Attractions in Leicester

14 places from our Leicester guide, from Leicester city centre. Each links to its area guide and, where we have one, its official site.

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Attractions

Attractions in Leicester

14 places

Abbey Park, Leicester city centrePark or nature
Park

Abbey Park

Park opened in 1882 on the River Soar, taking in the walls and remains of the medieval Leicester Abbey and the ruins of Cavendish House.

Outdoor
  • Leicester city centre, Leicester
In our guideDirections
Abbey Pumping Station, Leicester city centreMuseum
Museum

Abbey Pumping Station

Victorian pumping station with four restored beam engines beneath a 150-foot chimney; general entry is free except on event days.

Indoor
  • Leicester city centre, Leicester
In our guideOfficial siteDirections
Arch of Remembrance, Leicester city centreOther sight
War memorial

Arch of Remembrance

First World War memorial designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens in Victoria Park, a 69-acre park just south-east of the centre.

Outdoor
  • Leicester city centre, Leicester
In our guideDirections
Haymarket Memorial Clock Tower, Leicester city centreOther sight
Landmark

Haymarket Memorial Clock Tower

Landmark and meeting point where five main streets meet, roughly in the middle of the area inside the ring road.

  • Leicester city centre, Leicester
In our guideDirections
Jewry Wall Museum, Leicester city centreMuseum
Roman site and museum

Jewry Wall Museum

A 2nd-century Roman wall with two large arches beside the excavated public baths, with a museum of Roman Leicester finds including mosaics.

Indoor
  • Leicester city centre, Leicester
In our guideOfficial siteDirections
King Richard III Visitor Centre, Leicester city centreMuseum
Museum

King Richard III Visitor Centre

Museum opened in 2014 on the site of the Greyfriars friary, where Richard III was buried in 1485 and his remains were found in 2012.

Indoor
  • Leicester city centre, Leicester
In our guideOfficial siteDirections
Leicester Castle, Leicester city centreCastle
Castle remains

Leicester Castle

Remains of the castle of the Earls of Leicester: a large motte, the Great Hall and the ruined Turret Gateway, west of the centre.

  • Leicester city centre, Leicester
In our guideDirections
Leicester Cathedral, Leicester city centreCathedral or church
Cathedral

Leicester Cathedral

Medieval church of St Martin, a cathedral since 1927; King Richard III was reburied here in 2015, 530 years after his death.

Indoor
  • Leicester city centre, Leicester
In our guideOfficial siteDirections
Leicester Guildhall, Leicester city centreOther sight
Historic building

Leicester Guildhall

Timber-framed hall whose earliest part dates from about 1390; it was the town hall until 1876 and is now a museum.

  • Leicester city centre, Leicester
In our guideOfficial siteDirections
Leicester Market, Leicester city centreOther sight
Market

Leicester Market

Covered outdoor market south of the clock tower, around 800 years old, selling fruit and vegetables, flowers, clothes and more.

  • Leicester city centre, Leicester
In our guideOfficial siteDirections
National Space Centre, Leicester city centreMuseum
Museum

National Space Centre

Space museum north of the centre with galleries, the Sir Patrick Moore Planetarium and a rocket tower.

Indoor
  • Leicester city centre, Leicester
In our guideOfficial siteDirections
Newarke Houses Museum, Leicester city centreMuseum
Museum

Newarke Houses Museum

Museum of Leicester life and of the Royal Leicestershire Regiment, near the 15th-century Magazine Gateway.

Indoor
  • Leicester city centre, Leicester
In our guideOfficial siteDirections
St Mary de Castro, Leicester city centreCathedral or church
Church

St Mary de Castro

Grade I listed medieval church inside the castle bailey; its unsafe spire was taken down after 2011 and has not been replaced.

Indoor
  • Leicester city centre, Leicester
In our guideOfficial siteDirections

By area

Things to do by area in Leicester

Each link opens the area guide with the full descriptions, photos and directions.

More about Leicester: the Leicester guide, free things to do and UK museums and galleries.

Other destinations

How the flags work

What we show, and what we leave out

Every flag below comes from a source you can open. Where we hold no report, the list says "not stated" or shows nothing: it does not guess. Check the venue before you travel, because prices, hours and booking rules change.

  • Type. Our own grouping of each place's kind in our destination guides (for example museum, castle or garden). It is a filter, not a rating.
  • Entry (free or paid). Shown only where the venue's own website says so in plain words, read on Oct 25, 2026. 0 places here are marked free and 0 paid; the other 14 are not stated. "Free" means general admission: special exhibitions, events and facilities can still be charged. The words we relied on are on the sources page.
  • Booking. We have not yet read a venue page that advises booking for these places, so there is no booking filter. Check each official site.
  • Step-free. Reported status only, from OpenStreetMap contributors or the venue's own access page: 0 places have a step-free or partly step-free report. The step-free filter hides places with no report; that does not mean they are not accessible. Contact the venue.
  • Indoor or outdoor. Our rules for the kind of place (8 indoor, 0 partly covered, 2 outdoor; the rest are not classed). It says nothing about opening hours or shelter on the day.
  • Family-friendly. Places marked family-friendly in our guides (0 so far).
  • Nearest to me. Straight-line distance from the position your device reports when you choose it. The position stays in your browser.
  • Saved on this device. Places you have saved with the heart. They are kept in this browser only, and appear in My trip.

Sources

  1. Our destination guides: the places, descriptions and positions come from their "Things to do" pages, which link each venue's official site.
  2. Venue websites, read on Oct 25, 2026 for free-entry, admission-price and booking wording. Each flag and the words behind it: flag sources.
  3. OpenStreetMap contributors (opens in new tab), for reported step-free tags.
  4. Our free things guide, which lists places whose own websites say entry is free.