Armour Shield Roofing Services Coalville covers Glenfield, Braunstone Town and the western edge of Leicester in LE3 from Coalville, along the A50. The roofs run from Welsh and Swithland slate in Glenfield’s old village centre to the council estates Leicester built at Braunstone from 1925 and at New Parks after the war, and the semis of Leicester Forest East.
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| Covered from | Our base on Station Road, Hugglescote, Coalville — about 9 miles away as the crow flies |
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| Postcode district | LE3 |
| Local council (planning) | Blaby District Council |
| Conservation areas include | Glenfield and Braunstone Village (part Blaby, part Leicester City) |
| Roofs we see most | Glenfield village houses · Council estates of the 1920s to 1950s · Suburban semis and later estates |
| Also covering | Leicester Forest East, New Parks, Braunstone Park and Western Park |
| Every job | Free quote · £5 million public liability insurance · 15-year written guarantee |
Local details checked and updated September 2026.
Glenfield and Braunstone sit on the western edge of Leicester in LE3, where the county meets the city. Glenfield is a Domesday village that became home to Leicestershire County Council’s Brutalist County Hall in the 1960s, with the Faire estate built from the 1920s to the 1950s and a larger estate behind Ellis Park in the 1980s and 1990s. Braunstone changed almost overnight: Leicester Corporation bought the estate in 1925, and the population rose from 238 in 1921 to nearly 7,000 in 1931. Leicester Forest East grew along Hinckley Road from the 1930s, then either side of the M1.
Glenfield’s conservation area around Main Street and Church Road
The appraisal names Welsh slate as the traditional covering, with Swithland slate on a few older buildings such as nos 3–9 Main Street, and red clay pantiles at Old Glebe Farm. Matching the right material is the first job on any repair here.
Braunstone and New Parks, now in Leicester City, and the Faire estate in Glenfield
Leicester built council housing at Braunstone from 1925 to 1940 and around 3,000 homes at New Parks between 1946 and 1959. Roofs of that age still on their original coverings are overdue for new underlay, battens and ridge fixings, and the chimneys need checking.
Leicester Forest East, and Glenfield’s estate behind Ellis Park
Tiled roofs from every decade between the 1930s and the 1990s, often with flat-roofed garages, porches and dormers added since. The older semis are candidates for re-roofing; the newer homes mostly need gutter, verge and ridge maintenance.
Rothley Brook runs through Glenfield, and the Environment Agency covers it with a flood warning area for Glenfield and Anstey; Blaby’s flood risk study picks out parts of Kirby Road, Main Street and Station Road. Near the brook, a roof’s job is to get rainwater off and away quickly, so gutters and downpipes need to be clear and sound. Across LE3, the parks and mature street trees of the older estates, from Braunstone Park to Ellis Park, keep gutters busy every autumn.
LE3 straddles two councils. Glenfield, Braunstone Town and Leicester Forest East are Blaby District Council’s, while Braunstone Park and Rowley Fields, New Parks and Western Park belong to Leicester City Council. Glenfield has a conservation area with an appraisal from 2014, and Braunstone Village has one in two parts: the city designated the northern part in 1974 and Blaby the southern part in 2024. An Article 4 direction in force since March 2026 covers 19 properties in Braunstone Village and brings roof alterations and changes of roofing material under planning control.
Planning authority for Glenfield & Braunstone: Blaby District Council. We will tell you at the quote if your job needs consent, but the council has the final say.
Council-built homes at Braunstone and New Parks and the older semis of Leicester Forest East are at the age when a full re-roof beats another round of repairs.
New Roofs in Glenfield & Braunstone →Matching Welsh or Swithland slate and clay pantiles in Glenfield’s conservation area, and changing roofing material only with consent in Braunstone Village.
Pitched Roofing in Glenfield & Braunstone →Stacks on the interwar and early postwar houses are now old enough to need repointing, new flaunching and fresh lead.
Chimney Repairs in Glenfield & Braunstone →Near Rothley Brook in Glenfield, gutters and downpipes that carry heavy rain clear of the walls are worth keeping in good order.
Roofline & Guttering in Glenfield & Braunstone →It does if your house is one of the 19 properties it covers. The direction, made by Blaby District Council and in force since March 2026, removes permitted development rights for roof alterations and changes of roofing material there, so work that would otherwise need no consent now needs planning permission. Like-for-like repairs are still fine. If you are not sure whether your home is covered, check with Blaby before booking the work; we will ask about it at the quote.
It depends which side of the old boundary you are on. Leicester Corporation bought the Braunstone estate in 1925, and the part north of Braunstone Lane, now Braunstone Park and Rowley Fields, passed into the city in 1935. Braunstone Town, to the south, stayed in the county and is Blaby District Council’s. It only matters for planning questions, such as a dormer or work in the Braunstone Village conservation area; we cover both sides the same way.
Usually Welsh slate, which Glenfield’s character appraisal describes as the village’s traditional roof. A handful of older buildings, including nos 3–9 Main Street and Old Glebe Farm, have Swithland slate, and there are red clay pantiles and plain clay tiles on others. Repairs should match what is there, and swapping slate for concrete tiles would jar with the street.
All of Glenfield & Braunstone (LE3), including Leicester Forest East, New Parks, Braunstone Park and Western Park. We reach LE3 from Coalville along the A50 or the M1 to junction 21A, and cover Glenfield and Braunstone Town with Leicester Forest East, New Parks, Braunstone Park and Western Park. Every quote is free and no-obligation, the work is covered by £5 million public liability insurance, and our workmanship is guaranteed in writing for 15 years.
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