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Coordinates: 52°38′46″N 1°10′23″W / 52.646°N 1.173°W
New Parks 
Population 16,022 Unitary authority Leicester Ceremonial county Leicestershire Region East Midlands Country England Sovereign state United Kingdom Post town LEICESTER Postcode district LE3 Dialling code 0116 Police Leicestershire Fire Leicestershire Ambulance East Midlands EU Parliament East Midlands UK Parliament Leicester East List of places: UK • England • Leicestershire New Parks is an electoral ward and administrative division of the city of Leicester, England, consisting of the Leicester suburb of New Parks in its entirety.
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Geography
It is in the west of the city, close by the Leicestershire county border and the village of Glenfield. South of New Parks is the Western Park ward, north is the Beaumont Leys ward and to the east is the Fosse ward.[1]
Amenities and facilities
There are many shops neighbouring the homes and leisure centres. On 16 March 2010, the £1.5 million New Parks Centre Library, funded by the Big Lottery Fund and Leicester City Council, was opened by Councillor Andy Connelly and local residents Karen Berry and Sally Kibble.
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Houses in New Parks, Leicester
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Shops in New Parks, Leicester
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New Parks Leisure Centre
Education
There are five primary schools; Braunstone Frith Infant & Junior schools, Forest Lodge Primary School, Inglehurst Primary School, Parks Primary School and Stokes Wood Primary School. There is one secondary school, New College Leicester.
Politics
Former New Parks Councillors include George Billington, who served as Lord Mayor of Leicester in 1983-84, Ross Willmott, who served as City Council Leader for three separate terms and Colin Hall, who served as Lord Mayor of Leicester in 2010-11.
The current Labour Councillors for the ward are Dawn Alfonso, Stephen Corrall and Malcolm Unsworth.
References
- ^ Leicester City Council. "Ward Maps". http://www.leicester.gov.uk/your-council-services/council-and-democracy/city-statistics/wardprofiles/wardmaps/#Current-wards-map. Retrieved 2011-10-11.
Leicester East Belgrave • Evington • Charnwood • Coleman • Humberstone & Hamilton • Latimer • Rushey Mead • Thurncourt
Leicester South Aylestone • Castle (City Centre) • Eyres Monsell • Freemen • Knighton • Spinney Hills • Stoneygate
Leicester West Abbey • Beaumont Leys • Braunstone Park & Rowley Fields • Fosse • New Parks • Westcotes • Western Park
Categories:- Areas of Leicester
- Leicester
- Leicestershire geography stubs
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