WOODGATE, LEICESTERSHIRE
LAMBERT M. SURHONE, MARIAM T. TENNOE, SUSAN F. HENSSONOW
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Woodgate is an area in Leicester.
It lies next to the River Soar and is an important entrance to the city leading on to Frog Island
A busy junction, it lies at the intersection of Fosse Road North, Groby Road, Blackbird Road and Buckminster Road.
It forms part of the current regeneration plans for the city.
The area has suffered from industrial blight with the closure of The Premier Screw and Repetition factory with over 100 redundancies
The site has often been vandalised
The former pubs,"The Friar Tuck" and "The Old Robin Hood " have long been derelict and been the scenes of crime including a murder
