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. Leicester (pronounced ) is a city in the English East Midlands, on the River Soar. ... In England a civil parish (usually just parish) is the smallest unit of local government. ... Blaby is a local government district in Leicestershire, England. ... Aylestone is a small town in Leicestershire, England. ...
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 canal at Braunston The Grand Union Canal is a canal in England and part of the British canal system. ... The river in Leicester The River Soar is a tributary of the River Trent in the English East Midlands. ...
Glen Parva is called so to distinguish it from Great Glen (rarely Glen Magna). The Great Glen, also known as Glen Albyn or Glen Mor is a series of valleys in Scotland running 100 kilometers from Inverness on the Moray Firth to Fort William at the head of Loch Linnhe. ...
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. The wall The ruins of the baths The Jewry Wall in Leicester, England is the remaining wall of the public baths of Roman Leicester along with foundations of the baths, which are laid out in front of the wall. ... Leicester (pronounced ) is a city in the English East Midlands, on the River Soar. ...
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