Black Friars

Black Friars is a suburb in , . Black Friars is situated nearby to the suburb , as well as near .

Places of Interest

Highlights include Leicester Cathedral and Jewry Wall.

Church
Photo: NotFromUtrecht, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Cathedral Church of Saint Martin, Leicester, commonly known as , is a Church of England cathedral in Leicester, England, and the seat of the Bishop of Leicester.

Archaeological site
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The is a substantial ruined wall of 2nd-century Roman masonry, with two large archways, in , England. It stands alongside St Nicholas' Circle and St Nicholas' Church.

Church
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All Saints' Church is a redundant Anglican church in High Cross Street, , England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade I listed building, and is under the care of the Churches Conservation Trust.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Bede Island and Newfoundpool.

Suburb
is an area of , close to the city centre, with the to the west and to the east. For many years South was a run down area of brownfield land home to Vic Berry's locomotive scrapyard but in the 1990s urban regeneration sought to improve housing, employment opportunities and the environment in the area.

Suburb
is an area of lying south of the former Leicester and Swannington Railway. The land was purchased by market gardener Isaac Harrison in around 1830.

Suburb
was an electoral ward and administrative division of the city of , , consisting of the residential suburb of St Marks.

Black Friars

Latitude
52.6372° or 52° 38′ 14″ north
Longitude
-1.14378° or 1° 8′ 38″ west
Elevation
197 feet (60 metres)
Open location code
9C4WJVP4+VF
Open­Street­Map ID
node 12073024234
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­suburb
Geo­Names ID
13269526
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