Wigston Magna - Geography

Geography

Wigston is located five miles south of Leicester, in central Leicestershire. It is centrally located in the East Midlands.

Wigston is coupled with Oadby to the east, sharing the Oadby and Wigston borough council name. The two towns are connected by the B582 road.

To the west along the B582, or Blaby Road is South Wigston town.

The Grand Union Canal runs from Wistow, south of Wigston, to nearby Kilby Bridge, and for several miles through South Wigston, Glen Parva, Blaby and on towards Leicester city.

Wigston's population of approximately 30,000 live in both the post-war private suburban housing estates surrounding the old town centre, and the nineteenth century buildings now sandwiched between modern housing developments. The oldest of the post-war developments is Wigston Fields located to the north of Wigston towards Knighton and Leicester; the Meadows and Little Hill estates were later developed during the 1970s and 1980s to the east and south of Wigston's old centre. Wigston Harcourt is an area of housing developed up until the early 1990s between the Little Hill and Meadows estates. These three estates mark the boundary of the greater Leicester urban area, beyond which lies agricultural land.