LEICESTER | Walking tour of Leicester City Centre

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LEICESTER | A walking tour of Leicester City Centre
We take a look around the city centre of Leicester, England to see what it's like and what's there!
This is the second time we've been to this great city, with the time before being at Christmas last year.
The city of Leicester is most famous for its culturally diverse scene and world-class universities. Arts and culture thrive in the aptly named Cultural Quarter, where you can find dozens of galleries, museums, and theatres putting on a wide range of events.
In the busy City Centre, pedestrian streets lined with fashion and sportswear stores fan out from the landmark 1868 Clock Tower, and malls include Highcross, with a cinema and global eats. Near the medieval Cathedral, the King Richard III Visitor Centre highlights the 15th-century ruler’s life and the discovery of his grave in a nearby car park. The half-timbered, 1300s Guildhall hosts performances and has a museum.
Leicester has been named as one of the best cities in which to live and work in the UK, according to latest research. The 2015 Good Growth for Cities Index ranks Leicester in the top 10 of UK cities, highest in the Midlands and ahead of London and Cardiff.
Leicester is the most dangerous city in Leicestershire, and is among the top 10 most dangerous overall out of Leicestershire's 230 towns, villages, and cities. The overall crime rate in Leicester in 2021 was 112 crimes per 1,000 people.
With a population of more than 300,000, Leicester is the largest city in the East Midlands and the tenth largest in the country. People from Leicester are Leicesterians.
These are our 15 best areas to live in Leicester.
Oadby.
Evington.
Clarendon Park.
Narborough Road.
South Knighton.
Aylestone.
Little Stretton.
Knighton Fields.
Leicester has been named as one of the best places to be a student in the UK, according to the Student Living Index 2020. The index has been put together by NatWest, and it ranks Leicester in the top three student cities, just behind Manchester and Cambridge.
Leicester has a varied selection of attractions - from family favourites to historical gems and intergalactic delights, there’s bound to be something to keep you entertained in the city!
The 2012 unearthing and identification of the remains of King Richard III in a council car park has sparked a revival of interest in the city’s heritage, where there are numerous historical treasures waiting to be discovered - where else can you cover 2,000 years of history in a day? Check out the magnificent Roman Jewry wall, the King’s tomb in Leicester Cathedral and the out-of-this world National Space Centre for a journey through time - to infinity and beyond!
Art lovers will be pleased to learn that amongst the city’s impressive galleries is the largest collection of German Expressionist artwork in the UK. You can also find the family favourite dinosaur gallery at Leicester Museum & Art Gallery - complete with the 15 metre long Rutland dinosaur!
For those who like their culture a little louder, Leicester’s music and sports scenes will not disappoint. Kasabian are just one of the many musical talents who have honed their craft on Leicester’s buzzing live music scene. From the roar of the concert hall to the roars in the stands, Leicester is spoilt with top football, rugby, basketball and cricket sides.
And it’s not just the sporting theatre’s that are grabbing the headlines in this city. The ground-breaking architectural masterpiece Curve theatre is just one of the city's fantastic theatrical venues, attracting national shows as well as creating sell-out productions.
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@LeicesterRose 2 года назад

I am Leicester born and bred. Lived there for the first 40 years of my life, now live in USA. Due to I’ll health I cannot fly back home anymore. It was beautiful to see my old city, especially the market, clock tower and guild hall. Thank you so much, I will treasure this.

@quevadis5848 2 года назад

one of the cities where diversity really works. and we all live together. great city 🌎🤝

@Marcsharp82 2 года назад

I live in Leicester and it's great to see we are regenerating ourselves as a legitimate tourist destination now as well as a great university city. Thank you for sharing this video

@scottyscotty4558 2 года назад

Not worth a visit but there are worse places to live ..

@ItsTonyMontanaMayn 2 года назад

You didn’t even go down that right to where cinema deluxe, pho, zizis, Nando’s, Turtle bay, Pizza express part man. The nicest part. Looks like tokyo

@rongibson7360 2 года назад

I first looked at one of these videos just before Christmas 2021 and at the end, I was shocked that so much of the City had changed from the Leicester I grew up in. I left in 1972 and my only time back in the City was in 1999. But I loved this video, not so much of a shock this time. I hope you make more videos of the City and the outer suburbs, my childhood was around the area of the old Towers Hospital, Humberstone, Barkby, I worked in Sileby and my Grandparents lived in Sinope near to Coalville

@tcailey80

Grew up in Leicester 20 years ago and went back last year for a year. The city centre is dead and has been ruined. All my old friends said they never going into the city centre anymore as its not nice. Made me depressed going back. Never go back to your past.

@JoseOliveirabrazil 12 часов назад

I am from Brazil. I've never been to the UK. But my dream is to be able to know Leicester someday. It is an amazing city. I'm in love with that city ❤

@kenstevens5065 2 года назад

I lived there in the 70's when my kids were little. I had to get used to afternoon weekday closing of pubs at 2pm in the days when there were pub licensing hours and the July fortnight when at the start of July most people had their annual hols, Skeggy a favourite destination. Accordingly the schools closed much earlier that the rest of the UK for the summer hols. The large number of postwar buildings in the city centre I thought was because of WW2 bombing but apparently it was just a bad dose of post war architecture we now tend to dislike. Shawaddywaddy, now there's a group. Anybody ever go to Jimmy Dean's the entertainment venue they opened. I liked it and the music. Thanks Leicester for happy times there. No covid, no woke, no tech, no Putin, halcyon days.

@rogerwood4846

leicester is filled with history...ENGLISH HISTORY...so what the 60% of fereigners who moved in to displace the originals make of it is any ones guess

@curtismaize Год назад

I was a student in Leicester about 10 years ago now (time flies) and I wanted to remember the city because I haven't been back since I graduated. Thanks for the video!

@sharonwallner9133 2 года назад

Really surprised how nice Leicester is.

@irpnet 2 года назад

Yes, you came back! Good job Gimbal Walk TV!! Love your videos and pleased to see Leicester again on your channel!

@valellett4221 2 года назад

Enjoyed the tour of Leicester. Very modern and pedestrianised from when I worked there many years ago. Good walking tour.

@RobertHAbney 2 года назад

Thank you for the walking tour of our ancestral home. We had three mayors of Leicester in the family so seeing the Guildhall was especially nice.

@Buffalo31

I love that there's so much footage of the old market on RU-vid thanks to all the tour videos.❤

@rowley1950 Год назад

Well, what a brilliant video - Thanks very much! I was born in Leicester but left in 2012. Going back for a visit this August 2023 and really looking forward to it. Really pleasantly surprised at how nice, clean and safe the city centre looks in this video. Great!