Leicester urban area, the Glossary

Table of Contents

1. 34 relations: Beaumont Leys, Birstall, Leicestershire, Blaby, Braunstone Town, City region (United Kingdom), Cosby, Leicestershire, East Midlands, Enderby, Leicestershire, ESPON metropolitan areas in the United Kingdom, Glen Parva, Glenfield, Leicestershire, Groby, Kirby Muxloe, Leicester, Leicester City Council, Leicester Forest East, Leicestershire, List of settlements in Leicestershire by population, List of urban areas in the United Kingdom, Littlethorpe, Leicestershire, Narborough, Leicestershire, Oadby, Office for National Statistics, Queniborough, Ratby, Scraptoft, Stoughton, Leicestershire, Syston, Thurmaston, Thurnby and Bushby, Unitary authorities of England, Urban area, Whetstone, Leicestershire, Wigston.

2. Geography of Leicestershire
3. Leicester
4. Urban areas of England

Beaumont Leys

Beaumont Leys is a suburb and electoral ward in north-western Leicester, in the Leicester district, in the ceremonial county of Leicestershire, England.

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Birstall, Leicestershire

Birstall is a large village and civil parish within the Charnwood borough of Leicestershire, England.

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Blaby

Blaby is a large village in the Blaby District in central Leicestershire, England, some five miles south of Leicester city centre.

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Braunstone Town

Braunstone is a town and civil parish in the district of Blaby in Leicestershire, England.

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City region (United Kingdom)

A city region in the United Kingdom may refer to.

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Cosby, Leicestershire

Cosby is a village in the English county of Leicestershire.

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East Midlands

The East Midlands is one of nine official regions of England.

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Enderby, Leicestershire

Enderby is a village and civil parish in Leicestershire, England, on the southwest outskirts of the city of Leicester.

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ESPON metropolitan areas in the United Kingdom

A 2001 ESPIN metropolitan area was defined as consisting of an urban area, conurbation or agglomeration, together with the surrounding area to which it was closely economically and socially integrated through commuting.

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Glen Parva

Glen Parva is a civil parish in the Blaby district of Leicestershire, England with a population of over 17,000.

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Glenfield, Leicestershire

Glenfield is a large village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Glenfields, in the Blaby district of Leicestershire, England.

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Groby

Groby (pronounced "GROO-bee") is a village in the Hinckley and Bosworth borough Leicestershire, England.

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Kirby Muxloe

Kirby Muxloe is a large village and civil parish that forms part of the Blaby district of Leicestershire, England.

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Leicester

Leicester is a city, unitary authority area, unparished area and the county town of Leicestershire in the East Midlands of England.

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Leicester City Council

Leicester City Council is the local authority for the city of Leicester, in the ceremonial county of Leicestershire, England.

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Leicester Forest East

Leicester Forest East (LFE) is a large suburban village in Leicestershire, England, west of Leicester, straddling the M1 motorway.

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Leicestershire

Leicestershire is a ceremonial county in the East Midlands of England.

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List of settlements in Leicestershire by population

Below is a list of settlements in Leicestershire (including the City of Leicester) by population.

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List of urban areas in the United Kingdom

This is a list of the most populous urban areas in the United Kingdom based on the 2011 census, as defined by the Office for National Statistics (ONS).

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Littlethorpe, Leicestershire

Littlethorpe is a small village approximately south of Leicester, separated from the village of Narborough by the Leicester to Birmingham railway line, and the River Soar of which it is the true discharge.

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Narborough, Leicestershire

Narborough is a large village and civil parish in the Blaby district of Leicestershire, England, around southwest of Leicester.

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Oadby

Oadby is a town in the borough of Oadby and Wigston in Leicestershire, England.

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Office for National Statistics

The Office for National Statistics (ONS; Swyddfa Ystadegau Gwladol) is the executive office of the UK Statistics Authority, a non-ministerial department which reports directly to the UK Parliament.

