Glen Parva Barracks

Glen Parva Barracks was a military installation at Glen Parva near South Wigston in Leicestershire.

History
The barracks opened under the name of Wigston Barracks in 1881. Originally the depot of the Royal Leicestershire Regiment, tens of thousands of recruits and conscripts were trained there for deployment during the First World War. The barracks went on to become the regional centre for infantry training as the Forester Brigade Depot in 1960. They were closed in the late 1960s and most of the buildings were sold. Although Glen Parva Young Offenders Institution now occupies much of the site a unit of the Royal Army Pay Corps remained there until 1997.