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class="vector-toc-numb">2.3</span> <span>Medieval</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Medieval-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Modern" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Modern"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.4</span> <span>Modern</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Modern-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Tudor" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Tudor"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.4.1</span> <span>Tudor</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Tudor-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Stuart" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Stuart"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.4.2</span> <span>Stuart</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Stuart-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Civil_War" 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class="vector-toc-numb">5.1</span> <span>Comparing</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Comparing-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Languages" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Languages"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.2</span> <span>Languages</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Languages-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Population_change" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Population_change"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.3</span> <span>Population change</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Population_change-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Economy" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Economy"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6</span> <span>Economy</span> </div> </a> <button 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class="vector-toc-numb">8.3</span> <span>Buses</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Buses-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Cycling" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Cycling"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8.4</span> <span>Cycling</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Cycling-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Railway" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Railway"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8.5</span> <span>Railway</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Railway-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Mainline_rail" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Mainline_rail"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8.5.1</span> <span>Mainline rail</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Mainline_rail-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li 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Available in 104 languages" > <label id="p-lang-btn-label" for="p-lang-btn-checkbox" class="vector-dropdown-label cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--action-progressive mw-portlet-lang-heading-104" aria-hidden="true" ><span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-language-progressive mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-language-progressive"></span> <span class="vector-dropdown-label-text">104 languages</span> </label> <div class="vector-dropdown-content"> <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ace mw-list-item"><a href="https://ace.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leicester" title="Leicester – Acehnese" lang="ace" hreflang="ace" data-title="Leicester" data-language-autonym="Acèh" data-language-local-name="Acehnese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Acèh</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-af mw-list-item"><a href="https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leicester" title="Leicester – Afrikaans" lang="af" hreflang="af" data-title="Leicester" data-language-autonym="Afrikaans" data-language-local-name="Afrikaans" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Afrikaans</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ang mw-list-item"><a href="https://ang.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ligereceaster" title="Ligereceaster – Old English" lang="ang" hreflang="ang" data-title="Ligereceaster" data-language-autonym="Ænglisc" data-language-local-name="Old English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ænglisc</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ar mw-list-item"><a href="https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%B1" title="ليستر – Arabic" lang="ar" hreflang="ar" data-title="ليستر" data-language-autonym="العربية" data-language-local-name="Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-an mw-list-item"><a href="https://an.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leicester" title="Leicester – Aragonese" lang="an" hreflang="an" data-title="Leicester" data-language-autonym="Aragonés" data-language-local-name="Aragonese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Aragonés</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ast mw-list-item"><a href="https://ast.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leicester" title="Leicester – Asturian" lang="ast" hreflang="ast" data-title="Leicester" data-language-autonym="Asturianu" data-language-local-name="Asturian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Asturianu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-az mw-list-item"><a href="https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lester" title="Lester – Azerbaijani" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="Lester" data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Azərbaycanca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-azb mw-list-item"><a href="https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%B1" title="لستر – South Azerbaijani" lang="azb" hreflang="azb" data-title="لستر" data-language-autonym="تۆرکجه" data-language-local-name="South Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>تۆرکجه</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bn mw-list-item"><a href="https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%B2%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%B8%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%9F%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B0" title="লেস্টার – Bangla" lang="bn" hreflang="bn" data-title="লেস্টার" data-language-autonym="বাংলা" data-language-local-name="Bangla" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>বাংলা</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh-min-nan mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh-min-nan.