Haymarket Memorial Clock Tower

The Haymarket Memorial Clock Tower is a major landmark and popular meeting point in , England. It is located roughly in the middle of the area inside the ring-road, and is at the point where five major streets meet; Gallowtree Gate, Humberstone Gate, Haymarket, Church Gate and Eastgates.
Wikipedia
  • Type: Clock
  • Description: clock tower in City of Leicester, Leicestershire, England, UK
  • Also known as: “Clock Tower”
  • Wheelchair access: yes

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Haymarket Shopping Centre and Leicester Cathedral.

Shopping center
Photo: Kris1973, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The is a shopping centre in the city centre of , . It was opened on 4 June 1973 as part of the Haymarket Centre and was the country's second shopping centre after the . is situated 370 feet northeast of Haymarket Memorial Clock Tower.

Church
Photo: NotFromUtrecht, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Cathedral Church of Saint Martin, Leicester, also known as , is a Church of England cathedral in Leicester, England, and the seat of the Bishop of Leicester. is situated 1,100 feet southwest of Haymarket Memorial Clock Tower.

Theater building
Photo: Cordyceps-Zombie, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The is a theatre in , England, next to the on Belgrave Gate in Leicester City centre. It operated as a theatre from 1973 to 2007, and again briefly between 2017 and 2020. is situated 550 feet northeast of Haymarket Memorial Clock Tower.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Bede Island and Latimer.

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

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.

Haymarket Memorial Clock Tower

Latitude
52.63623° or 52° 38′ 10″ north
Longitude
-1.13306° or 1° 7′ 59″ west
Inception
July 18th, 1866
Height
79 feet (24 metres)
Open location code
9C4WJVP8+FQ
Open­Street­Map ID
way 233818601
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Open­Street­Map attribute
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Wiki­data ID
Q5686993
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Satellite Map

Discover Haymarket Memorial Clock Tower from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Chinese to Polish—“Haymarket Memorial Clock Tower” goes by many names.
  • Chinese: “乾草市場紀念鐘樓”
  • Polish: “Wieża zegarowa w Leicester”
  • Polish: “Wieża zegarowa w Leicesterze”

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