Leicester

The Goose on Hotel Street 12 Hotel Street Leicester LE1 5AW Telephone 01162 619196 For Location Map click here   Cask Marque Pub.

High Cross 103 - 105 High Street Leicester LE1 4JB Telephone 0116 519218 For Location Map click here   Cask Marque Pub.

Last Plantagenet 107 Granby Street Leicester LE1 6FD Telephone 01162 555492 For Location Map click here   Wetherspoons Cask Marque Pub. Guest beers and cheap food.

Lloyds No 1 - Leicester Corn Exchange Market Place Leicester Leicestershire LE1 5GG Telephone 01162 538533 For Location Map click here   Cask Marque Pub.

 

 

 

LEICESTER

The large industrial city of Leicester has its origins in Roman times. It now has a thriving industrial base which includes light engineering, hosiery and knitwear. The city center has a good shopping centre and many good pubs and restaurants.

There are very many fine pubs in Leicester and we have only included here some that have achieved the Cask Marque. If you have your favorite that you wish to recommend then let us know. Click here to contact us

Places of Interest

Abbey Pumping Station, Corporation Road, Leicester, LE4 5PX, telephone 0116 299 511. Gimson beam engines and historic vehicle collection.

City Gallery, 90 Granby Street, Leicester, LE1 1DJ, Telephone 0116 254 0594, Contemporary visual arts with three galleries, contains ceramics, silver and glass - free admission.

Guildhall, Guildhall Lane, Leicester, LE1 5FQ, telephone 0116 253 2569, Grade 1 listed 15th century, medieval building of national importance.

Jewry Wall, St. Nicholas Circle, Leicester, LE1 4BL telephone 0116 247 3021. 2nd century Roman wall once part of the exercise hall of the public baths stands 30ft high and is one of the tallest surviving structures from Roman Britain. The nearby museumhouses some fine mosaics and streches of wall plaster.

Leicester Gas Museum, 195 Aylestone Road, Leicester, LE2 7QH, telephone 0116 250 3190, Britain's first specialized gas museum - admission free.

National Space Centre, Exploration Drive, Leicester, LE4 5NS, telephone 0870 6077223, website:- www.spacecentre.co.uk. Leicester's newest attraction is a unique out-of-this-world journey of discovery. The attraction is dedicated to space.

New Walk Museum and Art Gallery, New Walk, Leicester, LE1 7EA, telephone 0116 255 4100. Ancient Eygypt, natural history and art museum.

Newarke Houses Museum, The Newarke, Leicester, LE2 7BY, telephone 0116 247 3222, museum of Leicester's social history from 1485 to the present.