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leicester" title="Leicester – Minnan" lang="nan" hreflang="nan" data-title="Leicester" data-language-autonym="閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú" data-language-local-name="Minnan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9B%D0%B5%D1%81%D1%82%D1%8D%D1%80" title="Лестэр – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="Лестэр" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be-x-old mw-list-item"><a href="https://be-tarask.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9B%D1%8D%D1%81%D1%82%D1%8D%D1%80" title="Лэстэр – Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" lang="be-tarask" hreflang="be-tarask" data-title="Лэстэр" data-language-autonym="Беларуская (тарашкевіца)" data-language-local-name="Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская (тарашкевіца)</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9B%D0%B5%D1%81%D1%82%D1%8A%D1%80" title="Лестър – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Лестър" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bs mw-list-item"><a href="https://bs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leicester" title="Leicester – Bosnian" lang="bs" hreflang="bs" data-title="Leicester" data-language-autonym="Bosanski" data-language-local-name="Bosnian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bosanski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-br mw-list-item"><a href="https://br.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leicester" title="Leicester – Breton" lang="br" hreflang="br" data-title="Leicester" data-language-autonym="Brezhoneg" data-language-local-name="Breton" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Brezhoneg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leicester" title="Leicester – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Leicester" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ceb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ceb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leicester_(kapital_sa_kondado)" title="Leicester (kapital sa kondado) – Cebuano" lang="ceb" hreflang="ceb" data-title="Leicester (kapital sa kondado)" data-language-autonym="Cebuano" data-language-local-name="Cebuano" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cebuano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leicester" title="Leicester – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Leicester" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cy mw-list-item"><a href="https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caerl%C5%B7r" title="Caerlŷr – Welsh" lang="cy" hreflang="cy" data-title="Caerlŷr" data-language-autonym="Cymraeg" data-language-local-name="Welsh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cymraeg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leicester" title="Leicester – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Leicester" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leicester" title="Leicester – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Leicester" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leicester" title="Leicester – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Leicester" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%9B%CE%AD%CF%83%CF%84%CE%B5%CF%81" title="Λέστερ – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Λέστερ" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eml mw-list-item"><a href="https://eml.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leicester" title="Leicester – Emiliano-Romagnolo" lang="egl" hreflang="egl" data-title="Leicester" data-language-autonym="Emiliàn e rumagnòl" data-language-local-name="Emiliano-Romagnolo" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Emiliàn e rumagnòl</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leicester" title="Leicester – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Leicester" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leicester" title="Leicester – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Leicester" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leicester" title="Leicester – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Leicester" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%B1" title="لستر – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="لستر" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fo mw-list-item"><a href="https://fo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leicester" title="Leicester – Faroese" lang="fo" hreflang="fo" data-title="Leicester" data-language-autonym="Føroyskt" data-language-local-name="Faroese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Føroyskt</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leicester" title="Leicester – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Leicester" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ga mw-list-item"><a href="https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leicester" title="Leicester – Irish" lang="ga" hreflang="ga" data-title="Leicester" data-language-autonym="Gaeilge" data-language-local-name="Irish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gaeilge</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leicester" title="Leicester – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Leicester" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%A0%88%EC%8A%A4%ED%84%B0" title="레스터 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="레스터" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ha mw-list-item"><a href="https://ha.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leicester" title="Leicester – Hausa" lang="ha" hreflang="ha" data-title="Leicester" data-language-autonym="Hausa" data-language-local-name="Hausa" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hausa</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D4%BC%D5%A5%D5%BD%D5%A9%D5%A5%D6%80" title="Լեսթեր – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Լեսթեր" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hi mw-list-item"><a href="https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%B2%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%9F%E0%A4%B0" title="लीसेस्टर – Hindi" lang="hi" hreflang="hi" data-title="लीसेस्टर" data-language-autonym="हिन्दी" data-language-local-name="Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>हिन्दी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hsb mw-list-item"><a href="https://hsb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leicester" title="Leicester – Upper Sorbian" lang="hsb" hreflang="hsb" data-title="Leicester" data-language-autonym="Hornjoserbsce" data-language-local-name="Upper Sorbian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hornjoserbsce</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leicester" title="Leicester – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="Leicester" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hrvatski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-io mw-list-item"><a href="https://io.