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Stadium tours provide fans with a unique rubbing shoulders with designer stores, audio stunning new Food Hall, the market offers a theatre and Phoenix (see separate listings). car park where King Richard III’s remains lay Complementing their Roman archaeology opportunity to see behind the scenes and provide visual outlets and treatment rooms offering you variety of merchandise ranging from fresh fruit, undiscovered for over 500 years, the award- collections, there are fascinating artefacts from access to snapshots of the Club’s illustrious a chance to spend a day away from the hustle vegetables, flowers, various meat products and There is a growing number of arts venues and winning Visitor Centre uses beautiful design other eras. history as well as areas which are out-of-bounds and bustle of the city. groceries to quality fabrics, upholstery, garments, arts and festivals activity in and around the Cultural and 21st century technology to tell the captivating to supporters on a matchday. jewellery, household goods and much more. 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Sunday: 11am - 5pm *Individual store times may vary. middle and to the east of the river lies the highly With six interactive galleries, the UK’s largest Free Entry decorative Victorian part of the park with its planetarium, unique 3D SIM ride and iconic Golden Mile evergreen shrubberies, trees, lakes and formal 42m high Rocket Tower, there really is something Please note, due to staff training, the museum www.leicestersgoldenmile.com flower displays. for everybody to enjoy. Add to this on-site will open at 11am on Thursday 19 May, 16 June, parking, café, shop and all the facilities you 15 September, 17 November and 15 December The famous Golden Mile is an Aladdin’s cave of Great Central Railway would expect from a world class attraction. spices, clothing, interesting gifts, fantastic food T: 01509 632 323 De Montfort Hall and drink and glittering Indian jewellery shops. www.gcrailway.co.uk Mon to Fri: 10am - 4pm T: 0116 233 3111 It’s an explosion on the taste buds with its Sat and Sun: 10am - 5pm www.demontforthall.co.uk authentic sweetmart shops, restaurants, chaat Enjoy the UK’s only double track, main line heritage Closed some Mondays. Check website for full details houses and lassi bars, offering some of the finest railway, the only place in the world where full Adult £14, Child/Con. £11. Built in 1913, De Montfort Hall is a multi- Indian cuisine. Lovers of Indian food will delight size steam engines can be seen passing each purpose arts and entertainment venue, with a at the hardware shops selling all the equipment other. Enjoy a five course meal whilst travelling Newarke Houses Museum particular focus on music including classical, jazz, you’ll ever need and the specialist millers and between Loughborough and Leicester or realise T: 0116 2254980 blues, world, folk, rock and pop. It is Leicester's grocers - take plenty of bags with you. a childhood dream and experience driving a E: [email protected] main venue for concerts and also hosts a wide locomotive! www.visitleicester.info/museums range of events including stand-up comedy, Narborough Road musicals and opera. Trains run every weekend of the year, Bank Holidays Attenborough Arts Centre Leicester Lanes, St Martin’s Square Newarke Houses Museum and Gardens incorporates This unconventional shopping area boasts a and selected weekdays through the summer. T: 0116 252 2455 and Arcades the museum of the Royal Leicestershire Regiment. vibrant student community and a fantastic E: [email protected] www.stmartinssquare.co.uk The museum is composed of two historic houses, variety of shops, restaurants and supermarkets Abbey Pumping Station www.attenborougharts.com Wygston's Chantry House and Skeffington representing many world cuisines. With over 23 T: 0116 299 5111 A treasure trove of tucked-away exciting House and tells the social history of Leicester. nations represented, you can travel the world www.abbeypumpingstation.org The University of Leicester’s Attenborough Arts emporiums, boutiques, arcades and niche stores Discover the history of the Regiment, including in one day. Centre, whose original patron was Richard in which to lose yourself. Plus award-winning a recreation of a First World War trench with Abbey Pumping Station tells the story of over Attenborough, prides itself on being accessible bars and delis, restaurants and quaint traditional sound and lighting. Market Street 200 years of science and technology and houses and inclusive. Their new gallery is dedicated to tearooms. The area includes quirky St Martin’s two impressive Leicester-made steam driven beam the exhibition of contemporary British and Square and the newly refurbished Silver Arcade. Mon - Sat: 10am - 5pm A charming pedestrianised street with plenty engines. Opened in 1891, the Abbey Pumping international art and is the largest contemporary Built in 1899, it is one of only two 4-storey Sun: 11am - 5pm of shopping and refreshment stops. Great Station pumped Leicester’s sewage. The grand art gallery in Leicester and one of the largest in arcades in the UK and has won awards for its architectural features anchored by the Victorian building and beautifully decorated the East Midlands. beautiful restoration. Of particular interest in Free Entry (small charge for certain activities magnificent Fenwick’s department store. beam engines were a cause of great civic pride. the arcade is DeliFlavour which has an extensive on event days) The programme offers courses and workshops, range of Leicestershire foods ales and ciders. Open 11.00am - 4.30pm daily from February contemporary art exhibitions, performance and The Deli’s bay window is the room that was the to October live art, theatre and comedy, live music and jazz, boardroom for Leicester Fosse, which became dance, activities for children and families. Leicester City Football Club - see the Silver (subject to change when events are on) Arcade Heritage Panel for more information. Free admission (small charge for certain event Box office: Mon - Fri: 9.30am - 7pm. Nearby in St Martin’s, Gelato Village was named days and activities) *Open later during performances and classes. as one of the top 10 ice cream parlours in Britain Gallery: Mon - Sat, 10am - 5pm and Sunday, by the TripAdvisor website. 12 noon - 4pm