Leicester
Leicester is the largest city and county town of Leicestershire in the East Midlands of England. With a population of 388,000 in 2024, it's industrial, with a heritage spanning from Roman times to the Space Age. Wikivoyage
Population 368,600 (Wikidata)
Before you go
Getting there
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Best-documented sights
All of them in the guide-
Newarke Houses Museum Museum · 100 m -
Leicester Museum and Art Gallery Museum · 850 m -
Magazine Gateway Attraction · 160 m -
Greyfriars Church Archaeological site · 420 m -
Jewry Wall Museum Museum · 450 m -
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Jewry Wall Archaeological site · 460 m -
Clock Tower Attraction · 750 m - Museum of the Royal Leicestershire Regiment Museum · 110 m
Within a kilometre of the centre, ordered by how well documented each is — not by a "best" anyone decided. Each opens on the map in the guide. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited there.
Through the year
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Caribbean Carnival
February – March
Caribbean Carnival is held in August
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For the love of Jazz
August
For the love of Jazz is a free festival in Jubilee Square in August
Annual events from Wikidata and Wikivoyage (Leicester); descriptions from Wikipedia where it has one, photos from Wikimedia Commons. Dates move year to year — check before you plan around one.
Markets
Markets mapped on OpenStreetMap, with their hours where someone has added them. Check locally before you go.
Eating nearby
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Getting around
- Haymarket Bus Station 970 m
- Leicester Station 1.0 km
- St. Margaret's Bus Station 1.0 km
- Leicester 1.1 km
- West End Taxis 2.4 km
- Speedline 2.8 km
More train stations: Leicester North 4.1 km, South Wigston 5.4 km
Places © OpenStreetMap contributors, as of 9 October 2026. Description from Wikivoyage (CC BY-SA). Events from Wikidata and Wikivoyage, population from Wikidata.