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leicester" title="Leicester – Ido" lang="io" hreflang="io" data-title="Leicester" data-language-autonym="Ido" data-language-local-name="Ido" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ido</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leicester" title="Leicester – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Leicester" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-os mw-list-item"><a href="https://os.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9B%D0%B5%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B5%D1%80" title="Лестер – Ossetic" lang="os" hreflang="os" data-title="Лестер" data-language-autonym="Ирон" data-language-local-name="Ossetic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ирон</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-is mw-list-item"><a href="https://is.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leicester" title="Leicester – Icelandic" lang="is" hreflang="is" data-title="Leicester" data-language-autonym="Íslenska" data-language-local-name="Icelandic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Íslenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leicester" title="Leicester – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Leicester" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%9C%D7%A1%D7%98%D7%A8" title="לסטר – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="לסטר" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a href="https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%9A%E1%83%94%E1%83%A1%E1%83%A2%E1%83%94%E1%83%A0%E1%83%98" title="ლესტერი – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="ლესტერი" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="Georgian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ქართული</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sw mw-list-item"><a href="https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leicester" title="Leicester – Swahili" lang="sw" hreflang="sw" data-title="Leicester" data-language-autonym="Kiswahili" data-language-local-name="Swahili" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kiswahili</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ku mw-list-item"><a href="https://ku.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leicester" title="Leicester – Kurdish" lang="ku" hreflang="ku" data-title="Leicester" data-language-autonym="Kurdî" data-language-local-name="Kurdish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kurdî</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ky mw-list-item"><a href="https://ky.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9B%D0%B5%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B5%D1%80_%D1%88%D0%B0%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%8B" title="Лестер шаары – Kyrgyz" lang="ky" hreflang="ky" data-title="Лестер шаары" data-language-autonym="Кыргызча" data-language-local-name="Kyrgyz" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Кыргызча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lld mw-list-item"><a href="https://lld.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leicester" title="Leicester – Ladin" lang="lld" hreflang="lld" data-title="Leicester" data-language-autonym="Ladin" data-language-local-name="Ladin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ladin</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-la mw-list-item"><a href="https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leicestria" title="Leicestria – Latin" lang="la" hreflang="la" data-title="Leicestria" data-language-autonym="Latina" data-language-local-name="Latin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lv mw-list-item"><a href="https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lestera" title="Lestera – Latvian" lang="lv" hreflang="lv" data-title="Lestera" data-language-autonym="Latviešu" data-language-local-name="Latvian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latviešu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lb mw-list-item"><a href="https://lb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leicester" title="Leicester – Luxembourgish" lang="lb" hreflang="lb" data-title="Leicester" data-language-autonym="Lëtzebuergesch" data-language-local-name="Luxembourgish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lëtzebuergesch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lesteris" title="Lesteris – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Lesteris" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leicester" title="Leicester – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Leicester" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mr mw-list-item"><a href="https://mr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%B2%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%9F%E0%A4%B0" title="लेस्टर – Marathi" lang="mr" hreflang="mr" data-title="लेस्टर" data-language-autonym="मराठी" data-language-local-name="Marathi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>मराठी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%AF%D9%8A%D9%86%D9%87_%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%B1" title="مدينه ليستر – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="مدينه ليستر" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مصرى</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mzn mw-list-item"><a href="https://mzn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%B1" title="لستر – Mazanderani" lang="mzn" hreflang="mzn" data-title="لستر" data-language-autonym="مازِرونی" data-language-local-name="Mazanderani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مازِرونی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ms mw-list-item"><a href="https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leicester" title="Leicester – Malay" lang="ms" hreflang="ms" data-title="Leicester" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Melayu" data-language-local-name="Malay" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Melayu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mni mw-list-item"><a href="https://mni.