Remembrance Events

Details of the coming Remembrance events in Oadby are shown below:

Sunday 10th November:

The St. Peter’s Church service starts at 2.45pm.

Parading to the Oadby War Memorial for wreath laying at 3.30pm

Monday 11th November:

2 minutes’ silence at 11am in Ellis Park.

Please help the Royal British Legion’s Poppy Appeal support serving and ex-serving personnel and their families by donating to their cause.



Festive Light Switch-On

Oadby town centre will host the annual festive light switch-on this Saturday November 9th.

From 2pm there will be over 45 festive stalls, a funfair, music, dance, character meet & greets, Santa’s grotto (at Knightsbridge Estate Agents) and much much more.

Oadby Switch-on 2019

The event is being organised by the Oadby Festive Lights Committee in conjunction with the Oadby Town Centre Association with the switch-on at 6pm.

Please come along and support local businesses and our town centre.

Casework Round-Up

I have been following-up various issues in and around St. Peter’s ward on behalf of residents:

  • Earlier this week I reported traffic collision debris on the road and pedestrian islands at the traffic lights on Wigston Road and Brabazon Road. Some of this debris was sharp and potentially dangerous. The street cleaning team of the Borough Council has tidied this up.
  • A large panel of the wooden traffic safety fence at the racecourse roundabout in the central reservation of the A6 has been damaged for several weeks, possibly as a result of a traffic collision. County Councillors Dean Gamble and Jeffrey Kaufman have made the County Council aware of this issue.
  • A shrub, possibly on private land, is encroaching on the shared cycle/ footpath on Wigston Road by the bus stop prior to the Washbrook Lane turn. The shrub has completely covered the bus stop sign and halved the width of the path, which is heavily used during school times. Again, County Councillors Dean Gamble and Jeffrey Kaufman have made the County Council aware of this issue.
  • Defective street lights on the A6 London Road just outside the ward in Leicester have been reported to the City Council who are aware of them. I have also reported a further flickering street light in the ward, just before the petrol station by the racecourse roundabout, to the County Council.

If you see problems in the ward please contact myself, David Carter or one of your County Councillors via the form on the Harborough, Oadby and Wigston Liberal Democrats site. Alternatively you can report the issue to the relevant council which broadly speaking is:

Street cleaning/graffiti: Oadby and Wigston Borough Council

Highways (street lights, traffic signals etc.): Leicestershire County Council.