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Leicester Destination Guide

Touring Leicester in United Kingdom

Leicester in the region of England with its 339,239 citizens is located in United Kingdom - some 89 mi or ( 143 km ) North-West of London , the country's capital city .

Interactive map of Leicester

Time in Leicester is now 12:39 PM (Thursday) . The local timezone is named " Europe/London " with a UTC offset of 0 hours. Depending on your budget, these more prominent places might be interesting for you: Shepshed, Sheffield, Queniborough, Oxford, and Manchester. Being here already, consider visiting Shepshed . We collected some hobby film on the internet . Scroll down to see the most favourite one or select the video collection in the navigation. Check out our recommendations for Leicester ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.


Videos

MAAWAN by IFFI-K - (A JKD Productions and Vic Sethi Presention) - The Official Video

4:52 min by Vic Sethi
Views: 12494 Rating: 4.76

Maawan (Mothers) Artist IFFI-K Produced Pegasus Productions Supported Vic Sethi (www.vicsethi.com) This is a wonderful song and is a Tribute to all the mothers... IFFI-K met up with Vic Sethi a couple ..

Leicester Cathedral Bells Sunday 3rd August 2008 Reocrding 2

8:49 min by John C
Views: 3038 Rating: 5.00

Recording 2 of the bells of Leicester Cathedral Sunday 3rd August 2008 I am walking around the city center again so you will here other noises ..


Leicester Cathedral Bells Sunday 3rd August 2008

1:58 min by John C
Views: 2416 Rating: 5.00

A recording of the bells of Leicester Cathedral on Sunday 3rd of August 2008 I made 4 recordings as I was walking around the City Center the photo I took last year. If you here any other sounds thats ..

Leicester College learners to serve the Queen

3:13 min by leicestercollegeweb
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Learners at Leicester College are part of the team that will be serving the Royal Lunch when Her Majesty The Queen visits Leicester City on Thursday 8 March 2012. ..


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Interesting facts about this location

Haymarket Theatre (Leicester)

The Haymarket Theatre was a theatre in Leicester, England, based in the Haymarket Shopping Centre on Belgrave Gate in Leicester city centre. The theatre closed at the end of 2006 and has been replaced by the Curve Theatre. The last show on was Wizard of Oz starring Helena Blackman and Ceri Dupree. The venue has had a mixed history of successes and failures, suffering a brief closure from 2003 to 2004 due to financial problems.

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Located at 52.64 -1.13 (Lat./Long.); Less than 0 km away
Tags: Buildings and structures in Leicester, Culture in Leicestershire, Leicester, Theatres in Leicester

Haymarket Shopping Centre

The Haymarket Shopping Centre is a shopping centre in the city centre of Leicester, England. It opened in 1973, and is located immediately to the east of the Clock Tower. The shopping centre is owned by ING Real Estate Investment Management. The Haymarket is bounded by Haymarket and Belgrave Gate to the north, Charles Street to the east, and Humberstone Gate to the south. To the west it fronts onto the Clock Tower area. Most of the frontage is red brick.

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Located at 52.64 -1.13 (Lat./Long.); Less than 0 km away
Tags: Buildings and structures in Leicester, Shopping centres in Leicestershire, Shopping malls established in 1974

Haymarket Memorial Clock Tower

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 (Gallowtree Gate, Humberstone Gate, Belgrave Gate, Church Gate and Eastgates) meet, and also close by to the junction with Cheapside.

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Located at 52.64 -1.13 (Lat./Long.); Less than 0 km away
Tags: Buildings and structures in Leicester, Clock towers in the United Kingdom, Gothic Revival architecture in Leicestershire, Grade II listed buildings in Leicestershire, History of Leicester, Monuments and memorials in Leicestershire, Towers in Leicestershire

Leicester Secular Hall

Leicester Secular Hall is a Grade II Listed Building built in 1881 for Leicester Secular Society by The Leicester Secular Hall Co. Ltd, all the shareholders of which were Secularists, led by Josiah Gimson a Leicester engineer and councillor who held the largest number of shares. Ownership of the Hall subsequently passed to the Leicester Rationalist Trust. The building is located in the centre of Leicester at 75 Humberstone Gate. It was designed by W Larner Sugden of Leek.

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Located at 52.64 -1.13 (Lat./Long.); Less than 0 km away
Tags: Buildings and structures in Leicester, Cultural infrastructure completed in 1881, Grade II listed buildings in Leicestershire, Leicester, Secularism, Visitor attractions in Leicestershire

Highcross Leicester

Highcross Leicester is a shopping centre in Leicester, England. Highcross Leicester opened on 4th September 2008 and contains over 120 shops, with a range of both large and smaller units, including branches of the department stores House of Fraser, Debenhams and John Lewis. There are also 15 restaurants and cafés, a cinema and two large car parks.

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Located at 52.64 -1.14 (Lat./Long.); Less than 0 km away
Tags: Buildings and structures in Leicester, Leicester, Shopping centres in Leicestershire, Shopping malls established in 1991, Visitor attractions in Leicestershire

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