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EA%AF%82%EA%AF%A9%EA%AF%80%EA%AF%A6%EA%AF%81%EA%AF%AD%EA%AF%87%EA%AF%94" title="ꯂꯩꯀꯦꯁ꯭ꯇꯔ – Manipuri" lang="mni" hreflang="mni" data-title="ꯂꯩꯀꯦꯁ꯭ꯇꯔ" data-language-autonym="ꯃꯤꯇꯩ ꯂꯣꯟ" data-language-local-name="Manipuri" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ꯃꯤꯇꯩ ꯂꯣꯟ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mdf mw-list-item"><a href="https://mdf.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9B%D1%8D%D1%81%D1%82%D1%8D%D1%80" title="Лэстэр – Moksha" lang="mdf" hreflang="mdf" data-title="Лэстэр" data-language-autonym="Мокшень" data-language-local-name="Moksha" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Мокшень</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leicester_(Engeland)" title="Leicester (Engeland) – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Leicester (Engeland)" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%AC%E3%82%B9%E3%82%BF%E3%83%BC" title="レスター – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="レスター" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-frr mw-list-item"><a href="https://frr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leicester" title="Leicester – Northern Frisian" lang="frr" hreflang="frr" data-title="Leicester" data-language-autonym="Nordfriisk" data-language-local-name="Northern Frisian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nordfriisk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leicester" title="Leicester – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Leicester" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nn mw-list-item"><a href="https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leicester" title="Leicester – Norwegian Nynorsk" lang="nn" hreflang="nn" data-title="Leicester" data-language-autonym="Norsk nynorsk" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Nynorsk" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk nynorsk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nrm mw-list-item"><a href="https://nrm.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leich%C3%AAtre" title="Leichêtre – Norman" lang="nrf" hreflang="nrf" data-title="Leichêtre" data-language-autonym="Nouormand" data-language-local-name="Norman" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nouormand</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-oc mw-list-item"><a href="https://oc.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leicester" title="Leicester – Occitan" lang="oc" hreflang="oc" data-title="Leicester" data-language-autonym="Occitan" data-language-local-name="Occitan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Occitan</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pa mw-list-item"><a href="https://pa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A8%B2%E0%A9%88%E0%A8%B8%E0%A8%9F%E0%A8%B0" title="ਲੈਸਟਰ – Punjabi" lang="pa" hreflang="pa" data-title="ਲੈਸਟਰ" data-language-autonym="ਪੰਜਾਬੀ" data-language-local-name="Punjabi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ਪੰਜਾਬੀ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pnb mw-list-item"><a href="https://pnb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%DB%8C%D8%B3%D8%B3%D9%B9%D8%B1" title="لیسسٹر – Western Punjabi" lang="pnb" hreflang="pnb" data-title="لیسسٹر" data-language-autonym="پنجابی" data-language-local-name="Western Punjabi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>پنجابی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ps mw-list-item"><a href="https://ps.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%D8%B3%D9%BC%D8%B1" title="لسټر – Pashto" lang="ps" hreflang="ps" data-title="لسټر" data-language-autonym="پښتو" data-language-local-name="Pashto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>پښتو</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-jam mw-list-item"><a href="https://jam.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lesta" title="Lesta – Jamaican Creole English" lang="jam" hreflang="jam" data-title="Lesta" data-language-autonym="Patois" data-language-local-name="Jamaican Creole English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Patois</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leicester" title="Leicester – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Leicester" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leicester" title="Leicester – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Leicester" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kaa mw-list-item"><a href="https://kaa.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lecester" title="Lecester – Kara-Kalpak" lang="kaa" hreflang="kaa" data-title="Lecester" data-language-autonym="Qaraqalpaqsha" data-language-local-name="Kara-Kalpak" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Qaraqalpaqsha</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leicester" title="Leicester – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="Leicester" data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="Romanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Română</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-qu mw-list-item"><a href="https://qu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leicester" title="Leicester – Quechua" lang="qu" hreflang="qu" data-title="Leicester" data-language-autonym="Runa Simi" data-language-local-name="Quechua" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Runa Simi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9B%D0%B5%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B5%D1%80" title="Лестер – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Лестер" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sco mw-list-item"><a href="https://sco.