Thurmaston
Sign in to saveThurmaston is a village and civil parish in Leicestershire, England, located within the Borough of Charnwood. Reports from the 2011 census indicated a population of 9,668. Thurmaston is situated four miles north of the city centre of Leicester, outside the A563, Leicester's outer ring road.
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Place details
- Locality
- Charnwood
- Region
- England
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Population
- 0
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Key facts
- UK place.country
- England
- UK place.official_name
- Thurmaston
- UK place.population
- 9,668
- UK place.static_image_name
- Thurmastonsign.jpg
- UK place.civil_parish
- Thurmaston
- UK place.shire_district
- Charnwood
- UK place.shire_county
- Leicestershire
- UK place.region
- East Midlands
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- Mid Leicestershire
- UK place.post_town
- LEICESTER
- UK place.postcode_district
- LE4
- UK place.postcode_area
- LE
- UK place.dial_code
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- civil parish
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Located in
- Charnwood
- Population
- +9668
- Shares border with
- Barkby Thorpe
- Image
- Another view along Melton Road, Thurmaston - geograph.org.uk - 497685.jpg
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Thurmaston is a village and civil parish in Leicestershire, England, located within the Borough of Charnwood. Reports from the 2011 census indicated a population of 9,668. Thurmaston is situated four miles north of the city centre of Leicester, outside the A563, Leicester's outer ring road.
== History and geography == thumb|left|The Top House pub on Melton Road Thurmaston is bound to the west by Watermead Country Park (which faces Birstall), to the north by Syston, and to the east by Barkby and Barkby Thorpe. South of Thurmaston is Rushey Mead and the boundaries of the Leicester urban area. Rushey Mead was formerly part of the Thurmaston parish in the 19th century, before becoming Thurmaston Urban District in 1894. In 1935, the district was annexed to the city of Leicester, where it took its modern-day name of Rushey Mead.