Abbey Park
Abbey Park is a public park in Leicester, England, through which the River Soar flows. It is owned and managed by Leicester City Council and is Leicester’s premier park.Photo: NotFromUtrecht, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Park
- Description: public park in Leicester, England, UK
- Also known as: “Abbey Park, Leicester”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Leicester Abbey and Leicester Arena.
Leicester Abbey
Photo: Kev747, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Abbey of Saint Mary de Pratis, more commonly known as Leicester Abbey, was an Augustinian religious house in the city of Leicester, in Leicestershire, England.
Leicester Arena
Sports venue
National Space Centre
Museum
Photo: Kate Jewell, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The National Space Centre is a museum and educational resource covering the fields of space science and astronomy, along with a space research programme in partnership with the University of Leicester.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Belgrave and Latimer.
Belgrave
Suburb
Belgrave is an area, suburb, electoral ward and administrative division of the city of Leicester, in the ceremonial county of Leicestershire, England. Belgrave is the location of and known for several notable and famous landmarks such as the National Space Centre, Space Park Leicester, Abbey Pumping Station, the Golden Mile and Belgrave Hall.
Latimer
Suburb
Latimer was an electoral ward and administrative division of the city of Leicester, England, consisting of the residential suburb of St Marks.
Newfoundpool
Suburb
Newfoundpool is an area of Leicester lying south of the former Leicester and Swannington Railway. The land was purchased by market gardener Isaac Harrison in around 1830.
Abbey Park
- Category: recreation area
- Location: Leicester, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
52.64651° or 52° 38′ 47″ northLongitude
-1.13475° or 1° 8′ 5″ westElevation
187 feet (57 metres)Open location code
9C4WJVW8+J3OpenStreetMap ID
way 4406183OpenStreetMap feature
leisure=park
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Satellite Map
Discover Abbey Park from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Abbey Park” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Abbey Park”
- Danish: “Abbey Park”
- Dutch: “Abbey Park”
- German: “Abbey Park”
- Irish: “Abbey Park, Leicester”
- Irish: “Abbey Park”
- Polish: “Abbey Park”
- Portuguese: “Abbey Park (Leicester)”
- Portuguese: “Abbey Park, Leicester”
- Portuguese: “Abbey Park”
- Swedish: “Abbey Park”
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