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leicester" title="Leicester – Scots" lang="sco" hreflang="sco" data-title="Leicester" data-language-autonym="Scots" data-language-local-name="Scots" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Scots</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-simple mw-list-item"><a href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leicester" title="Leicester – Simple English" lang="en-simple" hreflang="en-simple" data-title="Leicester" data-language-autonym="Simple English" data-language-local-name="Simple English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Simple English</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sk mw-list-item"><a href="https://sk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leicester" title="Leicester – Slovak" lang="sk" hreflang="sk" data-title="Leicester" data-language-autonym="Slovenčina" data-language-local-name="Slovak" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenčina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-szl mw-list-item"><a href="https://szl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leicester" title="Leicester – Silesian" lang="szl" hreflang="szl" data-title="Leicester" data-language-autonym="Ślůnski" data-language-local-name="Silesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ślůnski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ckb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ckb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%DB%8E%D8%B3%D8%AA%DB%95%D8%B1" title="لێستەر – Central Kurdish" lang="ckb" hreflang="ckb" data-title="لێستەر" data-language-autonym="کوردی" data-language-local-name="Central Kurdish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>کوردی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sr mw-list-item"><a href="https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9B%D0%B5%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B5%D1%80" title="Лестер – Serbian" lang="sr" hreflang="sr" data-title="Лестер" data-language-autonym="Српски / srpski" data-language-local-name="Serbian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Српски / srpski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sh mw-list-item"><a href="https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leicester" title="Leicester – Serbo-Croatian" lang="sh" hreflang="sh" data-title="Leicester" data-language-autonym="Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски" data-language-local-name="Serbo-Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fi mw-list-item"><a href="https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leicester" title="Leicester – Finnish" lang="fi" hreflang="fi" data-title="Leicester" data-language-autonym="Suomi" data-language-local-name="Finnish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Suomi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sv mw-list-item"><a href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leicester" title="Leicester – Swedish" lang="sv" hreflang="sv" data-title="Leicester" data-language-autonym="Svenska" data-language-local-name="Swedish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Svenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tl badge-Q70893996 mw-list-item" title=""><a href="https://tl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leicester" title="Leicester – Tagalog" lang="tl" hreflang="tl" data-title="Leicester" data-language-autonym="Tagalog" data-language-local-name="Tagalog" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Tagalog</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ta mw-list-item"><a href="https://ta.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AE%B2%E0%AF%86%E0%AE%B8%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%9F%E0%AE%B0%E0%AF%8D" title="லெஸ்டர் – Tamil" lang="ta" hreflang="ta" data-title="லெஸ்டர்" data-language-autonym="தமிழ்" data-language-local-name="Tamil" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>தமிழ்</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tt mw-list-item"><a href="https://tt.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9B%D0%B5%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B5%D1%80" title="Лестер – Tatar" lang="tt" hreflang="tt" data-title="Лестер" data-language-autonym="Татарча / tatarça" data-language-local-name="Tatar" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Татарча / tatarça</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-th mw-list-item"><a href="https://th.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B9%80%E0%B8%A5%E0%B8%AA%E0%B9%80%E0%B8%95%E0%B8%AD%E0%B8%A3%E0%B9%8C" title="เลสเตอร์ – Thai" lang="th" hreflang="th" data-title="เลสเตอร์" data-language-autonym="ไทย" data-language-local-name="Thai" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ไทย</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tr mw-list-item"><a href="https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leicester" title="Leicester – Turkish" lang="tr" hreflang="tr" data-title="Leicester" data-language-autonym="Türkçe" data-language-local-name="Turkish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Türkçe</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tw mw-list-item"><a href="https://tw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leicester" title="Leicester – Twi" lang="tw" hreflang="tw" data-title="Leicester" data-language-autonym="Twi" data-language-local-name="Twi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Twi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uk mw-list-item"><a href="https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9B%D0%B5%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B5%D1%80" title="Лестер – Ukrainian" lang="uk" hreflang="uk" data-title="Лестер" data-language-autonym="Українська" data-language-local-name="Ukrainian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Українська</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ur mw-list-item"><a href="https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%DB%8C%D8%B3%D9%B9%D8%B1" title="لیسٹر – Urdu" lang="ur" hreflang="ur" data-title="لیسٹر" data-language-autonym="اردو" data-language-local-name="Urdu" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>اردو</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ug mw-list-item"><a href="https://ug.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%C3%A9ys%C3%A9st%C3%A9r" title="Léyséstér – Uyghur" lang="ug" hreflang="ug" data-title="Léyséstér" data-language-autonym="ئۇيغۇرچە / Uyghurche" data-language-local-name="Uyghur" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ئۇيغۇرچە / Uyghurche</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-vi mw-list-item"><a href="https://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leicester" title="Leicester – Vietnamese" lang="vi" hreflang="vi" data-title="Leicester" data-language-autonym="Tiếng Việt" data-language-local-name="Vietnamese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Tiếng Việt</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-vo mw-list-item"><a href="https://vo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leicester" title="Leicester – Volapük" lang="vo" hreflang="vo" data-title="Leicester" data-language-autonym="Volapük" data-language-local-name="Volapük" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Volapük</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-war mw-list-item"><a href="https://war.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leicester" title="Leicester – Waray" lang="war" hreflang="war" data-title="Leicester" data-language-autonym="Winaray" data-language-local-name="Waray" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Winaray</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-wuu mw-list-item"><a href="https://wuu.