Aylestone
Encyclopedia
Aylestone is a suburb
of Leicester
, England
at . It is south-west of the city centre
, but to the east of the River Soar
.
It was formerly a separate village, but the growth of the city has meant that it is now part of the urban area, largely surrounded by 20th century housing. However, the area around the parish church of St Andrew retains much of the former village character. Aylestone Hall has recently been restored, it was the home of Dorothy Vernon, who is related to the Dukes of Rutland, (see Belvoir Castle). Aylestone Park is not a park but an area of housing half-a-mile square, which grew between the city and the village and which has housing generally built between 1875 and 1920.
Aylestone Meadows is a large area of playing fields and water-meadow
nearby, and contributes to the semi-rural character of the suburb.
Plans by Leicester City Council to bulldoze an area within the Aylestone Meadows to make way for (an artificial sports pitch, single storey club house with associated 4.5 metre fencing, 16metre high floodlights, car parking and landscaping), were defeated on 21st March 2011 when the Planning Committee rejected the plans. Many groups including Aylestone Meadows Appreciation Society, Leicester Friends of the Earth, Leicestershire & Rutland Wildlife Trust, The Leicester Civic Society and The Campaign for Rural England all helped rally support against the plans. It was the first time that an E-Petition on Leicester City Council's website had ever been used.
Aylestone is the name of two output areas
used in the UK Census
. One, code 00FNNG, is centred on the Leicester location; the other, code 00GANY, is centred on Aylestone Hill , Herefordshire
.
Suburb
The word suburb mostly refers to a residential area, either existing as part of a city or as a separate residential community within commuting distance of a city . Some suburbs have a degree of administrative autonomy, and most have lower population density than inner city neighborhoods...
of Leicester
Leicester
Leicester is a city and unitary authority in the East Midlands of England, and the county town of Leicestershire. The city lies on the River Soar and at the edge of the National Forest...
, England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
at . It is south-west of the city centre
Leicester City Centre
Leicester City Centre is an area covering the core inner city area and central business district of the city of Leicester, England. It is roughly delineated from Leicester's suburbs by the A594, Leicester's inner ring road....
, but to the east of the River Soar
River Soar
The River Soar is a tributary of the River Trent in the English East Midlands.-Description:It rises near Hinckley in Leicestershire and is joined by the River Sence near Enderby before flowing through Leicester , Barrow-on-Soar, beside Loughborough and Kegworth, before joining the Trent near...
.
It was formerly a separate village, but the growth of the city has meant that it is now part of the urban area, largely surrounded by 20th century housing. However, the area around the parish church of St Andrew retains much of the former village character. Aylestone Hall has recently been restored, it was the home of Dorothy Vernon, who is related to the Dukes of Rutland, (see Belvoir Castle). Aylestone Park is not a park but an area of housing half-a-mile square, which grew between the city and the village and which has housing generally built between 1875 and 1920.
Aylestone Meadows is a large area of playing fields and water-meadow
Water-meadow
A water-meadow is an area of grassland subject to controlled irrigation to increase agricultural productivity. Water-meadows were mainly used in Europe from the 16th to the early 20th centuries...
nearby, and contributes to the semi-rural character of the suburb.
Plans by Leicester City Council to bulldoze an area within the Aylestone Meadows to make way for (an artificial sports pitch, single storey club house with associated 4.5 metre fencing, 16metre high floodlights, car parking and landscaping), were defeated on 21st March 2011 when the Planning Committee rejected the plans. Many groups including Aylestone Meadows Appreciation Society, Leicester Friends of the Earth, Leicestershire & Rutland Wildlife Trust, The Leicester Civic Society and The Campaign for Rural England all helped rally support against the plans. It was the first time that an E-Petition on Leicester City Council's website had ever been used.
Aylestone is the name of two output areas
ONS coding system
In the United Kingdom, the Office for National Statistics maintains a series of codes to represent a wide range of geographical areas of the UK, for use in tabulating census and other statistical data...
used in the UK Census
United Kingdom Census 2001
A nationwide census, known as Census 2001, was conducted in the United Kingdom on Sunday, 29 April 2001. This was the 20th UK Census and recorded a resident population of 58,789,194....
. One, code 00FNNG, is centred on the Leicester location; the other, code 00GANY, is centred on Aylestone Hill , Herefordshire
Herefordshire
Herefordshire is a historic and ceremonial county in the West Midlands region of England. For Eurostat purposes it is a NUTS 3 region and is one of three counties that comprise the "Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Gloucestershire" NUTS 2 region. It also forms a unitary district known as the...
.