Wigston is a large south Leicester suburb and former hosiery town with its own distinct centre — Victorian terraces, a town hall and allotments — on the edge of the open Leicestershire pasture. The Grand Union Canal towpath and the country park at Aylestone Meadows to the north are important local forage corridors, while the open fields to the south carry the traditional oilseed rape and hawthorn sequence.
Collectors are called to swarms on the allotment hedgerows and fruit trees along Wigston Lane and Welford Road, in the sycamore and ornamental cherry of the older residential streets, and along the canal towpath elder and bramble scrub. The long garden hedgerows between Wigston and Oadby carry a consistent swarm population in May and June.
Nearest BBKA-affiliated associations to help with swarm collection and local advice.
CV21 2JT· approx. 26 km
Visit websiteCV11 5DN· approx. 27 km
Visit websiteCV3 4AQ· approx. 34 km
Visit websiteAssociation data sourced from the British Beekeepers Association directory via SwarmBase.
Oilseed rape and field beans drive the arable flow. Sycamore and horse chestnut in the market towns build the mid-May crop; lime dominates June in Leicester, Loughborough and Market Harborough. Charnwood brings sweet chestnut, bracken and patches of bilberry; Bradgate and Belvoir parks add ancient lime and oak. Bramble is universal; rosebay willowherb fills ex-quarry ground around Mountsorrel. Ivy on the red-brick farmhouses and old pub gardens closes the season strongly.
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