House Community Special School is a special school with academy status based in Wigston, Leicestershire, England. The school caters for up to 200 students aged between 5 and 19 with a range of additional learning needs.
Wigston Academy
School
Wigston Academy is a mixed secondary school located in Wigston, Leicestershire, England. It was formed in September 2015 through the merger of Abington Academy and Bushloe High School.
Lucas Marsh
Nature reserve
Photo: Dudley Miles, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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 South Wigston and Kilby Bridge.
South Wigston
Suburb
South Wigston is a large village to the south of Leicester, England. It is outside the city boundary, forming part of the Oadby and Wigston district of Leicestershire. The population at the 2011 census was 7,490.
Kilby Bridge
Hamlet
Photo: Mat Fascione, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Kilby Bridge is a hamlet on the A5199 Welford Road in the borough of Oadby and Wigston, Leicestershire, England, a few miles south of the city of Leicester. The population of the hamlet at the 2011 census was 36.
Oadby
Town
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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
- Categories: unparished area and locality
- Location: Oadby and Wigston, Leicestershire, East Midlands, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
52.58628° or 52° 35′ 11″ northLongitude
-1.10591° or 1° 6′ 21″ westPopulation
32,300Elevation
308 feet (94 metres)Open location code
9C4WHVPV+GJOpenStreetMap ID
node 26679129OpenStreetMap feature
place=townGeoNames ID
13282743Wikidata ID
Q2223506
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Welsh—“Wigston” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Wigston Magna”
- Basque: “Wigston”
- Bulgarian: “Уигстън Магна”
- Cebuano: “Wigston Magna”
- Chinese: “溫格斯頓馬格納”
- Dutch: “Wigston Magna”
- French: “Wigston Magna”
- French: “Wigston”
- Irish: “Wigston Magna”
- Italian: “Wigston Magna”
- Ladin: “Wigston Magna”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Wigston Magna”
- Persian: “ویگستون”
- Polish: “Wigston Magna”
- Polish: “Wigston”
- Romanian: “Wigston Magna”
- Swedish: “Wigston Magna”
- Volapük: “Wigston Magna”
- Welsh: “Wigston”
- “Wigston”
- “Wigston Magna”
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