Wanlip
Sign in to saveWanlip is a small village and civil parish in the Charnwood district of Leicestershire, with a population measured at 305 at the 2011 census. It is a countryside village, north of Birstall, and west of Watermead Country Park and the River Soar. The A46 road runs directly past the village. Wanlip won the 2008 Leicester and Rutland Best Village Competition for villages with a population under 500.
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Key facts
- UK place.static_image_name
- Rectory Road Wanlip Leicestershire.jpg
- UK place.static_image_caption
- Rectory Road, Wanlip
- UK place.country
- England
- UK place.map_type
- Leicestershire
- UK place.official_name
- Wanlip
- UK place.population
- 305
- UK place.population_ref
- (2011)
- UK place.civil_parish
- Wanlip
- UK place.shire_district
- Charnwood
- UK place.shire_county
- Leicestershire
- UK place.region
- East Midlands
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- Charnwood
- UK place.post_town
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- civil parish
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Located in
- Charnwood
- Population
- +305
- Image
- Our lady wanlip.jpg
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- Heinrich Clauren
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Wanlip is a small village and civil parish in the Charnwood district of Leicestershire, with a population measured at 305 at the 2011 census. It is a countryside village, north of Birstall, and west of Watermead Country Park and the River Soar. The A46 road runs directly past the village. Wanlip won the 2008 Leicester and Rutland Best Village Competition for villages with a population under 500.
To the south of Wanlip is Wanlip Meadows, a Leicestershire and Rutland Wildlife Trust nature reserve. To the north is a Severn Trent sewage treatment plant, serving a population of more than half a million. The Cedars Academy lies to the south at the edge of Birstall. To the east lies the 14 hectare Reedbed Local Nature Reserve, part of the Watermead Country Park.