National Gas Museum

National Gas Museum is a museum in , which is located on Aylestone Road. National Gas Museum is situated nearby to the grassland , as well as near the monument .
  • Opening hours:
    Thursday—Monday: closed
    Tuesday—Wednesday: 9:30 AM—3:00 PM
  • Type: Museum
  • Also known as: “John Doran Museum”
  • Address: 195 Aylestone Road, Leicester, LE2 7QJ
  • Roof shape: gabled

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include King Power Stadium and Raw Dykes.

Stadium
Photo: Pottercomuneo, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a football stadium located in the city of , , England, and the home of Leicester City. The stadium opened in 2002 as the Walkers Stadium and has a capacity of 32,259. is situated 1,400 feet north of National Gas Museum.

Monument
is a Roman earthwork and scheduled monument in . The monument consists of two parallel banks up to 20 metres apart, with an excavated channel running between them. is situated 790 feet northeast of National Gas Museum.

Stadium
Photo: Parrot of Doom, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Welford Road is a rugby union stadium in , England, and is the home ground of Leicester Tigers. The ground was opened on 10 September 1892 and is located between Aylestone Road and Welford Road on the southern edge of the city centre. is situated 3,400 feet northeast of National Gas Museum.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Bede Island and Aylestone.

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
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is a suburb of in , England, southwest of the city centre and east of the . dates from the 13th century.

Locality
is an area in , . It is roughly bounded by East Park Road to the west, Chesterfield/Ethel Road to the north, Wakerly Road to the east and to the south borders . is situated 1½ miles east of National Gas Museum.

National Gas Museum

Latitude
52.61653° or 52° 36′ 60″ north
Longitude
-1.14188° or 1° 8′ 31″ west
Inception
1879
Levels
1
Operator
National Gas Museum Trust
Open location code
9C4WJV85+J6
Open­Street­Map ID
way 231328754
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­yes
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­museum
Open­Street­Map attribute
roof-shape=­gabled
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