Anstey, Leicestershire

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Anstey
'Anstey - Gateway to Charnwood Forest' sign seen on entering the village
Anstey Location within Leicestershire
Area	6.25 sq mi (16.2 km2)
Population	6,528 (2011 Census)
• Density	1,044/sq mi (403/km2)
OS grid reference	SK545085
District	Charnwood
Shire county	Leicestershire
Region	East Midlands
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	LEICESTER
Postcode district	LE7
Dialling code	0116
Police	Leicestershire
Fire	Leicestershire
Ambulance	East Midlands
UK Parliament	Mid Leicestershire
List of places UK England Leicestershire 52°40′17″N 1°11′44″W / 52.67148°N 1.19546°W / 52.67148; -1.19546

Anstey is a large village in Leicestershire, England, located north west of Leicester in the borough of Charnwood. Its population was 6,528 at the 2011 census.^[1] This figure is expected to increase due to the building of a new housing development off Groby Road. The village is separated from Leicester by the Rothley Brook, Castle Hill Park and the A46, and it borders the villages of Glenfield, Groby, Newtown Linford, Cropston and Thurcaston as well as the suburb of Beaumont Leys and Anstey Heights. To the north-west lies Bradgate Park.

Anstey is known as the Gateway to Charnwood Forest. It is a combination of traditional English village (with two village greens - the top green and bottom green) and an industrial town (with several 19th-century hosiery factories, many of which are now being turned into apartments) which is made up mostly of a number of small estates, both council and private which are intertwined, often with no clear border.