Glen Parva is a civil parish in the Blaby district of Leicestershire, England, with a population of over 17,000.

It is included in the Parish of Glen Parva, the southern part of Eyres Monsell only, from south of Sturdee road.

Under the Local Government Act 1894, Glen Parva became a civil parish within the rural District of Blaby.

On the local park there are several facilities including recreational equipment, an astroturf pitch with a football goal and basketball hoop, a library and a recently extended and modernised memorial hall.

The village has two nurseries and Glen Hill Primary School, which was once split into two campuses: One based at Cork Lane and the other on Featherby Drive.

Although this falls within the boundaries of Glen Parva in Blaby district it is separated from the main village by the Birmingham to Peterborough Railway Line.

The Knightsbridge Road estate was built as accommodation for the prison officers working at HMYOI Glen Parva.

There is still a footbridge over the railway which can be accessed via an overgrown footpath behind the houses at the end of Knightsbridge Road.