Leicester Cathedral

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.
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  • Type: Church
  • Denomination: Anglican
  • Description: cathedral
  • Also known as: “Cathedral Church of Saint Martin” and “Cathedral Church of St Martin”
  • Address: 7 Peacock Lane, Leicester, LE1 5PZ
  • Wheelchair access: yes

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Greyfriars and Leicester Market.

Archaeological site
, Leicester, was a friary of the , commonly known as the Franciscans, established on the west side of by 1250, and dissolved in 1538.

Marketplace
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is a market in The City of , , 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. is situated 740 feet east of Leicester Cathedral.

Shopping center
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is a shopping centre in , England. It was opened as The Shires in 1991 to supplement the , also since re-developed. is situated 740 feet north of Leicester Cathedral.

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.

Leicester Cathedral

Latitude
52.63469° or 52° 38′ 5″ north
Longitude
-1.13707° or 1° 8′ 14″ west
Open location code
9C4WJVM7+V5
Open­Street­Map ID
way 176058029
Open­Street­Map feature
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Open­Street­Map feature
building=­cathedral
Open­Street­Map attribute
denomination=­anglican
Open­Street­Map attribute
wheelchair=­yes
Wiki­data ID
Q1137832
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Western Frisian—“Leicester Cathedral” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “كاتدرائية ليستر”
  • Chinese: “萊斯特座堂”
  • Danish: “Leicester Katedral”
  • Dutch: “Kathedraal van Leicester”
  • Finnish: “Leicesterin tuomiokirkko”
  • French: “cathédrale de Leicester”
  • French: “Cathédrale Saint-Martin de Leicester”
  • Galician: “Catedral de Leicester”
  • German: “Kathedrale von Leicester”
  • Hebrew: “קתדרלת לסטר”
  • Indonesian: “Katedral Leicester”
  • Irish: “Ardeaglais Leicester”
  • Italian: “cattedrale di Leicester”
  • Italian: “Cattedrale di Leicester”
  • Japanese: “レスター大聖堂”
  • Latin: “Ecclesia cathedralis Leicestriensis”
  • Latvian: “Lesteras katedrāle”
  • Persian: “کلیسای جامع لستر”
  • Polish: “Katedra Św. Marcina w Leicester”
  • Polish: “Katedra św. Marcina w Leicesterze”
  • Portuguese: “Catedral de Leicester”
  • Romanian: “Catedrala din Leicester”
  • Romanian: “Catedrala Leicester”
  • Russian: “Лестерский собор”
  • Russian: “Собор Святого Мартина”
  • Spanish: “Catedral de Leicester”
  • Thai: “อาสนวิหารเลสเตอร์”
  • Turkish: “Leicester Katedrali”
  • Urdu: “لیسٹر کیتھیڈرل”
  • Vietnamese: “Nhà thờ chính tòa Leicester”
  • Welsh: “Eglwys Gadeiriol Caerlyr”
  • Welsh: “Eglwys Gadeiriol Caerlŷr”
  • Western Frisian: “Katedraal fan Leicester”

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