Welcome to Huncote

Call for Volunteers. Creating a Speed Watch Group for Huncote.

Councillor Steve Boulter would like to set up a Speed Watch Group within the village as a result of the recent collisions on Narborough Road and taking into account the possibility of the loss of the Brockington School Bus.

In order to achieve this a minimum of six volunteers are needed to run the scheme and 200 signatures are required from residents.Cllr Boulter will be actively seeking support from the community.

Anyone interested in becoming a volunteer or supporting the petition should contact Steve via the parish council or directly on his telephone number which is available on the website or the village newsletter.

Please support this initiative. Let's make our village safer!

Further details can be found by following this link - http://www.bealocalhero.com.

Have your say on new playground equipment for Huncote

To help the parish council to consider if any updates to the existing play equipment in the Critchlow Road play areas are desired by residents, and to determine what types of play equipment anyone would like to see available within the village, it would be very helpful if you could fill in this short survey. The results of which will help shape any future plans for the play area and the equipment to be provided.

If you ticked 'Other' above please fill in your thoughts on this form. Thankyou.

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Our Mission Statement

'To create a better place for Huncote's parishioners to live and work, by representing and promoting the interests and well being of the Parish and its parishioners.'

About Huncote

Huncote is a small rural village lying some 10km (six miles) South West of the City of Leicester. The population is around 2,000 with 1,325 persons on the electoral register, from 681 homes. The parish contains 426.436 hectares of land.

The nearby Croft Hill was an important meeting place as early as 836 A.D. when Wiglaf, King of Mercia, held a Council there. It also holds a macabre place in history as on one occasion, it was a place of execution for forty-one men, sometime after St. Andrew‘s day (30th November) of 1124.

In the 18th Century the villagers' chief occupation was domestic framework knitting. This was replaced during Queen Victoria‘s reign by quarrying, which improved transport by providing better roadways. The old handmade setts can still be seen as kerb stones in the older parts of the village.

The population at this time was just over 500, and the village extended from an area bounded by Main or Bridge Street, Church Back Lane and Thurlaston Brook, with Cheney End, the Mill and Hall Farm on the opposite side of Main Street, to include new houses on Forest Road as far as Duncan Avenue.

The school at the bottom of Brook Street was completed in 1852 and two new chapels were built; the Primitive methodists on Cheney End in 1874 and the Baptist on Main Street in 1876. St. James Church of England was dedicated in 1898 but was never fully completed. Huncote Cemetery was opened in 1897.

Modern day Huncote has a population of c2000 and has had only one major housing development since the 1960s,; which is currently underway on Duncan Avenue. There are two churches, St. James Church of England on the Narborough Road and the Huncote Methodist Church situated on Forest Road.

There is an active community centre attached to the Huncote Primary School on Denman Lane. The Pavilion (previously known as the Blaby Leisure Centre) offers a wide range of activities for people of all ages. Huncote also has an Amateur Theatrical Society (H.A.T.S.), a BMX club (Huncote Hornets) as well as football teams, and a model car club.