Leicester

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Leicester, UK

Latitude : 52.631, Longitude : -1.128

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Leicester is a city in UK at latitude 52.631, longitude -1.128.

Contents 1 Map of Leicester from OpenStreetMap 2 Progress 3 Main roads and junctions 4 Railway lines 5 Rivers and canals 6 Areas of new(ish) development 7 Known missing 8 Parks & open spaces 9 Surrounding villages and towns 10 Nearby towns and areas 11 Progress

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Progress

Leicester can be divided neatly into pie segments, based on the river, the railway, and the major roads which meet at the city centre (A6, A47, A50).

Region	Bounded by	Status
1: City centre	area inside A594	believed done apart from a few cul-de-sacs and footways/arcades. one-way system needs verifying.
2: Belgrave, Rushey Mead, St Matthew's	between river and railway	St Matthew's, St Marks, western Belgrave complete. Eastern Belgrave/Rushey Mead todo. Needs checking around Thames Tower.
3a: Northfields, Thurnby Lodge, Hamilton	between railway line and Uppingam Road (A47)	90% done. Hamilton industrial estate todo.
3b: Highfields, Evington, Stoneygate	between Uppingham Road and London Road (A6)	through roads done; Evington/Spencefield/Rowlatts Hill/North Evington/Crown Hills/Evington Valley/South Highfields done. Spinney Hills in progress. Highfields, Stoneygate TODO
4: Clarendon Park, Knighton	between London Road and railway (south)	skeletal road layout started
5: Aylestone, Saffron Lane Estate	between railway and river	bare. section north of Raw Dykes Road/Counting House Road believed done.
6: Braunstone, Narborough Road	between river and A47	section east of Fosse Road and north of railway line 90% done. rest bare.
7: New Parks, Westcotes	between A47 and A50	bare. Tudor Road area done.
8: Beaumont Leys	between A50 and river	bare

Main roads and junctions

• M1 J21 - believed done now
• M1 J21A - missing access between the local b-road (whatever it is) and the motorway
  • there should be 4 sliproads here. one from roundabout to M1 south, one from roundabout to M1 north, along with corresponding reverses.
• outer ring road (A563) - needs road names in south and west and missing section near J21
• inner ring road (A594) - mostly done, needs naming and Holiday Inn roundabout finishing
• A6030 - needs routing along Victoria Road East Extension, not Gipsy Lane
  • Wikipedia claims that the Loughborough Road in Belgrave is still signed the A6030, although it doesn't connect with the other part. this needs checking. also does it have green signs or white signs here?
  • there is no evidence of that being part of the A6030, except for roadmarkings which are presumably out of date and not yet repainted.

• Dysart Way/Abbey Park Road - what classification is this? no classification apparently
  • At least some of Abbey Park Road is actually single not dual - needs checking on ground and retagging

• Belgrave Road Flyover & roundabout - todo

• A46 Leicester bypass - done
• A47 Uppingham Road/Humberstone Road, to county
• A6 London Road - as far as Oadby
• B667 - Spencefield Lane/Evington Lane
• B568 - Victoria Park Road (???)
• B582
  • done between Enderby and Oadby. Origin in Oadby unclear. Goes all the way to Desford.

• A5199 - Welford Road - done
• A426 - Aylestone Road - done to bit beyond B582 near Glen Parva - missing section as continues as Lutterworth Road to Lutterworth
• A5460 - Narborough Road - done as far as Fosse Park, needs work at Fosse Park junctions
  • needs dualling and the service roads on Narborough Road South
• A47 - Hinckley Road - done all the way to Hinckley/Nuneaton where it meets the A5
  • how does this cross the motorway? which goes on a bridge?
  • needs naming
  • Earl Shilton bypass in future
• A50 - needs naming
• A6 - St Margaret's Way - needs naming

• Saffron Lane - todo done
  • Pork Pie Roundabout re-opened after roadworks, couple of new mini-roundabouts at least, probably other stuff
  • Is Saffron Lane a b-road? done

• what is the number for Anstey Lane? done

Railway lines

• Leicester is on the Midland Main Line. this is tagged.
• The Birmingham-Peterborough line has junctions with the MML north and south of Leicester. these are tagged.

