Thurnby Lodge
Thurnby Lodge is an estate in eastern Leicester, Leicestershire, England. Roughly, it consists of the area inside the city boundary which is north of the Uppingham Road, east of the A563 outer ringroad, and south of the Scraptoft Lane.
It is near, however not part of Thurnby, after which it is named. Other nearby places are Humberstone, Scraptoft, Evington and Goodwood.
History
Thurnby Lodge is a council estate built from the early 1950s onwards to facilitate the central Leicester slum clearance until the 1960s. The area west of Bowhill Grove was the last phase of the estate stretching to Nursery Road at its most westerly point. Two, three and four-bedroomed council houses were built in brick and concrete block, terraced with large rear and smaller front gardens.Many of the houses on the estate have transferred to private ownership under the right to buy, resulting in a large variety of upgrades and extensions to the original council properties.
Education
Children on the estate usually attend Thurnby Mead Academy or Willowbrook Mead Academy. The popular public house the Stirrup Cup on Thurncourt Road is one of the few estate pubs left. At its northerly point, the White House Inn on Scraptoft Lane is the largest public house.Transport
The estate was serviced by Midland Red buses, routes L37 and L38 whose terminus were on Thurncourt Road opposite the shops.Buses that currently serve the area are: Arriva Midlands services 37 and 56/56A Centrebus 40 CircleLine, First Leicester services 38 and 38A.