Eyres Monsell

Eyres Monsell is an electoral ward[1] and administrative division in Leicester, England.

[7] Eyres Monsell is five miles south of Leicester city centre and is in walking distance from Fosse shopping park in Enderby.

[8][9][10] A mixture of brick and concrete houses were built, and tenants were given the option between a green or brown front door.

[5] Previously the land was largely rural which allowed the Council to avoid building tower blocks, and instead focus on open-plan development and greener spaces.

Eyres Monsell would become Leicester's second largest estate built after World War II.

[14] It is noteworthy that, although it is a suburb of one of the most multiracial cities in the UK, the population of Eyres Monsell is 88.8% white British, according to 2011 Census data[13] (a drop from 94.8% in 2001).

During the Covid-19 pandemic, it was forced to close its youth centre and instead re-focused as a food bank for the local community.

[8][30] The church was proposed by Bishop Williams in February, 1955, and the vicarage was built by Frank Cooke between March and May 1956.

[40] Arriva Services 84,[41] 85[42] and X45[43] serve the Leicester Road area which is in Glen Parva on the border to Eyres Monsell.

Services 47,[44] 47A,[45] 48,[46] and 48A[47] serve the top end of the exchange park which is in Eyres Monsell.

[51][52] Eyres Monsell is part of the Leicester South parliamentary constituency, the winner of which represents the area in the House of Commons.

In the 2007 election, Labour came first, Conservative Party second, BNP third (with 21% of the vote), and Liberal Democrats fourth.