• The Great Central Line extended through Leicester as well. the northern part of this is a heritage railway, which is tagged down to Birstall. Where is the actual southern terminus of this (Leicester North)? Since I wasn't sure I tagged it just down to Station Road in Birstall. Apparently access to Leicester North is via a road off the ringroad called The Sidings.

• The southern section of the Great Central Line has been tagged railway=dismantled. most of this is the Great Central Way, a footpath/cyclepath. this needs cycling down.

• There is a bridge by Braunstone Gate/Western Boulevard (the Bow String Bridge) which was associated with the railway. The council may have to tear it down, but it's still standing for the moment. Acquire this.

• railway line to Coalville/Byurton. This still exists but is freight only. goes west from Southfields. Have traced from landsat/NPE. details of the junction with the MML unclear.

Rivers and canals

The Soar and Soar Navigation are done. Not all weirs and locks are marked.

No other major rivers in Leicester itself, until one gets to the Wreake, but a variety of little brooks.

Areas of new(ish) development

• Hamilton
  • Hamilton is done as of 20 December 2007.
  • there is still active housebuilding in the area. Saxthorpe Road, Mundesley Road, Brompton Road, Fencote Road, Kepwick Road, Heritage Road (north) are not yet complete.
  • additionally, there is development near the spur of road just near to Hope Hamilton School
• Bede Island South
  • done. development appears complete.
• Filbert Street stadium
  • Lineker Road mapped through site. site not entirely developed yet. no obvious extra roads.
• Freemen's Meadow
  • south of Upperton Road, between Soar and Great Central Way
  • did what was there. more under development.
• Towers site
  • Went as far as I felt comfortable with. More stuff at the end of Herongate Road looks like under construction.
  • have both ends of Herongate Road now, but is not yet a through road as middle section fenced off
• Blackbird Road

Known missing

• Footpaths off Upper Hall Close, Netherhall
• Footpath between Scraptoft Lane and Cardinal's Walk
• Footpaths (2) between Uppingham Road and Wintersdale Road
• many footpaths in the Northfields estate, around Forest Road, Buckland Road, Brighton Road, Holkham Avenue, Bramall Road, etc
• bridleway between Hamilton Way and Hamilton, possibly on original line of Thurmaston Lane
• Gamel Walk, off Gamel Road
• footpath north from Lower Keyham Lane
• footpaths in the Rowlatts Hill estate, including Ambassador Walk (off Ambassador Road), Birkenshaw Walk, Cross Walk, Botley Walk, Godston Walk, Chalgrove Walk, Garsington Walk, Radstone Walk
• footpath leading to Beatty Avenue from Uppingham Road

• Smith Dorrien Road
• footpaths in the Tudor Road estate

• South Highfields
  • Evington Footpath (part)
  • Gordon Avenue
  • at least one other random mews?
  • Bartholomew Street (most)

• St Matthews/St Marks
  • various random footpaths, including Cotman Walk, Somerscales Walk, Housman Walk, Rawsthorne Walk, Keays Walk,

