Braunstone Town

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Braunstone Town
St Peter's Church, Braunstone Town
Braunstone Town Location within Leicestershire
Population	16,850
District	Blaby
Shire county	Leicestershire
Region	East Midlands
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	LEICESTER
Postcode district	LE3
Police	Leicestershire
Fire	Leicestershire
Ambulance	East Midlands
UK Parliament	Leicester West
List of places UK England Leicestershire 52°36′58″N 1°10′30″W / 52.616°N 1.175°W / 52.616; -1.175

Braunstone is a town and civil parish in the district of Blaby in Leicestershire, England. At the 2011 census the population of the town was 16,850.^[1]

Braunstone is mentioned in the Domesday Book of 1086, giving a population of "two sokemen and four villeins".^[2] The village remained a small settlement (population 238 in 1921) until 1925 when the Leicester Corporation compulsorily purchased the bulk of the Winstanley Braunstone Hall estate.

It is just outside the city boundary of Leicester, and the part of the old civil parish now inside the city boundary is also called Braunstone. This part of the parish, which contains a large council estate, was detached in 1935 from the Blaby district and Braunstone Parish to become part of the county borough of Leicester, hence the present split. The use of the name Braunstone Town is more recent, and is an attempt by Braunstone Town Council to distinguish their village from the council estate of the same name.

Braunstone Town is adjacent to the M1 motorway (junction 21) and is adjoined by the Meridian Business and Leisure Parks, and the Fosse Shopping Park and Grove Triangle retail outlets.

Although the parish has no railway station of its own, Leicester station is close. Leicester PlusBus is a scheme whereby train and bus tickets can be bought together at a discount.