Leicestershire Villages

[Melton Fox]

Anybody know which is the biggest and the smallest?

In terms of physical size, population, qty of homes, qty of local amenities etc?

Obviously there could be a different answer to each one, just something I'm curious about.

 

[City Fan]

It all depends on what you class as a village I suppose. Desford is pretty big.....

 

[Nottingham Fox]

I'l guess at Normanton le Heath or Ravenstone as being about the smallest.

 

[Melton Fox]

It all depends on what you class as a village I suppose. Desford is pretty big.....

Well that's another question I meant to ask;

What defines a village?

I s'pose it's easy enough to find the answer, just thought somebody might know.

 

[beaumontfox]

At what point does a village become a town?

Cos I think Earl Shilton is now classed as a town.

 

[Melton Fox]

I'l guess at Normanton le Heath or Ravenstone as being about the smallest.

I'd say Chadwell is close to being the smallest too.

 

[City Fan]

I'd say Chadwell is close to being the smallest too.

Or how about Newtown Unthank? You drive through it in about 5 seconds!

 

[Melton Fox]

Or how about Newtown Unthank? You drive through it in about 5 seconds!

Aye, but I do that through Nottingham!!! Can't afford to hang around in there!!

 

[muzzysgal]

Kilby Bridge is very small too, although they do manage to boast a 5-a-side team :icon_wink

 

[Nottingham Fox]

Aye, but I do that through Nottingham!!! Can't afford to hang around in there!!

Just get a bullet proof car ffs.

 

[Melton Fox]

i like to think you'd be in me for longer than 5 seconds Melts, I'm not dangerous, nor do I have any viruses.

:icon_conf Weirdo

 

[lazzer]

Its a tough one to call as there are no prerequisites to define village or indeed a hamlet Most villages started out as agricultural settlements but with urban sprawl it gets more difficult to identify the difference between town and village.Even somewhere as urban as Aylestone is refered to as the village around wigston lane.Thurmaston also is still known as the village. I would say Broughton is fair size for a village and somewhere like shearsby as a fairly small one .

 

[Jeff]

Desford is pretty big.....

In terms of population it's not even close to being the biggest village in the county.

 

[City Fan]

In terms of population it's not even close to being the biggest village in the county.

I wasn't particularly thinking in terms of population. More like in terms of size, amenities etc. So which village do you think is the most populated then?

 

[Melton Fox]

I would say Broughton is fair size for a village and somewhere like shearsby as a fairly small one .

Good shout.

Can't find confirmation though, but wiki has it listed as the biggest, but on what criteria I'm not sure

The largest population centre is Leicester, followed by Loughborough. Other major towns include Ashby-de-la-Zouch, Coalville, Hinckley, Market Harborough, Melton Mowbray, Oadby and Wigston.

Some of the larger of Leicestershire's villages are: Broughton Astley (said to be the largest village in the county, which has also claimed to be the largest village in England and indeed Europe), Castle Donington, Kibworth Beauchamp (along with Kibworth Harcourt), Great Glen, Ibstock, Countesthorpe and Great Easton.

 

[Jeff]

I wasn't particularly thinking in terms of population. More like in terms of size, amenities etc. So which village do you think is the most populated then?

What amenities has Desford got?

I know they have the college, but there's not a great deal else there is there?


The bigger villages are probably ones that have pretty much been merged into other places. For example Burbage is I think officially a village, and has a population of aound 14,000, but it's become part of Hinckley really. Same thing with some of the bigger villages on the outskirts of Leicester, places like Glenfield, Thurmaston etc. Narborough etc. Whitwick is another one with quite a big population for a village.

 

[Melton Fox]

Whitwick is another one with quite a big population for a village.

Full of ****s I heard :icon_wink

 

[lazzer]

Full of village people i heard

 

[Lako42]

Full of ****s I heard :icon_wink

Full of village people i heard

Wankers

 

[beaumontfox]

I thought cos it was next to Coalville it was full of inbreds?:icon_eek: