Birstall, Leicestershire

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Birstall is a large village and civil parish within the Charnwood borough of Leicestershire, England. It is three miles north of Leicester city centre and is part of the wider Leicester Urban Area.It is the largest village in Charnwood, with a population only marginally lower than the neighbouring town of Syston at the 2001 census.The villageBirstall lies on the A6 and is the last major settlement before Leicester when arriving from the north. Birstall thus forms part of the Leicester Urban Area. The village centre lies just off the A6, along Sibson Road. The village contains two supermarkets, a garden centre and a variety of other shops. There are a number of schools, including Highcliffe Primary School, Riverside Primary School and The Cedars Academy. The village contains the Anglican church of St. James the Great, the St Teresa Roman Catholic church and Birstall Methodist Church.There is a large housing estate in the north-west of the village, leading off Greengate Lane.The Grand Union Canal runs through the bottom end of the village, separating it from Watermead Country Park, a series of lakes in the bottom of the Soar Valley, which have been set aside as a recreational area and country park.

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Birstall, Leicestershire is Leicester based place and this enity listed in Neighborhood category. Contact phone number of Birstall, Leicestershire: +44 116 210 1112