Thorpe Astley is a suburban settlement on the southwestern edge of the city of Leicester, England.
A Community Centre to serve this housing estate was opened in October 2010;[1] this is maintained by Braunstone Town Council.
Around the same time a new community group was formed, Your Thorpe Astley, with the aim of furthering the interests of local residents and staging events at the centre.
Several roads in the Thorpe Astley estate are named after famous people from history, including the 18th-century political radical Thomas Paine and American paratroop commander General James M. Gavin.
Thorpe Astley is served by Centrebus service 40 circle line which operates a circular route around outer Leicester.