Leicester
in Leicester of England, United Kingdom
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East Midlands Airport (16 mi) - Nottingham Airport (20 mi)
- RAF Cottesmore (21 mi)
- Coventry Airport (24 mi)
- Sywell Aerodrome (27 mi)
- Birmingham International Airport (29 mi)
- RAF Waddington (44 mi)
- Oxford (Kidlington) Airport (56 mi)
- Robin Hood Doncaster Sheffield Airport (58 mi)
- London Luton Airport (62 mi)
- RAF Brize Norton (64 mi)
- Derwent Valley Mills (Unesco heritage, 37 mi)
- Liverpool – Maritime Mercantile City (Unesco heritage, 53 mi)
- Blenheim Palace (Unesco heritage, 59 mi)
- City of Bath (Unesco heritage, 90 mi)
- Saltaire (Unesco heritage, 91 mi)
- Tower of London (Unesco heritage, 93 mi)
- Palace of Westminster and Westminster Abbey including Saint Margaret’s Church (Unesco heritage, 95 mi)
- Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Unesco heritage, 100 mi)
- Studley Royal Park including the Ruins of Fountains Abbey (Unesco heritage, 106 mi)
- Stonehenge, Avebury and Associated Sites (Unesco heritage, 109 mi)
- Humberstone Heights Golf Club (Golf course, 2 mi)
- Kirby Muxloe Golf Club (Golf course, 4 mi)
- Beedles Lake Golf Centre (Golf course, 6 mi)
- Kilworth Springs Golf Club (Golf course, 14 mi)
- Greetham Valley Hotel Golf and Conference Centre (Golf course, 17 mi)
- Edwalton Golf Club (Golf course, 19 mi)
- Ansty Golf Club (Golf course, 23 mi)
- Decimal Coordinates (Latitude, Longitude):
- 52.639 and -1.132 (Lat./Lng.)
- Coordinates by Time:
- N 52° 38' 18" and W -1° 7' 54"
- Currency and Currency Code:
- Pound - GBP
- Spoken languages:
- English, Welsh, Scottish Gaelic
- Local electricity:
- 230 V - 50 Hz (plugs: G)
- Mobile phone / cellular frequencies (MHz):
- 900 MHz, 1800 MHz, 3G, 4G
- Local Time: 03:24 PM (Tuesday)
- Timezone: Europe/London
- UTC/GMT offset: 0 hours
- Sunrise and Sunset:
- 6:43 am and 7:13 pm
- Antipode Coordinates:
- -45.817 and 170.717 (Lat./Lng.)
- Closest place to antipode coordinates:
Otakou - References
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Safety Score: 3,0 of 5.0 based on data from 9 authorites. Meaning we advice caution when travelling to United Kingdom.
Travel warnings are updated daily. Source: Travel Warning United Kingdom. Last Update: 2024-08-13 08:21:03
Delve into Leicester
Leicester in Leicester (England) with it's 508,916 habitants is a town located in United Kingdom about 89 mi (or 143 km) north-west of London, the country's capital town.
Time in Leicester is now 03:24 PM (Tuesday). The local timezone is named Europe / London with an UTC offset of one hour. We know of 11 airports closer to Leicester, of which 5 are larger airports. The closest airport in United Kingdom is East Midlands Airport in a distance of 16 mi (or 25 km), North-West. Besides the airports, there are other travel options available (check left side).
There are several Unesco world heritage sites nearby. The closest heritage site in United Kingdom is Derwent Valley Mills in a distance of 37 mi (or 60 km), North-East. Also, if you like the game of golf, there are some options within driving distance. In need of a room? We compiled a list of available hotels close to the map centre further down the page.
Since you are here already, you might want to pay a visit to some of the following locations: Glenfield, Nottingham, Ridlington, Langham and Brooke. To further explore this place, just scroll down and browse the available info.
Local weather forecast
Todays Local Weather Conditions & Forecast: 16°C / 61 °F
| Morning Temperature | 9°C / 47 °F |
| Evening Temperature | 16°C / 61 °F |
| Night Temperature | 11°C / 52 °F |
| Chance of rainfall | 0% |
| Air Humidity | 61% |
| Air Pressure | 1032 hPa |
| Wind Speed | Gentle Breeze with 8 km/h (5 mph) from South-West |
| Cloud Conditions | Overcast clouds, covering 97% of sky |
| General Conditions | Overcast clouds |
Wednesday, 18th of September 2024
19°C (66 °F)
12°C (53 °F)
Few clouds, moderate breeze.
Thursday, 19th of September 2024
20°C (68 °F)
14°C (58 °F)
Sky is clear, moderate breeze, clear sky.
Friday, 20th of September 2024
22°C (72 °F)
14°C (58 °F)
Scattered clouds, moderate breeze.
Hotels and Places to Stay
The Glasshouse Autograph Collection
College Court Conference Centre
Hilton Leicester
Leicester Marriott Hotel
THE BELMONT HOTEL
Maiyango
Mercure Leicester The Grand Hotel
Holiday Inn LEICESTER
TRAVELODGE LEICESTER CENTRAL
Holiday Inn Express LEICESTER CITY
Videos from this area
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Demolition of Leicester Council Offices
On 22nd February 2015 Leicester City Council`s old Offices known as New Walk Centre where destroyed in a controlled explosion. Hundreds gathered in the surrounding streets to see the towers...
