Oadby
Sign in to saveOadby is a town in the borough of Oadby and Wigston in Leicestershire, England, located south-east of Leicester on the A6 road. Leicester Racecourse is situated on the border between Oadby and Stoneygate. The University of Leicester Botanical Garden is in Oadby. Oadby had a population of 23,849 in 2011, and like its neighbour Wigston is made up of five wards. The Borough of Oadby and Wigston is twinned with Maromme in France, and Norderstedt in Germany.
Key facts
- UK place.official_name
- Oadby
- UK place.country
- England
- UK place.region
- East Midlands
- UK place.static_image_name
- OadbyTown-4.jpg
- UK place.static_image_caption
- Oadby Town
- UK place.population
- 23,849
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- SK625005
- UK place.map_type
- Leicestershire
- UK place.post_town
- LEICESTER
- UK place.postcode_area
- LE
- UK place.postcode_district
- LE2
- UK place.dial_code
- 0116
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- Harborough, Oadby and Wigston
- UK place.shire_district
- Oadby and Wigston
- UK place.shire_county
- Leicestershire
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Encyclopedic overview
15 sectionsContents
- History
- Angles, Danes and Normans
- Late 19th Century
- Modern times
- Oadby today
- Sport and culture
- Education
- Media
- Places of worship
- Transport
- Rail
- Bus
- Notable residents
- References
- External links
Oadby is a town in the borough of Oadby and Wigston in Leicestershire, England, located south-east of Leicester on the A6 road. Leicester Racecourse is situated on the border between Oadby and Stoneygate. The University of Leicester Botanical Garden is in Oadby. Oadby had a population of 23,849 in 2011, and like its neighbour Wigston is made up of five wards. The Borough of Oadby and Wigston is twinned with Maromme in France, and Norderstedt in Germany.
==History==
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Oadby” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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