Q2223506
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Wigston, or Wigston Magna, is a town in the Oadby and Wigston district of Leicestershire, England, just south of Leicester on the A5199. It had a population of 37,261 in 2024.
Key facts
- UK place.official_name
- Wigston
- UK place.static_image_name
- All Saint's Church,_Wigston (geograph 7301744).jpg
- UK place.static_image_caption
- Moat Street, Wigston (2008)
- UK place.country
- England
- UK place.region
- East Midlands
- UK place.shire_county
- Leicestershire
- UK place.shire_district
- Oadby and Wigston
- UK place.population
- 37,260
- UK place.population_ref
- (2024)
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- SP6197
- UK place.london_distance_mi
- 85.35
- UK place.post_town
- WIGSTON
- UK place.postcode_area
- LE
- UK place.postcode_district
- LE18
- UK place.dial_code
- 0116
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- Harborough, Oadby and Wigston
- UK place.website
- Oadby & Wigston Borough Council
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Wigston, or Wigston Magna, is a town in the Oadby and Wigston district of Leicestershire, England, just south of Leicester on the A5199. It had a population of 37,261 in 2024.
==Geography== Wigston is south of the city of Leicester, at the centre of Leicestershire and the East Midlands. Oadby is to the east, connected by the B582 road. To the west along the B582, or Blaby Road is South Wigston, .
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