Leicester Market
Leicester Market is a market in The City of Leicester, England, on Market Place just south of the clock tower. It is around 800 years old and was moved to the current site around 700 years ago.Photo: NotFromUtrecht, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Leicester Cathedral and Greyfriars.
Leicester Cathedral
Church
Photo: NotFromUtrecht, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Cathedral Church of Saint Martin, Leicester, also known as Leicester Cathedral, is a Church of England cathedral in Leicester, England, and the seat of the Bishop of Leicester. Leicester Cathedral is situated 740 feet west of Leicester Market.
Greyfriars
Archaeological site
Greyfriars, Leicester, was a friary of the Order of Friars Minor, commonly known as the Franciscans, established on the west side of Leicester by 1250, and dissolved in 1538. Greyfriars is situated 570 feet west of Leicester Market.
Town Hall Square
Park
Photo: Kris1973, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Town Hall Square is a park, which is situated 420 feet southeast of Leicester Market.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Bede Island and Newfoundpool.
Bede Island
Suburb
Bede Island is an area of Leicester, England close to the city centre, with the River Soar to the west and Grand Union Canal to the east. For many years Bede Island 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.
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.
Latimer
Suburb
Latimer was an electoral ward and administrative division of the city of Leicester, England, consisting of the residential suburb of St Marks.
Leicester Market
- Type: Marketplace
- Description: building in Leicester, City of Leicester, England, UK
- Category: building
- Location: Leicester, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
52.63428° or 52° 38′ 3″ northLongitude
-1.13381° or 1° 8′ 2″ westOpen location code
9C4WJVM8+PFOpenStreetMap ID
node 13615732514OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=marketplaceWikidata ID
Q6519199
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Armenian to Spanish—“Leicester Market” goes by many names.
- Armenian: “Լեսթերի շուկա”
- Chinese: “李斯特露天市場”
- Chinese: “莱斯特露天市场”
- Polish: “Leicester Market”
- Spanish: “Mercado de Leicester”
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