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HM Prison Leicester
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Haymarket Clock Tower
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Leicester railway station
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Leicester was one of the first cities to be served by a railway, when the Leicester and Swannington Railway built its terminus station at West Bridge on the eastern side of Leicester in 1832. The Leicester and Swannington Railway was later absorbed by the Midland Railway.
In total Leicester had four railways stations. In addition to the current Leicester station three other railway stations existed. The original station at West Bridge closed to passengers in 1928.Leicester Belgrave Road (on the Great Northern Railway)closed to passengers in 1962 and Leicester Central (on the Great Central Railway) closed in May 1969. Up until this time the current Leicester station was known as Leicester London Road. Today the heritage Great Central Steam Railway currently operates a station called Leicester North at its southern terminus in the suburb of Belgrave
Station code LEI
Managed by East Midlands Trains
Platforms in use 4
Annual Rail Passenger Usage
History
Key dates Opened 1840
Rebuilt 1894

Filbert Street Stadium
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By: boothy443.
Former home pitch for Leicester City F.C.

Richard III in the car park
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By: tallturtle82.
Richard III was the last king of the House of York. Richard perished in the Battle of Bosworth Field, the decisive battle of the War of the Roses. The war was fought over who was the rightful house to rule England. The House of York was represented by the white rose and the Lancaster, the rival family was represented by the red rose.
Richard fought bravely at Bosworth but was ultimately killed after he was surrounded. His body was transported from the field and buried at Greyfriars Church in Leicester. The church was closed in 1536 and Richard was rumored to have been tossed into the river and forgotten. The rumors were false.
The foundations of the old church and the body were found in 2012 after the University of Leicester, the Richard III Society and the Leicester City Council initiated a search. Richard's body, curved spine, head wounds and all was confirmed with DNA. The body is to be re-buried in the nearby Cathedral in Spring 2015.
A Richard III visitor's center was erected nearby and opened in July 2014.

HM Prison Leicester
daggerwell (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: daggerwell.
"HM Prison Leicester is a local men's prison, located in the Southfields area of Leicester, Leicestershire, England. The term 'local' means that the prison holds people on remand to the local courts, as well as sentenced prisoners. Leicester Prison is operated by Her Majesty's Prison Service."
http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/hm-prison-leicester/

Carnival
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Welford Road Stadium
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By: boothy443.
Home pitch to the Leicester Tigers (rugby)

National Space Centre
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By: mlc1us.
The award winning National Space Centre is the UK's largest attraction dedicated to space.

King Power Stadium
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Possible gravesite find of King Richard III of England
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By: Dania.

Eric Cantona
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By: adrbr.
Eric Daniel Pierre Cantona (French pronunciation: [kantɔna]) (born 24 May 1966) is a French actor and former French international footballer. He played for Auxerre, Martigues, Marseille, Bordeaux, Montpellier, Nîmes and Leeds United before ending his professional footballing career at Manchester United, where he won four Premier League titles in five years and two League and FA Cup Doubles.

'Engineering Building' by Sir James Stirling
pmoore66 (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: pmoore66.
1963
with James Gowan

King Richard III of England and future grave
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By: Dania.

Welford Road Cemetery
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By: kkeps.
The Leicester General Cemetery Company was founded in 1845, and the cemetery itself opened in 1849. The buildings and plan of the cemetery were designed by J. R. Hamilton and J. M. Medland, who also designed cemeteries for Birmingham and Plymouth. Welford Road Cemetery was initially intended for dissenters, but the local Anglican community was able to gain inclusion. The site was initially 17 acres (6.9 ha) in size, but was extended by 13 acres (5.3 ha) in 1894.
The cemetery contains over 300 British Commonwealth war graves, cared for by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC), 286 from the First World War (more than half of these in a war graves plot where a Screen Wall memorial lists names of those buried in it) and 46 from the Second, beside graves of 8 Belgian servicemen (one unidentified). It also has a war memorial which includes a statue designed by Sir Reginald Blomfield.

Leicester RaceCourse

Opal Court - 2007 Carbuncle Cup Award winner
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By: kjfitz.
The Carbuncle Cup is an architecture prize, given annually by the magazine Building Design to "the ugliest building in the United Kingdom completed in the last 12 months".

Jewry Wall
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By: LancelotLink.
The Jewry Wall in Leicester, England is believed to be the remaining wall of the public baths of Roman Leicester (Ratae Corieltauvorum) along with foundations of the baths, which are laid out in front of the wall. The wall is nearly 2000 years old, and is a rare example of Roman walling. It is the second largest piece of surviving civil Roman building in Britain. The Jewry Wall would have been the wall separating the gymnasium from the cold room.

RAF Leicester East
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By: Parabellum.

Richard III gravesite excavation
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By: tallturtle82.
Richard III was the last king of the House of York. Richard perished in the Battle of Bosworth Field, the decisive battle of the War of the Roses. The war was fought over who was the rightful house to rule England. The House of York was represented by the white rose and the Lancaster, the rival family was represented by the red rose.
Richard fought bravely at Bosworth but was ultimately killed after he was surrounded. His body was transported from the field and buried at Greyfriars Church in Leicester. The church was closed in 1536 and Richard was rumored to have been tossed into the river and forgotten. The rumors were false.
The foundations of the old church and the body were found in 2012 after the University of Leicester, the Richard III Society and the Leicester City Council initiated a search. Richard's body, curved spine, head wounds and all was confirmed with DNA. The body is to be re-buried in the nearby Cathedral in Spring 2015.
A Richard III visitor's center was erected nearby and opened in July 2014.

Uncle Sam's American Circus in Leicester
Dania (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: Dania.
An US American inspired British circus.
To see it turn off 3D mode.