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E8%8E%B1%E6%96%AF%E7%89%B9" title="莱斯特 – Wu" lang="wuu" hreflang="wuu" data-title="莱斯特" data-language-autonym="吴语" data-language-local-name="Wu" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>吴语</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-yi mw-list-item"><a href="https://yi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%9C%D7%A2%D7%A1%D7%98%D7%A2%D7%A8" title="לעסטער – Yiddish" lang="yi" hreflang="yi" data-title="לעסטער" data-language-autonym="ייִדיש" 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width="131" height="81" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7b/Curve_Leicester_full_panorama.jpg/197px-Curve_Leicester_full_panorama.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7b/Curve_Leicester_full_panorama.jpg/262px-Curve_Leicester_full_panorama.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3261" data-file-height="2028" /></a></span></div></div></div></div></div></div><div class="ib-settlement-caption">Clockwise, from top: <a href="/wiki/Leicester_City_Centre" title="Leicester City Centre">City Centre</a> & <a href="/wiki/Haymarket_Memorial_Clock_Tower" title="Haymarket Memorial Clock Tower">Clock Tower</a>; <a href="/wiki/Leicester_Cathedral" title="Leicester Cathedral">Leicester Cathedral</a>; <a href="/wiki/Curve_(theatre)" title="Curve (theatre)">Curve Theatre</a>; the <a href="/wiki/Jewry_Wall" title="Jewry Wall">Jewry Wall</a>; and <a href="/wiki/National_Space_Centre" title="National Space Centre">National Space 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srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/Coat_of_Arms_of_Leicester_City_Council.svg/138px-Coat_of_Arms_of_Leicester_City_Council.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/Coat_of_Arms_of_Leicester_City_Council.svg/184px-Coat_of_Arms_of_Leicester_City_Council.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="895" data-file-height="970" /></a></span><div class="ib-settlement-caption-link"><a href="/wiki/Leicester_City_Council#Coat_of_arms" title="Leicester City Council">Coat of arms</a></div></div></div></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data">Motto(s): <div class="ib-settlement-nickname nickname"><a href="/wiki/Latin_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Latin language">Latin</a>: <i lang="la">Semper Eadem</i>, <small><a href="/wiki/Literal_translation" title="Literal translation">lit.</a> </small>'Always the Same'</div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Leicester_UK_locator_map.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Shown within Leicestershire"><img alt="Shown within Leicestershire" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cf/Leicester_UK_locator_map.svg/250px-Leicester_UK_locator_map.svg.png" decoding="async" width="250" height="197" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cf/Leicester_UK_locator_map.svg/375px-Leicester_UK_locator_map.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cf/Leicester_UK_locator_map.svg/500px-Leicester_UK_locator_map.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1425" data-file-height="1123" /></a></span><div class="ib-settlement-caption">Shown within <a href="/wiki/Leicestershire" title="Leicestershire">Leicestershire</a></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data">Coordinates: <span class="geo-inline"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1156832818">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Leicester&params=52_38_10_N_1_7_59_W_type:adm2nd_region:GB"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">52°38′10″N</span> <span class="longitude">1°7′59″W</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">52.63611°N 1.13306°W</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">52.63611; -1.13306</span></span></span></a></span></span><sup id="cite_ref-OS_coord_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-OS_coord-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr class="mergedbottomrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Ordnance_Survey_National_Grid" title="Ordnance Survey National Grid">OS grid reference</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion" style="white-space: nowrap"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Leicester&params=52.633552_N_1.133507_W_type:adm2nd_region:GB">SK 5874 0433</a></span><sup id="cite_ref-OS_coord_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-OS_coord-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Sovereign_state" title="Sovereign state">Sovereign state</a></th><td class="infobox-data">United Kingdom</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Countries_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Countries of the United Kingdom">Country</a></th><td class="infobox-data">England</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Regions_of_England" title="Regions of England">Region</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/East_Midlands" title="East Midlands">East Midlands</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Ceremonial_counties_of_England" title="Ceremonial counties of England">Ceremonial county</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Leicestershire" title="Leicestershire">Leicestershire</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Founded</th><td class="infobox-data"><abbr title="circa">c.</abbr>47 AD as <a href="/wiki/Ratae_Corieltauvorum" title="Ratae Corieltauvorum">Ratae Corieltauvorum</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/City_status_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="City status in the United Kingdom">City status</a> restored</th><td class="infobox-data">1919</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Unitary authority</th><td class="infobox-data">1997</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Administrative HQ</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/City_Hall,_Leicester" title="City Hall, Leicester">City Hall</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Civic suite</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Leicester_Town_Hall" title="Leicester Town Hall">Leicester Town Hall</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Areas of the city<br /><small>(2011 census BUASD)</small></th><td class="infobox-data"><div class="collapsible-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="text-align: left;"> <div style="line-height: 1.6em; font-weight: bold;"><div>List</div></div> <ul