Leicester



Abbey Pumping Station - Day outAbbey Pumping Station
Belgrave Hall Museum and Gardens - Day outBelgrave Hall Museum and Gardens
Bradgate Country Park - Day outBradgate Country Park
Brocks Hill Visitor Centre and Country Park - Day outBrocks Hill Visitor Centre and Country Park
Jewry Wall - Day outJewry Wall
Leicester Cathedral - Day outLeicester Cathedral
Leicester Royal Infirmary Museum - Day outLeicester Royal Infirmary Museum
New Walk Museum and Art Gallery - Day outNew Walk Museum and Art Gallery
Newarke Houses Museum and Gardens - Day outNewarke Houses Museum and Gardens
The National Space Centre - Day outThe National Space Centre
The William Carey Museum - Day outThe William Carey Museum
University of Leicester Botanic Garden - Day outUniversity of Leicester Botanic Garden
Watermead Country Park - Day outWatermead Country Park
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Abbey Pumping Station

Abbey Pumping Station is Leicester's Museum of Science and Technology, displaying Leicester's industrial, technological and scientific heritage.
Situated adjacent to the National Space Centre, the two attractions tell the story of over 200 years o ...

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Belgrave Hall Museum and Gardens

Belgrave Hall provides an oasis of peace and quiet in a busy city.
It was built in the early 18th century, in what was then a small village three miles from the town of Leicester. Now city traffic passes, almost unnoticed, just beyond the garden ...

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Bradgate Country Park

Bradgate Park is Leicestershire's largest and most popular country park. It comprises of 840 acres of land with grass, heath, bracken, rocky outcrops, small woods, herds of deer and the River Lin. The Park also includes the ruins of Bradgate H ...

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Brocks Hill Visitor Centre and Country Park

The visitor centre houses a café, shop, toilets, an exhibition and a meeting room which is available for hire. The country park extends for 30 hectares (67 acres) where native trees have been planted. Wild flower meadows, ponds and an orchard hav ...

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Jewry Wall

A length of Roman wall over 9 metres (30 ft) high, with a museum displaying the archaeology of Leicester and its region. ...

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Leicester Cathedral

We became a cathedral in 1927, and have a special responsibility to support the ministry of Bishop Tim and the work of the Diocese of Leicester. We also retain responsibilities to the local parish including its residents, those who work in this great ...

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Leicester Royal Infirmary Museum

The Leicester Royal Infirmary Museum is really two museums in one, a museum of the History of Medicine, and a museum of the History of the Leicester Royal Infirmary.
Founded in 1990 by former Consultant Anaesthetist Dr. Aubrey Stewart, and forme ...

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New Walk Museum and Art Gallery

New Walk Museum's famous dinosaur and geology galleries are to undergo a major refurbishment, which started with the closure of the galleries on 22nd November.
The new galleries, set to open in 2011, will include objects never seen before includin ...

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Newarke Houses Museum and Gardens

Newarke Houses Museum is composed of two historic houses, Wygston's Chantry House and Skeffington House and tells the story of 20th century Leicester and the history of the Royal Leicestershire Regiment.
The museum displays include room settings f ...

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The National Space Centre

The National Space Centre is the UK's largest visitor attraction dedicated to space and space exploration, welcoming around a quarter of a million visitors each year since its opening in June 2001. ...

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The William Carey Museum

This museum chronicles the life of William Carey, a founder of the Baptist Missionary Movement. Models, tableaux and an archive of letters and publications illustrate his life and work from his ministry in Leicester to his work as a missionary and so ...

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University of Leicester Botanic Garden

Founded in 1921 with the assistance of the Leicester Literary & Philosophical Society, the University of Leicester Botanic Garden was established on its present site in Oadby in 1947. It comprises the grounds of four houses: Beaumont, Southmeade, The ...

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Watermead Country Park

On the edge of Leicester, just five miles from the City Centre, Watermead Country Park is a 140-hectare green oasis. It is a haven for wildlife and a peaceful stretch of countryside, easily accessible for many people. Most of the paths are surfaced ...