Leicester News - What Matters
 Council starts new recycling idea
School to get £5m refurbishments
Indian Superstar in Leicester
Leicester Town Hall to undergo restoration
Eco-town battle moves to streets
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Highcross Leicester - shopping, Living & Cinema
At Leicester Highcross John Lewis has taken a high profile site for its flagship store and its largest in the Midlands, creating a new landmark for Leicester providing four floors of fashion, beauty, homeware and accessories. It is situated alongside the multi screen Cinema de Lux, one of only two in the country. Highcross Leicester also includes cafes and restaurants offering a range of different culinary delights for shoppers with leading restaurants such as Carluccio's, Yo! Sushi, Wagamama and Handmade Burger Company making mouth watering arrivals. More... |
Travelling to Leicester
Leicester is well placed in the United kingdom giving easy access to the city from all part of the country. Leicester is within easy reach by air travel, trains or by bus. If you are travelling from a UK city it is easiest by train or coach. The rail network is of essence to Leicester, and with the start of Eurostar international services from London St Pancras in November 2007 giving Leicester almost direct links to the continent, this growth is sure to continue. More... |
Eating Out in Leicester
Leicester is one of the best cities in the United Kingdom to sample different types of food because of its multi-cultural community and diverse mix. Leicester provides finest Indian restaurants with truly cosmopolitan dining, sometimes with live music. The range of cafes and restaurants in Leicester is wide-ranging; lively Spanish tapas bars, wonderful Italian cuisine, Mexican, Chinese, Creole, French, Greek and Arabic. But Leicester's greatest culinary strength is South Asian food – and don't mean Chicken Tikka Masala - although you can get plenty of that. More... |
Leicester Parks & Greens
Leicester has long been graced with an abundance of parkland. Just beyond the city boundary lie almost one thousand acres of wild moorland and ancient woods at Bradgate and Swithland. You can see deer roam freely and peacocks strut in the ruins of Lady Jane Grey's house.
Within a mile of the city centre, Victoria Park was once a race course, but is now home to Leicester University. Its lush expanse of grass is a playground for Leicester's citizens. More... |
Discover Leicester through Museums
Leicester is a diverse city that is both rich in culture and in history. This is reflected by museums in the city, which house many objects of local, national and international importance. The museums listed will give knowledge about Romans, machines and motors, dinosaurs, science and the natural and industrial world. New Walk Museum and Art Gallery Leicester's oldest museum has wide-ranging collections spanning the natural and cultural world. Leicester's proud past and progressive future can be visible from a museum tour of this cosmopolitan city. More... |
Leister Video Collection
This section features videos from the web that are related to Leicester. The video collection features clips of Leicester City Football club, Leicester Rugby Team, Leicester Tigers & many more sporting memories. The collection also contains historic clips & events in Leicestershire and places of interest. Any one can submit a video clip to Visit Leicester Video Collection. Please submit first to YouTube.com or any other video library and then submit the link to us. The Visit Leicester Team will review the clip and include in Leicester Collection. More... |
Leicester Web Directory
This is a free web directory services specially tailored for businesses resident to Leicester & Leicestershire. If you have a website which is in anyway related to Leicester or Leicestershire please submit the website to the Leicester Web Directory. The directory is human edited and we will consider the links carefully to include the submission in the correct category. For inclusion in the featured categories the website has to be of high quality in terms of content and navigation. More... |
Images of Leicester
Browse though the images of Leicester. There are number of different places you can marvel the beauty of this vibrant city. Our image collection & slide shows include; Abbey Park Leicester, Belgrave Road Leicester Bradgate Park Leicester, Caribbean Carnival Leicester, De Montfort University Leicester, Buildings of Leicester, Leicester in Bloom, Leicester Market, Queen's Swans in Leicester, University of Leicester, Narborough Road in Leicester, River Soar in Leicester & Leicester in Winter etc… More... |
