LEICESTER MARKETS MUSEUMS AND ART GALLERIES

ne attraction no tourist
to the city should ever         New Walk Museum and Art Gallery
miss is the Leicester           are situated within the historic
Market. With history going back       New Walk area of the city. In
almost 700 years and also with        1849 the Literary and
the prestigious title of being        Philosophical Society formally
Europe’s largest covered market,      presented to the town its various
it is always a hive of activity.      collections, which have grown and
As you stroll through the market      developed over the last 150 years
you will see people from all          into one of the premier museums
corners of the globe. It has the      in the region.
most varied ethnic mixture of
people throughout England and the     New Walk Museum has been the
United Kingdom.                       inspiration for many people
                                      including Lord Attenborough and
Look through the stalls and           Sir David Attenborough, who
experience unusual mixtures of        pursued their love of art and
vegetables and exotic fruits from     natural history as a result of
around the world, not forgetting      spending their formative years as
to seek out the excellent fish        regular visitors to the
market in the Market Centre for a     galleries. You can spend hours
mouth-watering array of quality       looking at a wide variety of art
fresh fish and other foods.           from Leicester and all over the
                                      world.
Just outside the city centre is
the Beaumont Leys Market - a          Leicester's oldest museum has
popular local market within           wide-ranging collections spanning
Beaumont Leys Shopping Centre,        the natural and cultural world.
opened in 1984 and still growing      The museum has a coffee shop, and
rapidly.                              is also a venue for musical

performances and weddings. This       social and charitable life of the
museum is very popular with           community.
tourists especially when the
weather is not too good outside!      The city of Leicester is an ideal
                                      place to discover England. It is
Leicester's Guildhall is a very       easily accessible by road and
old timber framed building that       rail. It has its own railway
once acted as the town hall for       station which provides regular
the city. The building dates from     and reliable train service to the
the 15th century (parts are           rest if England.
earlier), and is in the old
walled city on a street now known     It is just over an hour by car to
as Guildhall Lane. The Guildhall      London, Birmingham and
is a Grade I Listed Building, and     Manchester. Leicester has a great
the surrounding area, also            rail service and you are within
including the Cathedral of St         an hour's reach of most of
Martin's and is a conservation        England's heartland.
area.
                                      Leicester is only twenty minutes
Belgrave Hall provides an oasis       away from Midlands Airport and
of peace and quiet in a busy          only ninety minutes from
city. It was built in the early       Stanstead and Heathrow Airports.
18th century, in what was then a
small village 3 miles from the        The Leicester people pride
town of Leicester. Now city           themselves on making tourists
traffic passes, almost unnoticed,     feel welcome in their city. Make
just beyond the garden walls. It      sure that when you visit England
has changed hands many times but      you also spend a few days in one
the owners have always played a       of England's oldest towns.
major role in the economic,

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