class="mw-collapsible-content" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; line-height: inherit; list-style: none; margin-left: 0;"><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"><a href="/wiki/Abbey" title="Abbey">Abbey</a></li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"><a href="/wiki/Aylestone" title="Aylestone">Aylestone</a></li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"><a href="/wiki/Aylestone" title="Aylestone">Aylestone Park</a></li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"><a href="/wiki/Beaumont_Leys" title="Beaumont Leys">Beaumont Leys</a></li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"><a href="/wiki/Birstall,_Leicestershire" title="Birstall, Leicestershire">Birstall</a> (Village) (part)</li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"><a href="/wiki/Braunstone_Town" title="Braunstone Town">Braunstone Town</a> (Village) (part)</li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"><a href="/wiki/Leicester_City_Centre" title="Leicester City Centre">City Centre</a></li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"><a href="/wiki/Clarendon_Park,_Leicester" title="Clarendon Park, Leicester">Clarendon Park</a></li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"><a href="/wiki/Dane_Hills" title="Dane Hills">Dane Hills</a></li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"><a href="/wiki/Evington" title="Evington">Evington</a></li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"><a href="/wiki/Frog_Island,_Leicester" title="Frog Island, Leicester">Frog Island</a></li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"><a href="/wiki/Glenfield,_Leicestershire" title="Glenfield, Leicestershire">Glenfield</a> (Village) (part)</li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"><a href="/wiki/Glen_Parva" title="Glen Parva">Glen Parva</a> (Village) (part)</li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"><a href="/wiki/Hamilton,_Leicester" class="mw-redirect" title="Hamilton, Leicester">Hamilton</a></li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"><a href="/wiki/Humberstone,_Leicester" class="mw-redirect" title="Humberstone, Leicester">Humberstone</a></li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"><a href="/wiki/Kirby_Muxloe" title="Kirby Muxloe">Kirby Muxloe</a> (Village) (part)</li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"><a href="/wiki/Knighton,_Leicestershire" class="mw-redirect" title="Knighton, Leicestershire">Knighton</a> (Village) (part)</li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0">New Humberstone</li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"><a href="/wiki/New_Parks" title="New Parks">New Parks</a></li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"><a href="/wiki/North_Evington" title="North Evington">North Evington</a></li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"><a href="/wiki/Oadby" title="Oadby">Oadby</a> (Town) (part)</li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"><a href="/wiki/Rowlatts_Hill" title="Rowlatts Hill">Rowlatts Hill</a></li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0">Rowley Fields</li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"><a href="/wiki/South_Wigston" title="South Wigston">South Wigston</a> (Village) (part)</li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"><a href="/wiki/Stoneygate" title="Stoneygate">Stoneygate</a></li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"><a href="/wiki/Thurncourt" title="Thurncourt">Thurncourt</a></li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"><a href="/wiki/Westcotes" title="Westcotes">Westcotes</a></li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"><a href="/wiki/Wigston" title="Wigston">Wigston</a> (Town) (part)</li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0">Wolsey Island</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Government<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><sup id="cite_ref-Councillors_and_Leadership_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Councillors_and_Leadership-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Type</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Unitary_authorities_of_England" title="Unitary authorities of England">Unitary authority</a> with <a href="/wiki/Executive_arrangements#Elected_mayor_and_cabinet" title="Executive arrangements">mayor and cabinet</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Body</th><td class="infobox-data agent"><a href="/wiki/Leicester_City_Council" title="Leicester City Council">Leicester City Council</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/wiki/Political_make-up_of_local_councils_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Political make-up of local councils in the United Kingdom">Control</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/wiki/Mayor_of_Leicester" title="Mayor of Leicester">Elected mayor</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Peter_Soulsby" title="Peter Soulsby">Peter Soulsby</a> (<a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">L</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/wiki/List_of_lord_mayors_of_Leicester" title="List of lord mayors of Leicester">Lord Mayor</a></th><td class="infobox-data">Susan Barton</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Chief Executive</th><td class="infobox-data">Alison Greenhill</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/wiki/House_of_Commons_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="House of Commons of the United Kingdom">House of Commons</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><div class="collapsible-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="text-align: left;"> <div style="line-height: 1.6em; font-weight: bold;"><div>3 MPs</div></div> <ul class="mw-collapsible-content" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; line-height: inherit; list-style: none; margin-left: 0;"><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"> <a href="/wiki/Shockat_Adam" title="Shockat Adam">Shockat Adam</a> (<a href="/wiki/Independent_politician" title="Independent politician">Ind</a>) </li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"> <a href="/wiki/Liz_Kendall" title="Liz Kendall">Liz Kendall</a> (<a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">L</a>) </li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"> <a href="/wiki/Shivani_Raja" title="Shivani Raja">Shivani Raja</a> (<a href="/wiki/Conservative_and_Unionist_Party" class="mw-redirect" title="Conservative and Unionist Party">C</a>) </li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Area<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data">28 