Enderby is a village and

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, England, on the southwest outskirts of the city of

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. The parish includes the neighbourhood of St John's, which is east of the village separated from it by the

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. The 2011 Census recorded the parish's population as 6,314. The village's name means 'farm/settlement of Eindrithi'. The village is situated on the B4114 between Fosse Shopping Park and Narborough. The parish includes Fosse Shopping Park, Grove Park Commercial Centre and Everards Brewery. The parish is bounded by the City of Leicester and the civil parishes of

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, Glen Parva, Lubbesthorpe, Narborough and Whetstone. The course of the

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passes through the parish. Near St John's is the deserted village of Aldeby by the

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. 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 name Charles Loraine Smith.Charles Loraine Smith
, History of Parliament, retrieved 8 June 2014

Governance

Enderby was in the Parliamentary constituency of Blaby between 1974 and 2010, when it was replaced with the South Leicestershire constituency. It is currently represented in the

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by Alberto Costa MP of the Conservative Party.

Former railway

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 the Birmingham to Leicester Line.

Economy

Enderby is home to Fosse Shopping Park, one of Britain's biggest out-of-town shopping parks. 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 by

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and another by

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. 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 retailer

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is located in Enderby. Enderby Sign

Transport

Road

Enderby is near the M1 and M69 motorways. The B4114 and B582 both run through the village.

Rail

Rail transport is provided by nearby Narborough railway station on the Birmingham to Peterborough Line. Trains are operated by

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and provide regular services to Leicester, Hinckley, Nuneaton and Birmingham.

Bus

Arriva Midlands operate services 50, X55 and X84 from Leicester into the village. Enderby

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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).

Education

The schools that Enderby children usually attend are: *Danemill Primary School * Brockington College

Sport

Enderby Town Football Club was founded in 1900. It played in the local Leicestershire Senior League until 1969, and joined the Southern League in

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. It changed its name to Leicester United F.C. in 1983 and was dissolved in 1996.

Crime

Enderby was where Colin Pitchfork raped and murdered a 15-year-old schoolgirl in 1986. 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. Following what was the first mass DNA screening of an entire community, Pitchfork was the first person to be convicted of murder using

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Sister village

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References

External links

Enderby Parish CouncilEnderby Heritage Group
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