Glen Parva

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Glen Parva is a suburb of southern Leicester. It is outside the city boundaries, and forms a civil parish of the district of Blaby. To the north it runs into Aylestone, and to the east Eyres Monsell. To the south and west it is not immediately surrounded by development.

It is a largely residential area with no main shopping or leisure centre.

The village has a young offender's institute, HMYOI Glen Parva. The Grand Union Canal and the River Sence both pass to the south of the village. To the west is the River Soar.

The Great Central Railway used to pass through Glen Parva. The route has now been made into a paved walkway which leads into Leicester.

Glen Parva is called so to distinguish it from Great Glen (rarely Glen Magna).

Glen Parva was made famous by the discovery of the Glen Parva Lady, a rich female Anglo-Saxon Burial, now located at the Jewry Wall Museum, Leicester.

Sue Townsend who wrote the Adrian Mole books grew up here. It is specuated than many of the locations and characters in the books were based on local places and people.