Places to visit in Leicester City

A short list of notable parks, markets, museums and landmarks in Leicester City.

Abbey Park · Parks
Abbey Park is a public park in Leicester, England, through which the River Soar flows. It is owned and managed by Leicester City Council and is Leicester's premier park. It opened in 1882 on the flood plain of the River Soar, and expanded in 1932 to include the area west of the river that had formerly been the medieval St Mary's Abbey, still bounded by large medieval walls. The park includes the archaeological sites of the Abbey and the ruins of Cavendish House, along with a wide range of decorative and recreational parkland features.
Bede Park · Parks
park in the United Kingdom
Cossington Recreation Ground · Parks
park in the United Kingdom
Fielding Johnson Building · Culture
hospital in City of Leicester, Leicestershire, England, UK
Fosse Recreation Ground · Parks
park in the United Kingdom
Gas Museum · Culture
The Gas Museum, also known as the National Gas Museum, is situated in the former gatehouse of a gasworks in Leicester, England, and deals with the history of domestic and industrial gas supply. It is claimed to be "the biggest collection of gas and gas related artefacts in the world".
Guru Nanak Sikh Museum · Culture
museum in Leicester, England, UK
Humberstone Park LNR · Parks
park in United Kingdom
Jain Museum · Culture
museum in Leicester, England, UK
Jewry Wall Museum · Culture
The Jewry Wall Museum is a museum in Leicester in the East Midlands of England. It was built in the 1960s, facing the Jewry Wall ruins in a building formerly shared with Vaughan College. It houses artefacts from Iron Age, Roman, and medieval Leicester, notably the Cyparissus Pavement, the Blackfriars Pavement, the Norfolk Street Wall Paintings, and the Thurmaston Milestone. With the ending of Vaughan College's use of the building in 2013, the whole site was acquired by the city council, and expansion and improvement plans were put in place. The museum re-opened in July 2025.
Jewry Wall: remains of a Roman bath house, palaestra and Anglo-Saxon church · Historic
archaeological site in Leicester, England, UK
King Richard III Visitor Centre · Culture
museum in Leicester, England
Leicester (Samian Ware Discovery Site) · Historic
Leicester as Samian Ware discovery site
Leicester Castle · Historic
Leicester Castle is in the city of the same name in the English county of Leicestershire. The complex is situated in the west of Leicester City Centre, between Saint Nicholas Circle to the north and De Montfort University to the south. A large motte, the Great Hall, the Church of St Mary de Castro, and the ruined Turret Gateway are the substantial remains of what was once a large set of defensive and residential structures. It was historically the seat of the Earls of Leicester, from 1107-1175 under the House of Beaumont, from 1239 to 1265 under the House of Montfort, and after 1267 with the House of Lancaster when the Earldoms of Leicester and Lancaster were combined. The Castle's Great Hall served for centuries as the home of Leicester County Assizes and is encased in a Queen Anne style frontage. The Castle is a scheduled monument.
Leicester Castle Garden · Parks
park in the United Kingdom
Leicester General Hospital · Culture
hospital in Evington, Leicester, England
Leicester Museum & Art Gallery · Culture
Museum in Leicester, England, United Kingdom
Monument To Edward Holdsworth At East End Of Garden At Belgrave Hall Including Statue Of Religion · Historic
monument in City of Leicester, United Kingdom
Museum of the Royal Leicestershire Regiment · Culture
museum in Leicester, England, United Kingdom
Norfolk Street Roman villa · Historic
Roman villa in Leicester, United Kingdom
Ratae Corieltauvorum · Historic
Ratae Corieltauvorum or simply Ratae was a town in the Roman province of Britannia. Today it is known as Leicester, located in the English county of Leicestershire.
Raw Dykes · Historic
archaeological site in City of Leicester, Leicestershire, England, UK
The Rally Park · Parks
park in the United Kingdom
Victoria Park · Parks
public park in Leicester, Leicestershire, England, UK
Westcotes Park · Parks
park in the city of Leicester, England
William Carey Museum · Culture
museum in Leicester, England, UK
Wygstons House Museum of Costume · Culture
museum in Leicester, England, UK (1974-2000)
Belgrave Hall Museum · Museum
Belgrave Hall is a Queen Anne-style Grade II* listed building in Belgrave, on the northern edge of Leicester, England. It was built between 1709 and 1713, being owned by various wealthy individuals including John Ellis and has received worldwide attention for its paranormal activity.
Great Hall · Attraction
A great hall is the main room of a royal palace, castle or a large manor house or hall house in the Middle Ages. It continued to be built in the country houses of the 16th and early 17th centuries, although by then the family used the great chamber for eating and relaxing. At that time the word "great" simply meant big and had not acquired its modern connotations of excellence. In the medieval period, the room would simply have been referred to as the "hall" unless the building also had a secondary hall. The term "great hall" has been mainly used for surviving rooms of this type for several centuries to distinguish them from the different type of hall found in post-medieval houses. Great halls were found especially in France, England and Scotland, but similar rooms were also found in some other European countries.
Highfields Adventure Playground · Park
King Richard III Visitor Centre · Museum
King Richard III Visitor Centre is a museum in Leicester, England that showcases the life of King Richard III of England and the story of the discovery, exhumation, and reburial of his remains in 2012–2015.
Leicester Abbey · Historic ruins
The Abbey of Saint Mary de Pratis, more commonly known as Leicester Abbey, was an Augustinian religious house in the city of Leicester, in Leicestershire, England. The abbey was founded in the 12th century by the Robert de Beaumont, 2nd Earl of Leicester, and grew to become the wealthiest religious establishment within Leicestershire. Through patronage and donations the abbey gained the advowsons of countless churches throughout England, and acquired a considerable amount of land, and several manorial lordships. Leicester Abbey also maintained a cell at Cockerham Priory, in Lancashire. The Abbey's prosperity was boosted through the passage of special privileges by both the English Kings and the Pope. These included an exemption from sending representatives to parliament and from paying tithe on certain land and livestock. Despite its privileges and sizeable landed estates, from the late 14th century the abbey began to suffer financially and was forced to lease out its estates. The worsening financial situation was exacerbated throughout the 15th century and early 16th century by a series of incompetent, corrupt and extravagant abbots. By 1535 the abbey's considerable income was exceeded by even more considerable debts.
Museum of the Royal Leicestershire Regiment · Museum
Statue Of Liberty · Attraction
The Statue of Liberty is a colossal neoclassical sculpture of a robed and crowned woman on Liberty Island, part of New York City, in New York Harbor. The copper-clad statue, a gift to the United States from the people of France, was designed by French sculptor Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi, and its metal framework built by Gustave Eiffel. The statue was dedicated on October 28, 1886.