New Parks
| New Parks | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Population | 17,128 (2011) |
| Unitary authority | |
| Ceremonial county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | LEICESTER |
| Postcode district | LE3 |
| Dialling code | 0116 |
| Police | Leicestershire |
| Fire | Leicestershire |
| Ambulance | East Midlands |
| UK Parliament | |
New Parks is residential suburb of the city of Leicester, in the Leicester district, in the ceremonial county of Leicestershire, England. It was also an electoral ward of the City of Leicester whose population at the 2011 Census was 17,128.[1]
It is in the west of the city. South of New Parks is the Western Park ward, north is the Beaumont Leys ward and to the east is the Fosse ward.[2]
There are many shops neighbouring the homes and leisure centres. On 16 March 2010, the £1.5 million New Parks Centre Library, funded by the Big Lottery Fund and Leicester City Council, was opened by Councillor Andy Connelly and local residents Karen Berry and Sally Kibble.
Houses in New Parks, Leicester
Shops in New Parks, Leicester
New Parks Leisure Centre
There are a few primary schools; Braunstone Frith Primary School, Forest Lodge Academy, Inglehurst Primary School, Fosse Primary School, Parks Primary School and Stokes Wood Primary School. There is one secondary school, New College Leicester.
Former New Parks Councillors include George Billington, Ross Willmott, John Blackmore and Colin Hall.
The current Labour Councillors for the ward are Dawn Alfonso, Stephen Corrall and Malcolm Unsworth.
Civil parish
New Parks was formerly an extra-parochial tract,[3] from 1858 New Parks was a civil parish in its own right until it was abolished on 1 April 1935 and merged with Leicester, part also went to form Glenfields.[4] In 1931 the parish had a population of 704.[5]
References
- "City of Leicester ward population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office fore National Statistics. Archived from the original on 11 October 2016. Retrieved 5 June 2016.
- Leicester City Council. "Ward Maps". Archived from the original on 13 June 2011. Retrieved 11 October 2011.
- "History of New Parks, in Leicester and Leicestershire". A Vision of Britain through Time. Archived from the original on 1 January 2023. Retrieved 1 January 2023.
- "Relationships and changes New Parks ExP/CP through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Archived from the original on 1 January 2023. Retrieved 1 January 2023.
- "Population statistics New Parks ExP/CP through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Archived from the original on 1 January 2023. Retrieved 1 January 2023.