Rushey Mead is an electoral ward

Wards of the United Kingdom

A ward in the United Kingdom is an electoral district at sub-national level represented by one or more councillors. It is the primary unit of British administrative and electoral geography .-England:...

 and administrative division of the city of Leicester

Leicester

Leicester is a city and unitary authority in the East Midlands of England, and the county town of Leicestershire. The city lies on the River Soar and at the edge of the National Forest...

, England

England

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. It comprises the northern Leicester suburb of Rushey Mead in its entirety, as well as historical parts of Northfields and Thurmaston

Thurmaston

Thurmaston is a village and civil parish within the Charnwood borough of Leicestershire, England. As of the 2001 census its population was 8,945...

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Geography

Rushey Mead is bounded by the wards of Humberstone & Hamilton

Humberstone & Hamilton

Humberstone & Hamilton is an electoral ward and administrative division of the city of Leicester, England. It comprises the north-eastern Leicester suburbs of Humberstone, Humberstone Garden, Hamilton and Netherhall.-Geography:...

 to the south-east, Charnwood

Charnwood (ward)

Charnwood is an electoral ward and administrative division of the city of Leicester, England. It comprises the northern Leicester suburb of Northfields and its Tailby and Morton ex-council estates.-Geography:...

 to the south, Belgrave to the south-west and Abbey to the west. North of Rushey Mead is the borough of Charnwood

Charnwood (borough)

Charnwood is a borough of northern Leicestershire, England. It is named after Charnwood Forest, which it contains. Loughborough is the largest town in the district and serves as the borough's administrative and commercial centre.-History:...

 and the villages of Birstall

Birstall

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 and Thurmaston

Thurmaston

Thurmaston is a village and civil parish within the Charnwood borough of Leicestershire, England. As of the 2001 census its population was 8,945...

 in Leicestershire

Leicestershire

Leicestershire is a landlocked county in the English Midlands. It takes its name from the heavily populated City of Leicester, traditionally its administrative centre, although the City of Leicester unitary authority is today administered separately from the rest of Leicestershire...

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History

Rushey Mead was originally a part of the Thurmaston civil parish during the 19th century. The modern day suburb was split from Thurmaston and gazetted as a "Thurmaston Urban District" in 1894, before being annexed to the City of Leicester in 1935, when it was renamed Rushey Mead.

Demographics

Like neighbouring suburb Belgrave, Rushey Mead is home to a large Asian immigrant population, and had a 53% Indian ethnic majority during the 2001 census. However, income deprivation is lower in Rushey Mead, which consists primarily of modern estate housing.

Education

The suburb contains two primary schools, Sandfield Primary School and Rushey Mead Primary School, and two comprehensives - Rushey Mead Secondary School and Soar Valley College.

External links

• Charity linked to Rushey Mead School