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|latd= |latm= |lats= |latNS= |longd= |longm= |longs= |longEW= |population_as_of = |population_total = |population_rank = |population_density_km2 = auto |timezone = Greenwich Mean Time |utc_offset = +0 |timezone_DST = British Summer Time |utc_offset_DST = +1 |postal_code_type = Postcode |postal_code = |area_code = |blank_name = ISO 3166-2 |blank_info = GB-LEC |blank1_name = ONS code |blank1_info = 31UJ (ONS) E07000135 (GSS) |blank2_name = OS grid reference |blank2_info = |blank3_name = NUTS 3 |blank3_info = UKF22 |blank4_name = Ethnicity |blank4_info = 82.8% White 13.5% S.Asian 1.3% Black British |website = (oadby-wigston.gov.uk ) }} Oadby and Wigston is a local government district and borough in the English county of Leicestershire. It was formed in 1974, under the Local Government Act 1972, from the merger of the Oadby and Wigston urban districts. The district forms part of the Harborough constituency ==Geography== It is composed of the areas of Oadby, Wigston Magna and South Wigston. It is predominantly urban, and runs directly into Leicester, to the north-west. There are no civil parishes in the district. The most northerly corner is near the junction of the A6030 and B582, and near the Bupa hospital it meets Harborough. It runs along the B582 then along the former Roman road (which runs to Corby), passing the playing fields of the University of Leicester. It passes along the north edge of Oadby Lodge, a farm owned by the Co-op. Towards the deserted village of Stretton Magna (outside the district), the boundary passes southwestwards. This area was proposed to be the site of the eco-town Pennbury. It crosses the A6 at (Glen Gorse Golf Club ). It crosses ''Newton Lane'' and the Midland Main Line. It crosses the Grand Union Canal, and towards Kilby it meets the district of Blaby at the River Sence. It follows the River Sence, crossing the A5199 (''Welford Road''). At Rose Farm it follows ''Countesthorpe Road'' towards South Wigston, to the Grand Union Canal, crossing the former Midland Counties Railway, which it follows westwards. It passes northwards across ''St Thomas Road'' (B582) and the Birmingham to Peterborough Line. It passes northwards on the east side of the Glen Parva prison (in Blaby district). It meets Leicester UA south of Eyres Monsell, a large council estate. Following the Leicester boundary, it crosses ''Saffron Road'' (B5366), then follows ''Dorset Avenue'', follows the Midland Main Line northwards, crossing ''Aylestone Lane'' (B5418), then crosses the Midland Main Line. It crosses the ''Welford Road'' (A5199) at the point where the road becomes a dual-carriageway south of the Best Western ''(Leicester Stage Hotel )'' (in Leicester UA). It passes on the south edge of Knighton Park, and the western edge of (Oadby Golf Club ), west of Leicester Racecourse (in the district). Near the racecourse entrance it crosses the A563 southern ring road, then ''London Road'' (A6), passing northwards along the western edge of the University of Leicester's (Oadby Student Village ), west of the University of Leicester Botanic Garden (in the district). 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Oadby and Wigston」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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