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| Enderby | |
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 St John the Baptist parish church | |
  Enderby Location withinLeicestershire | |
| Population | 6,314 (2011 Census) |
| OS grid reference | SK596088 |
| Civil parish |
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| District | |
| Shire county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Leicester |
| Postcode district | LE19 |
| Dialling code | 0116 |
| Police | Leicestershire |
| Fire | Leicestershire |
| Ambulance | East Midlands |
| UK Parliament | |
| Website | Enderby Parish Council |
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Enderby is a village andcivil parish inLeicestershire, England, on the southwest outskirts of the city ofLeicester. The parish includes the neighbourhood of St John's, which is east of the village separated from it by theM1 motorway. The2011 Census recorded the parish's population as 6,314.[1]
The village's name means 'farm/settlement of Eindrithi'.[2]
The village is situated on theB4114 betweenFosse Shopping Park andNarborough. The parish includesFosse Shopping Park, Grove Park Commercial Centre andEverards Brewery.
The parish is bounded by theCity of Leicester and the civil parishes ofBraunstone Town,Glen Parva,Lubbesthorpe,Narborough andWhetstone.
The course of theFosse WayRoman road passes through the parish. Near St John's is the deserted village of Aldeby by theRiver Soar.[3]
Enderby Hall was the ancestral home of the Smith family when the paternal line ended. The hall was left to Charles Loraine who took the nameCharles Loraine Smith.[4]
Enderby was in the Parliamentary constituency ofBlaby between 1974 and 2010, when it was replaced with theSouth Leicestershire constituency. It is currently represented in theHouse of Commons byAlberto Costa MP of theConservative Party.[5]
A disused freight only railway line known locally as ‘Whistle Way’ is to the north of the village. This branch line used to link the now disused Enderby Warren Quarry with theBirmingham to Leicester Line.
Enderby is home toFosse Shopping Park, one of Britain's biggest out-of-town shopping parks.[6] The village centre has a newsagents, petrol station, florists, beauty salon, delicatessen, library, cafe, bookmakers, and hand car wash. It has two "Co-operative Food" stores within metres of each other, one owned byCentral England Co-operative and another byThe Co-operative Group.
Enderby has a leisure centre with swimming pool, gym, squash courts and sports hall for badminton and 5-a-side football. There is also a nine-hole pay-and-play golf course.
The head office of clothing retailerNext plc is located in Enderby.[7]
Enderby is near the M1 andM69 motorways. TheB4114 andB582 both run through the village.
Rail transport is provided by nearbyNarborough railway station on theBirmingham to Peterborough Line. Trains are operated byCrossCountry and provide regular services to Leicester, Hinckley, Nuneaton and Birmingham.
Arriva Midlands operate services 50, X55 and X84 from Leicester into the village.[8]
EnderbyPark and Ride is situated on the corner of B4114 St John's and Leicester Lane, opposite Leicestershire Constabulary Headquarters and Palmers Garden Centre, and was opened on 16 November 2009. It has parking for 1,000 cars. Buses run every 15 minutes into Leicester city centre from 7am to 7pm, Mondays to Saturdays. Stops include Smith Way (Grove Park), Aylestone Road (Leicester Royal Infirmary), Oxford Street (De Montfort University) and St. Nicholas Circle (stand FD).[9]
The schools that Enderby children usually attend are:
Enderby Town Football Club was founded in 1900. It played in the local Leicestershire Senior League until 1969, and joined the Southern League in1972. It changed its name toLeicester United F.C. in 1983 and was dissolved in 1996.[13]
Enderby was whereColin Pitchfork raped and murdered a 15-year-old schoolgirl in 1986.[14] He also killed a girl of the same age in nearby Narborough in 1983. Initially a 17-year-old youth was suspected, and even confessed to one of the murders, but DNA testing cleared him.[15] Following what was the first mass DNA screening of an entire community, Pitchfork was the first person to be convicted of murder usingDNA profiling.[16][17][18][19]
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