South Wigston
Ward in Oadby and Wigston, Leicestershire, England
| Coordinates: | 52.582, -1.131 |
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| OS grid ref: | SP 58 98 |
| Dialling code: | 0116 (Leicester) |
South Wigston sits in the borough of Oadby and Wigston in Leicestershire, immediately south of Wigston Magna and close to Leicester. It began as a late‑Victorian, planned suburb with distinctive red‑brick terraces and an industrial past centred on brickworks and railway sidings, which still shows in a few surviving workshops and period civic buildings.
Today South Wigston is largely residential with a lively local parade of shops, pubs and community centres, a mixed‑income population and ongoing regeneration projects that aim to balance conservation of its industrial heritage with modern housing and better transport links, including a local railway station for commuters into Leicester and beyond.
Postcode districts covering South Wigston
Most populated places nearby
- Leicester 3.1 miles
- Coventry 19.6 miles
- Nuneaton 15.6 miles
- Tamworth 23.3 miles
- Rugby 14.7 miles
- Loughborough 13.3 miles
- Kettering 21.8 miles
- Kettering Town 21.9 miles
- Corby 19.8 miles
- West Bridgford 23.6 miles
- Long Eaton 22.3 miles
- Hinckley 10.8 miles
Neighbouring places
- Eyres Monsell Ward 0.7 miles
- Wigston Built-up area 0.7 miles
- Wigston Fields Ward 0.8 miles
- Wigston All Saints Ward 1 mile
- Glen Parva Parish 1.1 miles
- Blaby Parish 1.4 miles
- Wigston St. Wolstan's Ward 1.4 miles
- Aylestone Ward 1.6 miles
- Wigston Meadowcourt Ward 1.7 miles
- Knighton Ward 1.9 miles
- Countesthorpe Built-up area 2 miles
- Blaby and Whetstone Built-up area 2 miles
Example postcodes in South Wigston
LE18 4AJ, LE18 4NJ, LE18 4WS, LE18 4UW, LE18 4SE, LE18 4YD, LE18 4QA, LE18 4XX, LE18 4YG … See all
Transport links
- East Midlands Airport 19.1 miles
- Birmingham International Airport 27.4 miles
- South Wigston Railway Station 0.1 miles
- Narborough Railway Station 3.1 miles
Hotels near South Wigston Ad
- St Martins Lodge 4 3.6 miles
- Voco Leicester 4 3 miles
- Belmont Hotel Leicester 4 3.2 miles
- Novotel Leicester 4 3.7 miles
- Holiday Inn Leicester 4 3.6 miles
- Holiday Inn Leicester - Wigston 4 1.3 miles
- Leicester Marriott Hotel 4 2.6 miles
- Winstanley House 4 3.5 miles
- Castle Hotel by Greene King Inns 4 5.6 miles
- Ibis Leicester City 3 3.6 miles
Schools in South Wigston
- Fairfield Community Primary School Primary
- Parkland Primary School South Wigston Primary
- South Wigston High School Secondary
Local points of interest
- Leicester Racecourse Recreation 1.8 miles
- The King Power Stadium Stadium 2.7 miles
- University of Leicester University 2.7 miles
- Welford Road Stadium, Leicester Tigers Stadium 2.9 miles
- Highcross Shopping centre 3.7 miles
- Belgrave Library Library 4.7 miles
- Bradgate House Historic site 7.9 miles
- Battle of Bosworth Field Archaeological site 11.6 miles
- Liberty Way Stadium 13.7 miles
- Garendon Abbey Historic site 14.3 miles
- Pipewell Abbey Historic site 17.4 miles
- Ricoh Arena Stadium 18 miles