# Leicestershire, UK (and others)

**URL:** <https://community.citystrides.com/t/leicestershire-uk-and-others/26841>\
**Category:** Support\
**Created:** [October 3, 2023, 3:36pm UTC](https://community.citystrides.com/t/leicestershire-uk-and-others/26841 "2023-10-03T15:36:16Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![tim1](https://community.citystrides.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/b782af/32.png) [@tim1](https://community.citystrides.com/u/tim1)\
**Post date:** [March 15, 2024, 4:12pm UTC](https://community.citystrides.com/t/leicestershire-uk-and-others/26841/21 "2024-03-15T16:12:51Z")

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yeah UK local government is confusing!

[Local government in England - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Local_government_in_England) has a decent map but some places are more “divided” than others.

Leicester is a “real” city in the UK whereas places like Banbury & Bicester are “towns”  
It looks like Leicester City is also a unitary authority in its own right so presume why is level 6 in OSM as opposed to some places that actually are a bit bigger (Coventry nearby is one) but only level 8.

I guess Bicester with just over 500 streets is a good “city” for CS purposes and certainly is “huge” at least in street count for a level 10 even if the physical size is relatively small and so adjacent much more rural level 10 parishes will have similar size but often single figure street counts.

I guess “ideally” then for consistency you include every level 10 as a thing in itself and, like London, nest it in bigger things as additional challenges. London or indeed anywhere “big” is never ideal when say you do a Station Road or High Street in one part of a “city” but have to do all of them to count but when in some cases you can easily get a small street just by running past the top of it without even actually going on it.

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**Author:** ![sprior](https://community.citystrides.com/user_avatar/community.citystrides.com/sprior/32/4556_2.png) [@sprior](https://community.citystrides.com/u/sprior)\
**Post date:** [June 10, 2025, 7:11am UTC](https://community.citystrides.com/t/leicestershire-uk-and-others/26841/22 "2025-06-10T07:11:55Z")

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For what it’s worth I think Wandrer has the breakdown in the UK just about right. At the moment on Citystrides I just see North Kesteven as an overwhelming hurdle that will take years to complete, but on Wandrer I can chip away at districts and it feels much more manageable.

It’s also kind of depressing to spend considerable energy doing a run along Lincoln Road, only to find there are 30 other Lincoln Roads in North Kesteven and I won’t see the benefit of my run until 2030.

But then on the other hand, getting my 💯 sticker (Lincoln) took time and commitment, whereas someone living in Warwickshire (which is broken differently to North Kesteven in Citystrides) could get theirs in an afternoon.

I dunno. I guess I’m happy enough using a hybrid Wandrer/Citystrides approach but would like to see consistency across the UK. North Kesteven is huge though.

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