Demolition: Leicester Council Buildings
This video is about the Demolition of 40 year old Leicester City Council offices on 22 February 2015 taken in real time and replayed at 1/4 speed.
Leicester Karate Club - David Wilkins Sensei class 50th Anniversary class Secular Hall
David Wilkins Sensei, 7th dan. Leicester Karate Club, English Karate Federation. Taken during a class given by David Wilkins Sensei to celebrate 50 years of Karate and Aikido at the Secular...
Kyu Shin Kan - Peter Brown Sensei Aikido demo at Leicester Secular Hall 50th Anniversary
Peter Brown Sensei demonstrating Aikido at the 50th Anniversary of Aikido and Karate at Secular Hall in Leicester. The day was full of demonstrations and classes of Aikido and Karate for everyone...
Leicester Aikido Club - Demonstrations
For more information about Leicester Aikido please visit our website: http://www.leicesteraikido.com/ Techniques demonstrated in this video include: shomen uchi ikkyo yokomen uchi kote gaeshi...
A grand hotel in Leicester city centre - Mercure Leicester City Hotel
http://www.mercureleicester.co.uk - Call on (0)844 815 9012 Check in to Victorian elegance with modern comforts in a vibrant central location at the Mercure Leicester City Hotel. Close to rail,...
Human Rights & The Gypsy and Traveller Community
Pauline Burton, The Multi Agency Travellers Unit's Gypsy Liaison Officer, talks about some of the issues affecting gypsy and traveller communities in Leicestershire. She was speaking at "Human...
Leicester City of Sanctuary Quilt Making Project
Clara Muyengwa - a member of the Leicester City of Sanctuary Quilt Making Group (http://www.cityofsanctuary.org/leicester) - talks about how the group went about making its quilts.
Boys Don't Cry, the City Read & Malorie Blackman
Libraries and Information Services director, Adrian Wills talks about the Pop-up Library that was set up at the Train Station in Leicester (http://bit.ly/19p6q3s), the City Read (http://www.leicest...
Leicester City of Sanctuary Open Day - June 21, 2012
Pam Inder talks about how Leicester City of Sanctuary supports refugees and asylum seekers (http://www.cityofsanctuary.org/leicester). She was speaking at th...
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Attractions and noteworthy things
Distances are based on the centre of the city/town and sightseeing location. This list contains brief abstracts about monuments, holiday activities, national parcs, museums, organisations and more from the area as well as interesting facts about the region itself. Where available, you'll find the corresponding homepage. Otherwise the related wikipedia article.
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.
Leicester Market
Leicester Market is a market in The City of Leicester, England, on Market Place just south of the clock tower. It is open Monday to Saturday and has over 270 stalls. It is around 800 years old but was moved to the current site around 700 years ago. It is the largest outdoor covered market in Europe. The outdoor market sells a wide variety of goods, particularly fruit and vegetables, but also flowers, clothes, second-hand-books, bric-a-brac and jewellery.
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.
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.
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.
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.
A607 road
The A607 is an A road in England that starts in Leicester and heads northeastwards through Leicestershire and the town of Grantham, Lincolnshire, terminating at Bracebridge Heath, a village on the outskirts of Lincoln. It is a trunk road from Thurmaston to the A1 junction at Grantham.
St Margaret's Bus Station
St Margaret's Bus Station is located on Gravel Street to the north of Leicester City Centre, England. {{#invoke:Coordinates|coord}}{{#coordinates:52.6393|N|1.1342|W|type:landmark_region:GB|||| |primary |name= }} The bus station was built in 1985 and at the time was a state-of-the-art arrival and departure point in the city. Councillor Derek Fryett, Chair of the Planning Committee opened it on 3 May 1985. The contractor was Costain Construction.
Leicester Corn Exchange
Leicester's Corn Exchange in the City centre of Leicester, England. The exchange is sited at the centre of Leicester Market. There have been buildings on the site since the 16th century, the present building was built in the 1850s by William Flint. In 1856 an upper floor and the external stone staircase was added by F.W. Ordish. A corn exchange was a building where farmers and merchants traded cereal grains, common up until the 19th century in towns and cities of Great Britain and Ireland.
Silver Arcade
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. In 2010, plans were announced to reopen the top floors.
Barker's Ground
Barker's Ground was a cricket ground in Leicester, Leicestershire. The first recorded match on the ground was in 1825, when Leicester played Sheffield. The first first-class match came in 1836, when the North played the South. The North used the ground for 4 further first-class matches up to 1846, including the grounds final first-class match between the North and the Marylebone Cricket Club.
Haymarket bus station, Leicester
Haymarket bus station is a bus station serving the city of Leicester. Built in 1994, it lies next to and serves as a transport hub for Haymarket Shopping Centre.
These are some bigger and more relevant cities in the wider vivinity of Leicester.
This place is known by different names. Here the ones we know:
Leiscester, لايستر, لستر, Lester, Горад Лестэр, Лестър, Leicester, Caerlŷr, Λέστερ, לסטר, QEW, レスター, 레스터, Leicestria, Lesteris, Lestera, لیسسٹر, Лестер, เลสเตอร์, Léyséstér, לעסטער, 莱斯特
