Charnwood was an
electoral ward and administrative division of the city of
Leicester,
England
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. The population of the ward at the 2011 census was 13,291. It comprised the northern Leicester suburb of Northfields and its Tailby and Morton ex-
council estates. Northfields has had a bad reputation for criminal activities. Despite being only 3 small estates it was responsible for 30% of the crime rate within the Leicester area. In response The Northfields Project was set upin order to help to combat crime and make Northfields a safer place to live. The scheme improved areas such as security fencing, lighting and public recreational spaces.
Charnwood was bounded by the wards of
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to the west and
Rushey Mead
Rushey Mead is an area, suburb, electoral ward and administrative division of the city of Leicester, England. The population of the ward at the 2011 census was 15,962. It comprises the northern Leicester suburb of Rushey Mead in its entirety, as ...
to the north-west on the other side of the
Midland Main Line
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,
Humberstone & Hamilton to the east on the other side of Victoria Road East,
Coleman to the south-east at The Portway and
North Evington to the south at Hastings Road. The Troon Industrial Area and Estate is to the north on the other side of Gipsy Lane.
Northfields was named for one of three open fields that once nearly surrounded Leicester. The field was enclosed in 1764 and then used as residential building land 'in good time for the population increase' of the industrial revolution, meaning that Leicester was largely spared the overcrowding problems typical of industrialising towns of that time.
[Hoskins, W.G., 'The Making of the English Landscape' (1955)]
The Charnwood ward, which was represented on
Leicester City Council
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and covered the area, was abolished in 2015 with most of the area now being part of the
Troon
Troon is a town in South Ayrshire, situated on the west coast of Ayrshire in Scotland, about north of Ayr and northwest of Glasgow Prestwick Airport.
Troon has a port with freight services and a yacht marina. Up until January 2016, P&O ope ...
ward.
References
The Northfields Project Report
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