Free Walking Sightseeing Tour #2 in Leicester, United Kingdom

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Number of sights 13 sights
Distance 6.6 km
Ascend 92 m
Descend 74 m

Explore Leicester in United Kingdom with this free self-guided walking tour. The map shows the route of the tour. Below is a list of attractions, including their details.

Activities in LeicesterIndividual Sights in Leicester

Sight 1: Shree Jalaram Prarthana – Mandir

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Shree Jalaram Prarthana Mandal is a Hindu mandir dedicated to Jalaram Bapa who was an Indian saint on Narborough Road in the West End of Leicester, England. According to the official website, the foundation stone was laid on a Monday.

Wikipedia: Shree Jalaram Prarthana Mandal (EN)

1077 meters / 13 minutes

Sight 2: St Mary de Castro

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St Mary de Castro is an ancient, Grade I listed church in Leicester, England, located within the former bailey of Leicester Castle. Today it acts as a parish church in the Church of England's diocese of Leicester. "St Mary de Castro" is Latin for "St Mary of the Castle"; a name chosen to differentiate from nearby "St Mary de Pratis": "St. Mary of the Meadows".

Wikipedia: Church of St Mary de Castro, Leicester (EN), Website, Heritage Website

221 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 3: Newarke Houses Museum

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The Newarke Houses Museum is a public museum in Leicester, England. It incorporates the museum of the Royal Leicestershire Regiment, and has a range of exhibits illustrating post-medieval and contemporary Leicester. The museum is close to the 15th century Magazine Gateway and within the precincts of the medieval 'Newarke', the 'New Work' of Henry of Grosmont, 1st Duke of Lancaster. The museum stands in the middle of the De Montfort University campus.

Wikipedia: Newarke Houses Museum (EN)

130 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 4: Magazine Gateway

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The Magazine Gateway is a Grade I listed building in Leicester. Now a solitary landmark alongside Leicester ringroad, it was originally the main gateway of a walled enclosure built around 1400, giving access to the religious precinct of The Newarke. The vaulted archway was open to traffic until 1905. The gatehouse rooms were variously used as a porter's lodge, guest accommodation, prison, militia building, and regimental museum. It is now a building managed by the Leicester Museum Service, and is generally only open to the public by arrangement.

Wikipedia: Magazine Gateway (EN)

375 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 5: Greyfriars Church

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Greyfriars, Leicester, was a friary of the Order of Friars Minor, commonly known as the Franciscans, established on the west side of Leicester by 1250, and dissolved in 1538. Following dissolution the friary was demolished and the site levelled, subdivided, and developed over the following centuries. The locality has retained the name Greyfriars particularly in the streets named "Grey Friars", and the older "Friar Lane".

Wikipedia: Greyfriars, Leicester (EN)

362 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 6: Silver Arcade

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Silver Arcade is a Grade II listed building in the centre of Leicester, England. A former shopping arcade, Silver Arcade was built by Amos Hall in 1889. The top floor was closed off in 2000, leaving the units on the ground floor occupied by a number of independent retailers. In 2008, the centre was the focus of a campaign by the Leicester Civic Society to reopen it.

Wikipedia: Silver Arcade (EN)

91 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 7: Clock Tower

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The Haymarket Memorial Clock Tower is a major landmark and popular meeting point in Leicester, United Kingdom. It is located roughly in the middle of the area inside the ring-road, and is at the point where five major streets meet; Gallowtree Gate, Humberstone Gate (A47), Haymarket (A607), Church Gate (A6) and Eastgates (A47).

Wikipedia: Haymarket Memorial Clock Tower (EN)

303 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 8: Leicester Secular Society

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Leicester Secular Hall is a Grade II listed building in Leicester, England. It was built in 1881 for the city's Secular Society.

Wikipedia: Leicester Secular Hall (EN)

302 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 9: Curve

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Curve Theatre is a theatre in Leicester, England, based in the cultural quarter in Leicester City Centre. Before being named Curve, it was referred to as Leicester Performing Arts Centre. It is adjacent to the Leicester Athena conference and banqueting centre.

Wikipedia: Curve (theatre) (EN), Website

419 meters / 5 minutes

Sight 10: ISKCON

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ISKCON

ISKCON Leicester is a Hare Krishna temple located in central Leicester, in the East Midlands region of England. The temple is one of sixteen religious and cultural centers run by the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) in the United Kingdom. The temple follows the Krishnaism or Krishna-centric traditions of the Gaudiya Vaishnava denomination within Hinduism. Their philosophy is based on Sanskrit texts known as the Bhagavad Gita and the Bhagavat Purana. Unlike some forms of Hinduism, the Gaudiya Vaishnava tradition is monotheistic and worship Krishna as the highest form of God and the source of all the avatars of God.

Wikipedia: ISKCON Leicester (EN)

784 meters / 9 minutes

Sight 11: New Walk Museum

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The Leicester Museum & Art Gallery is a museum on New Walk in Leicester, England, not far from the city centre. It opened in 1849 as one of the first public museums in the United Kingdom. Leicester Museum & Art Gallery contains displays of science, history and art, both international and local. The original building was designed by Joseph Hansom, designer of the hansom cab. It has been expanded several times, most recently in 2011.

Wikipedia: Leicester Museum & Art Gallery (EN)

1149 meters / 14 minutes

Sight 12: St Peter

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St Peter's Church, Leicester, is a Grade II listed parish church in the Church of England in the Highfields area of Leicester, Leicestershire.

Wikipedia: St Peter's Church, Leicester (EN)

1375 meters / 16 minutes

Sight 13: St Saviour

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St Saviour's Church, Leicester is a Grade II* listed former parish church in the Church of England in Leicester, Leicestershire.

Wikipedia: St Saviour's Church, Leicester (EN)

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