New homes in Leicester

Leicester has been home to people like David Attenborough, Richard Armitage, Richard Attenborough, Amanda Drew and Richard III of England. Leicester is one of the most prolific settlements in the UK and new homes in Leicester are in great demand from it’s expanding population.

With its numerous contributions to culture and the arts, Leicester is proud of its heritage and takes this a step forward each passing generation. Partly because of the greatness attached to the Leicester name, it continues to attract residents from the world over every year.

Living in Leicester

Leicester is in the East Midlands of the UK and is a county town of Leicestershire. It is situated next to the National Forest, on the River Soar. ‘Even though Leicester is the tenth most populated settlement in the UK according ti the census of 2001, it has a rich history and cultural background, and is burgeoning with modernity and opportunity’ says Vernon Pethard, Managing Director of www.newhomesforsale.co.uk, the UK's leading new homes property website.

Leicester is one of the oldest cities in the world, with a history traceable two thousand years into the past. Even today, you can see the remnants of Roman baths in the city, a reminder of the towns past in Roman Britain. Once the Romans left, Leicester was inhabited by the Celtic Corieltavi tribes. Until the tenth century BC, Leicester was under the control of the Vikings and Saxons, and records from this time are patchy. It is in medieval times that Leicester grew in importance. The lore of a King Leir, buried by Queen Cordelia rises from this period in Leicester’s history and forms the basis for Shakespeare’s King Lear.

Areas in modern Leicester include:

* Aylestone was formerly a village outside of Leicester, but is now being incorporated into the city limits. Today, the quaint parish church of St Andrew is surrounded by twentieth century housing, making it a comforting blend of old and new traditions.

* Beaumont Lyes, Abbey Ward, Bede Island, Belgrave, Blackfriars, Braunstone EstateBraunstone Frith

* City Centre, Clarendon Park, Crown Hills

* Dane Hills is famous for a cave called Black Annis’s Bower which, according to lore, was the cave of a witch of that name.

* Eyres Monsell, Evington, Evington Valley

* Frog Island is an inner city area between River Soar and Soar Navigation.

* Gilmorton Estate, Goodwood

* Hamilton is one of the longest continuously inhabited cities in Leicester, being populated since the Middle Ages.

* Highfields, as the name suggests, is one of the highest areas in Leicestershire. Home to a large multiethnic population, Highfields is rich in amenities.

* Horston Hill, Humberstone, Garden City

* Knighton is a residential areas built in the 1930s and 1940s a little away from Leicester city.

* Mowmacre Hill

* Nether Hall, New Humberstone, New Parks, Newfoundpool, North Evington, Northfields

* Rowlatts Hill, Rowlet Fiels, Rushey Mead

* Southfields, South Knighton, Spinney Hills, St Peters, St Matthew’s, Stoneygate

* Thurnby Lodge

* Westcotes, West End, West Knighton, Western Park, Woodgate

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