Oadby & Wigston Borough Council - Similar companies

Oadby & Wigston Borough Council is one of the seven districts councils that make up the two tier system of local government i ... n Leicestershire together with Leicestershire County Council. The Council delivers the full range of services that all district councils provide. These are delivered through a combination of arrangements that are direct, contracted, shared or delegated. The Council also owns and manages its own housing stock of 1,200 homes. The Borough of Oadby and Wigston is a relatively compact Borough that lies directly adjacent to and shares boundaries with the city of Leicester, a unitary authority. It also shares boundaries with Harborough District and Blaby District. The Borough has a total population of 55,800 (of this total the age sex ratio is approximately 93.9 males to every 100 females) settled within an area of around 2,400 hectares, of which approximately two thirds is urban in nature. These urban areas fall entirely within the Leicester Principal Urban Area, resulting in a strong spatial relationship between the Borough and Leicester City. read more