Lutyens's War Memorial
The War Memorial, a quadrifrons arch, was designed by Edwin Lutyens and built in 1923, to commemorate the dead of the First World War. The memorial, a Grade I listed building, stands at the top of an ornamental walkway ("Peace Walk") with gates (also by Lutyens) opening on to University Road. A smaller memorial near the cafe commemorates the American 82nd Airborne Division, stationed in Leicester prior to D-Day.

Masjid Umar mosque
Mike1989 (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: Mike1989.
Masjid Umar is a mosque in Evington, Leicester, England. It is large and grand having four minarets and a great dome.

Statue of Liberty replica

Thomas Cooks grave
The founder of Thomas Cook & Son Travels that later became Thomas Cook Group that collapsed September 22. 2019. Interred are also his wife Marianne and his daughter Annie.
His grave is at Welford Road Cemetery. His son John Mason Cook also has his grave in this cemetery.

2018 Leicester City F.C. helicopter crash site
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By: Fab.

Magazine Gateway
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By: LancelotLink.
The Magazine Gateway (aka The Magazine) is Grade I listed building in Leicester; built circa 1410 and which was once a gate into Leicester Castle.

Cardinal Telephone Exchange
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By: kkeps.
Tallest building in Leicester

Soyuz spacecraft

Titanic Cafe & Restaurant

Inside ISS capsule
The shower unit

Cosmonaut space suit

Mark Cavendish
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By: daggerwell.
Mark Simon Cavendish MBE (born 21 May 1985) is a Manx professional road racing cyclist who currently rides for UCI ProTeam Omega Pharma-Quick Step.

TNT Leicester
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By: alfjon.
Tnt Leicester hub

London Olympic 2012 UK space flag
This flag was on board the Space Shuttle Atlantis in 2010 braught to the British Astronaut on board the ISS to celebrate that London became host of the Olympic Games.
All Astronauts signed the flag.
Description on the flag.

King Richard III's grave at Leicester Cathedral
King Richard III of England was interred here 26 March 2015 after he's grave was discovered during excavations at Greyfriars in Leicester in 2012.
Direct link below (goo.gl)

Cover for Richard III's coffin at Leicester Cathedral
This coffin cover was used for the refuneral of King Richard III of England on 26 March 2015.
Direct link below (goo.gl)

Golfer swinging a golf club
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By: daggerwell.

Leicester City FC logo
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By: Matheus_.

Cool Car
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By: mlc1us.
H/T Google Sightseeing ↓

St Nicholas' Church, Leicester
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By: kkeps.

Everards Brewery
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Thomas Cooks Thorncroft house (former)
This is the house where Thomas Cook lived until his death July 18. 1892.
A memorial plaque remembers it as well as a sign at the property.

The deadly explosion of Leicester
Sunday February 25th. 2018 at 7 pm, 5 people were killed when an explosion occurred in this building bringing it to collapse. Investigation is going on.
Nothing happened to the people and buildings to each side of the site.

Thomas Cook & Son HQ (former)
This building was the HQ of Thomas Cook % Son from 1882 to 1894. The name and years can be seen on the building today.

Thomas Cook statue at the railway station

John Mason Cooks grave
son of Thomas Cook, the founder of Thomas Cook & Son. Like his father his grave is at Welford Road Cemetery.

LCFC Champion 2015-16 written on the roof
Hommage to the Premier League team Leicester City F.C. that unexpected became champion in the season 2015-2016.

Statue of Richard III
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By: hhgygy.
Sculpted by James Butler in 1980, this statue of English king Richard III originally stood in Castle Gardens where his sword was stolen several times.
The statue was moved in 2015 near Leicester Cathedral not far from where the remains of the King were buried.

Abbey Pumping Station
The Abbey Pumping Station is a museum of science and technology in Leicester, next to the National Space Centre. With 4 working steam-powered beam engines from its time as a sewage pumping station, it also houses exhibits for transportation, public health, light & optics, toys & civil engineering.

Centrebus No.620 – BL13 SWW
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By: Mike_bjm.
Centrebus No.620 – BL13 SWW is a Volvo B7RLE with Wright Eclipse Urban 2 body with B44F seating configuration which was delivered new in 2013.
The Volvo B7RLE which was first produced in 2001 is a single-deck bus chassis with low front entry for passengers. The chassis has been used in conjunction with a number of Volvo engines which have been developed to meet the challenge of stricter emissions standards.
The Wrightbus Eclipse bus body for low floor single deck bus chassis was manufactured between 1999 and 2019. The body was specially designed for the Volvo B7L chassis but was also used later on the Volvo B7RLE chassis.
Here on Street View No.620 is seen in the standard Centrebus livery in Leicester city centre.

Fairground
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By: maccate.
Billy Bate’s Fairground in Abbey Park, Leicester, England captured around 2010.

Former Centrebus No.255 – YN03 ZXB
Mike_bjm (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: Mike_bjm.
Former Centrebus No.255 – YN03 ZXB was an Optare Solo M920 with Optare Solo bodywork it had a B33F seating configuration. No 255 was new in 2006 and was only acquired by Centrebus in 2011 it does not appear in the latest fleetlist (May 2023) and has apparently been withdrawn from service.
The Optare Solo was a low-floor minibus/midibus which was manufactured by Optare Group Limited in the United Kingdom between 1998 and 2012.
Here on Street View No.255 is seen in the standard Centrebus livery exiting the Haymarket Bus Station in Leicester city centre.

'The Goddard House' by Atkinson, Walker, Cubitt
pmoore66 (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: pmoore66.
1955
Fello Atkinson
Brenda Walker
James Cubitt