Kilby Bridge
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| Kilby Bridge | |
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 Kilby Bridge in 2013 | |
  Kilby Bridge Location within Leicestershire | |
| Population | 36 (2011) |
| OS grid reference | SP609970 |
| • London | 84.64 mi (136.21 km) |
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| District | |
| Shire county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | WIGSTON |
| Postcode district | LE18 |
| Dialling code | 0116 |
| Police | Leicestershire |
| Fire | Leicestershire |
| Ambulance | East Midlands |
| UK Parliament | |
| Website | Oadby & Wigston Borough Council |
Kilby Bridge is a hamlet on the A5199 Welford Road in the borough of Oadby and Wigston, Leicestershire, England, a few miles south of the city of Leicester. The population of the hamlet at the 2011 census was 36.[1]
Kilby Bridge forms part of the borough of Oadby and Wigston, the southernmost boundary of which is along the River Sence, situated in the Sence valley 1.32 miles (2.12 km) south of Wigston Magna between the village of Newton Harcourt 1.71 miles (2.75 km) to the east and the deserted medieval village of Foston 0.63 miles (1.01 km) to the south. The hamlet has two bridges that take the Welford Road over the River Sence and the Grand Union Canal. The third bridge takes the Midland Main Line railway over the Welford Road to the north of the hamlet.
