Wigston is three and a half miles south of the city of Leicester. Wigston is one and a half miles to the east, connected by the B582 road. To the west along the B582, or Blaby Road is South Wigston. Wigston is the largest of Leicester’s satellite towns.
The Grand Union Canal runs along a southern route below Wigston from Newton Harcourt and for several miles through South Wigston, Glen Parva and on towards Leicester.
Wigston’s population of approximately 32,000 live in both the post-war private suburban housing estates surrounding the old town centre, and the 19th century buildings now sandwiched between modern housing developments. The oldest of the post-war developments is Wigston Fields north of Wigston towards Knighton and Leicester; the Meadows and Little Hill estates were developed in 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.
There’s no shortage of retail options in Wigston town centre, and the principle secondary schooling is provided by Wigston Academy (since 2015), and Wigston College for over-16’s.
