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Leicester Map, United Kingdom

If you feel like you need some help to find your way in your destination city, you are in the right place. This Leicester Map will certainly help you to seek out the best restaurants, clubs and sights in town. You want to know what is the best place for a walk? Or what you should be watching out for during your visit? Learn more about the best things to do in the city reading our travel tips and then get around in Leicester with Travelgrove's map. While searching for places, you can also check some cheap flights or deals or you can take a look at our user's galleries about the city. We hope you will find our city map of Leicester useful. Enjoy your trip and come back to share your travel experience about Leicester!

Leicester Travel Guide

There are attractions galore for tourists who will visit Leicester in the form of the Field Of Battle of Bosworth, the old and historic Norman Castle Gardens and the open air market in the centre of the city. One of the largest street celebrations or English carnivals is held in Leicester in the month of August and it is called the Notting Hill Festival, attended by visitors from all corners of the world. read more

Leicester Sightseeing

The Guildhall in Leicester is a unique, well-maintained medieval building. The history of the building gives it international importance. Visit this sight and see the Mayor’s parlour, the old town library, cells from the 19th century, and civic murals. read more

Leicester Nightlife

It’s a pub styled bar but it’s not a pub. Catering to a diverse clientele, this modern bar tucked away in a corner of a side street has a large fish tank as a centerpiece of attraction. The bar is small but the tall ceilings and mirror accents give it a spacious feel. There is an upstairs as well where you can enjoy your drink in peace. read more

Leicester History

Leicester did bounce back from these many devastations and was slowly modernized until the late 1700’s when the Industrial Revolution hit and completely transformed the town. In 1835 the town’s boundaries were lengthened and it reached the River Soar. A cholera epidemic in 1849 did not stop the town from being almost completely modernized for this time by the turn of the century. read more