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Queniborough

Queniborough is an English village in the county of Leicestershire 2.5 miles (4 km) north-east of the town of Syston and of 7.5 miles (12 km) north-east of the city of Leicester.

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Ratby

Ratby is a commuter village and civil parish in the Hinckley and Bosworth district of Leicestershire, England.

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Scraptoft

Scraptoft is a village in Leicestershire, England.

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Stoughton, Leicestershire

Stoughton is a village and civil parish in the Harborough district of Leicestershire.

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Syston

Syston is a town and civil parish in the district of Charnwood in Leicestershire, England.

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Thurmaston

Thurmaston is a village and civil parish in Leicestershire, England, located within the Borough of Charnwood.

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Thurnby and Bushby

Thurnby and Bushby, sometimes known as Thurnby, is a civil parish in the Harborough district of Leicestershire, England.

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The unitary authorities of England are a type of local authority responsible for all local government services in an area.

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Urban area

An urban area is a human settlement with a high population density and an infrastructure of built environment.

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Whetstone, Leicestershire

Whetstone is a village and civil parish in the Blaby district of Leicestershire, England and largely acts as a commuter village for Leicester, five miles to the north.

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Wigston

Wigston, or Wigston Magna, is a town in the Oadby and Wigston district of Leicestershire, England, just south of Leicester on the A5199.

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See also

Geography of Leicestershire

• Bradgate Electoral Division
• Dow Bridge
• East Midlands Oil Province
• Gopsall
• High Cross, Leicestershire
• Leicester urban area
• Leicestershire and South Derbyshire Coalfield
• Pennbury
• The Langtons
• Wigston Fields

Leicester

• Abbey Park, Leicester
• Adrian Mole
• Bishops of Leicester (ancient)
• Bromkinsthorpe
• Colton Square Business Park
• Comedy in the Dark
• History of Leicester
• LE postcode area
• Leicester
• Leicester Bike Park
• Leicester Caribbean Carnival
• Leicester City Police
• Leicester Comedy Festival
• Leicester Market
• Leicester Mercury Comedian of the Year
• Leicester Pride
• Leicester and District Trades Union Council
• Leicester and Leicestershire Amalgamated Hosiery Union
• Leicester urban area
• Leicestershire Fire and Rescue Service
• Leicestershire Law Society
• List of people from Leicester and Leicestershire
• Mathematical Association
• Music in Leicester
• Nelson Mandela Park
• Nigel Porter
• Royal Air Forces Association
• Sport in Leicester
• Summer Sundae
• Summer Sundae Fringe Festival
• University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust
• University of Leicester Botanic Garden
• Victoria Park, Leicester
• Welford Road Cemetery
• Western Park, Leicester

Urban areas of England

• Accrington/Rossendale built-up area
• Barnsley/Dearne Valley built-up area
• Birkenhead built-up area
• Black Country
• Blackpool urban area
• Brighton and Hove built-up area
• Burnley built-up area
• Central Lancashire
• Coventry and Bedworth urban area
• Dearne Valley
• Farnborough/Aldershot built-up area
• Greater Bristol
• Greater London Built-up Area
• Greater Manchester Built-up Area
• Ipswich built-up area
• Lancaster/Morecambe Built-up area
• Leicester urban area
• List of ONS built-up areas in England by population
• Liverpool Built-up Area
• Liverpool Urban Area
• Luton/Dunstable urban area
• Mansfield urban area
• Medway
• Milton Keynes urban area
• Norton Radstock
• Norwich built-up area
• Nottingham Urban Area
• Potteries Urban Area
• Reading built-up area
• Settlements in ceremonial counties of England by population
• Sheffield urban area
• South East Dorset conurbation
• South Hampshire
• Stoke-on-Trent built-up area
• Teesside
• Tyneside
• Wearside
• West Midlands conurbation
• West Yorkshire Built-up Area
• Wigan urban area

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leicester_urban_area

Also known as Greater Leicester.