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Wanlip - a hamlet near Leicester!

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A new resident reports on what he found

• Not the easiest place to find on a map but easy to find again once you have succeeded.
• We have a listed ice house, if you can find it.
• The telephone box was knocked down and never replaced.
• The bus stops were removed, when I asked, when the bus actually ran.
• The pub is the other side of the River Sour but they removed the bridge some 30 years ago.
• The residents are friendly (all 156 or so, of them!)

As I have now been a resident for over 4 years, I thought I’d better warn anyone thinking of finding our hamlet that you need to be prepared for the unexpected.

For example, the nearest village has a number of banks, supermarkets, charity shops, a vet, police beat office, free car parks, two opticians, several cafes, two pubs, builders merchant, two doctors surgeries etc. I’d better stop there and return to Wanlip!

So what else does Wanlip have?

I knew you would ask that!

• We have have a church and church hall
• We have the Water Meadows and nature reserve but difficult to find them as access is also a challenge!
• We have industry in the form of sand and gravel, sewage works and composting centre. Add in the Koi Carp seller, Manor Farm and a listed Ice House what else could you want?
• I live there!

We have easy access to:

• Leicester Royal Infirmary
• Leicester General Hospital
• Glenfield Heart hospital
• M1 - London and the north
• A46 - Lincoln, Newark and Coventry
• A6 - London, St Albans, Loughborough etc.
• Main line to St Pancras
• Great central railway
• Space centre

You wanna know more?

Official Wanlip site

Wanlip Meadows

The Church at Wanlip

Genealogy

Wikipedia

More history

Wanlip Whiff

Local Newspapers

Most of all, a bit of peace and quiet (as does everywhere except the south-east). Indeed, I was chatting to one of our newer residents (as at end of July 2017) who loves it here, (now his home is sold again) the only problem is, they moved here from less than 5 miles from where I came from which really isn’t good enough.

Now you know. I’ve been out and taken a few photos and they will get posted on the following pages .

If you have any suggestions, drop me a line.

The Wanlip village site can be found here where you will find old maps, village newsletters along with parish meeting agendas and minutes. One of the things you will learn is that Wanlip is considered ‘unsustainable’ but that’s down to the villagers to change if they want to.

Just in case you were wondering what happened to recorded temperatures for 2021 onwards, I have them on file but as no-one really cares, why publish them?

Parts updated 14/10/21