• Station Street

Parks & open spaces

Park	Location	Status	Footpaths	Facilities
Abbey Park	north of city centre	exists	a few done	not done
Appleton Park/Peebles Way Nature Area	Rushey Mead	not done	not done	not done
Aylestone Hall Gardens	Aylestone	not done	not done	not done
Aylestone Meadows	Aylestone	not done	not done	not done
Aylestone Road Recreation Ground	Aylestone	not done	not done	not done
Beaumont Park	Beaumont Leys	not done	not done	not done
Bede Park	west of city centre	exists	some done	not done
Braunstone Park	Braunstone	exists	not done	not done
Castle Gardens	west of city centre	exists	done	n/a
Castle Hill Country Park	northwest of city	not done	not done	not done
Cossington Recreation Ground	Belgrave	exists	not done	not done
Craven Recreation Ground	Northfields	exists	not done	not done
Downing Drive Open Space	Evington	not done	not done	not done
Elston Fields (aka 'Tick Tock Park')	?	not done	not done	not done
Evington Park	Evington	exists	done	done
Knighton Park	Knighton	not done (runs into racecourse and golf club)	not done	not done
Humberstone Community Gardens	Humberstone	not done	not done	not done
Humberstone Park	Humberstone	exists	not done	not done
Lily Mariot Gardens	Rowlatts Hill	exists	not done	not done
Monks Rest	Humberstone	exists	not done	not done
Nelson Mandela Park	Braunstone	exists	not done	not done
Netherhall Road Open Space	Netherhall	exists	not done	not done
Ocean Road Open Space	Thurnby Lodge	exists	not done	not done
Prebend Gardens	Highfields	exists	not done	not done
The Rally	northwest of city centre	exists	a few done	not done
Rushey Fields Recreation Ground	not done	not done	not done
Sedgebrook Road Open Space	Evington	done	not done	not done
Shady Lane Arboretum	south of Evington	exists	mostly done	n/a
Sparrow Park	Uppingham Road	exists	not done	not done
Spinney Hill Park	Highfields	exists	not done	not done
Stokeswood Park	Groby Road	exists	not done	not done
Thirlmere Street Gardens	Walnut Street	exists	not done	not done
Tudor Park	west of city centre	exists	not done	not done
Victoria Park	southeast of city centre	exists	some done	not done
Watermead Country Park	Birstall/Thurmaston	exists (cudely)	some done	not done
Western Park	Dane Hills	exists	not done	not done
Willowbrook Park	Thurnby Lodge	exists	not done	not done

Golf courses:

• Birstall - done from landsat
• Glen Gorse - done from landsat
• Oadby - runs into Racecourse/Knighton Park, needs site visit to determine borders between these, as hard to guess from landsat
• Scraptoft - done from landsat - borders may not be right
• Humberstone Heights - done from landsat
• Leicestershire - done from landsat
  • where does the golf course stop and the Shady Lady Arboreutem start? boundary with Shady Lane Aboretum determined on site visit
  • footpath going through Leicestershire Golf Club to acquire
• Western Park - todo

Surrounding villages and towns

• Scraptoft - done
• Thurnby - done
• Bushby - done
• Houghton on the Hill - 75% done
• Stoughton - marked
• Stretton Magna
• Stretton Parva
• Oadby - marked
• Great Glen - marked
• Burton Overy - marked
• Newton Harcourt - marked
• Wigston Magna - marked
• South Wigston
• Glen Parva - marked (in right place or not?)
• Blaby - marked - possibly someone working on it
• Whetstone - marked
• Countesthorpe - marked
• Cosby - marked
• Narborough - marked
• Littlethorpe
• Enderby - marked
• Braunstone - marked
• Leicester Forest East - marked
• Kirby Muxloe - marked
• Ratby - marked
• Glenfield - marked
• Groby - marked
• Anstey - marked
• Newton Linford - marked
• Cropston - marked
• Thurcaston - marked
• Birstall - large parts done. complete?
• Wanlip - marked
• Thurmaston - marked
• Syston - marked
• Queniborough - marked
• Barkby - marked
• Barkby Thorpe - marked
• Beeby - marked
• Keyham - marked

Nearby towns and areas

• Ashby/Coalville
• Hinckley
• Kibworth
• Loughborough - nearly complete, as is a good section of countryside between Leicester and Loughborough
• Melton Mowbray - barely there
• Market Harborough - barely there
• Rutland - nearly complete, one or two odd bits

Progress

April 9, 2007

April 17, 2007