sq mi (73 km<sup>2</sup>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Rank</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/List_of_English_districts_by_area" title="List of English districts by area">225th</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Population<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><span class="nowrap"> </span>(2022)<sup id="cite_ref-popstats_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-popstats-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data">373,399</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Rank</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/List_of_English_districts_by_population" title="List of English districts by population">21st</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Density</th><td class="infobox-data">13,190/sq mi (5,091/km<sup>2</sup>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Demonym" title="Demonym">Demonym</a></th><td class="infobox-data">Leicestrian</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Ethnicity <span style="font-weight:normal;">(<a href="/wiki/2021_United_Kingdom_census" title="2021 United Kingdom census">2021</a>)</span><div class="ib-settlement-fn"><sup id="cite_ref-2021_Nomis_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2021_Nomis-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/wiki/Ethnic_groups_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Ethnic groups in the United Kingdom">Ethnic groups</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><div class="collapsible-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="text-align: left;"> <div style="line-height: 1.6em; font-weight: bold;"><div>List</div></div> <ul class="mw-collapsible-content" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; line-height: inherit; list-style: none; margin-left: 0;"><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"> 43.4% <a href="/wiki/British_Asians" title="British Asians">Asian</a> </li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"> 40.9% <a href="/wiki/White_people_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="White people in the United Kingdom">White</a> </li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"> 7.8% <a href="/wiki/Black_British_people" title="Black British people">Black</a> </li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"> 3.8% <a href="/wiki/Mixed_(United_Kingdom_ethnicity_category)" title="Mixed (United Kingdom ethnicity category)">Mixed</a> </li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"> 4.1% <a href="/wiki/Ethnic_groups_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Ethnic groups in the United Kingdom">other</a> </li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Religion <span style="font-weight:normal;">(2021)</span><div class="ib-settlement-fn"><sup id="cite_ref-2021_Nomis_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2021_Nomis-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/wiki/Religion_in_England" title="Religion in England">Religion</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><div class="collapsible-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="text-align: left;"> <div style="line-height: 1.6em; font-weight: bold;"><div>List</div></div> <ul class="mw-collapsible-content" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; line-height: inherit; list-style: none; margin-left: 0;"><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"> 24.7% <a href="/wiki/Religion_in_England#Christianity" title="Religion in England">Christianity</a> </li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"> 23.5% <a href="/wiki/Islam_in_England" title="Islam in England">Islam</a> </li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"> 23.0% <a href="/wiki/Irreligion_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Irreligion in the United Kingdom">no religion</a> </li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"> 17.9% <a href="/wiki/Hinduism_in_England" title="Hinduism in England">Hinduism</a> </li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"> 4.5% <a href="/wiki/Sikhism_in_England" title="Sikhism in England">Sikhism</a> </li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"> 0.3% <a href="/wiki/Buddhism_in_England" title="Buddhism in England">Buddhism</a> </li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"> 0.1% <a href="/wiki/History_of_the_Jews_in_England" title="History of the Jews in England">Judaism</a> </li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"> 0.6% <a href="/wiki/Religion_in_England" title="Religion in England">other</a> </li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"> 5.6% not stated </li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Time_zone" title="Time zone">Time zone</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/UTC%2B0" class="mw-redirect" title="UTC+0">UTC+0</a> (<a href="/wiki/Greenwich_Mean_Time" title="Greenwich Mean Time">GMT</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap"> • Summer (<a href="/wiki/Daylight_saving_time" title="Daylight saving time">DST</a>)</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/UTC%2B1" class="mw-redirect" title="UTC+1">UTC+1</a> (<a href="/wiki/British_Summer_Time" title="British Summer Time">BST</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Postcodes_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Postcodes in the United Kingdom">Postcode area</a></th><td class="infobox-data adr"><div class="postal-code"><a href="/wiki/LE_postcode_area" title="LE postcode area">LE</a></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Telephone_numbers_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Telephone numbers in the United Kingdom">Dialling code</a></th><td class="infobox-data">0116</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/ISO_3166" title="ISO 3166">ISO 3166 code</a></th><td class="infobox-data nickname"><a href="/wiki/ISO_3166-2:GB" title="ISO 3166-2:GB">GB-LCE</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/GSS_coding_system" title="GSS coding system">GSS code</a></th><td class="infobox-data nickname">E06000016</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/International_Territorial_Level" title="International Territorial Level">ITL code</a></th><td class="infobox-data nickname">TLF21</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Gross_value_added" title="Gross value added">GVA</a></th><td class="infobox-data">2021 estimate<sup id="cite_ref-ONS_GVA_and_GDP_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ONS_GVA_and_GDP-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Total</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Pound_sterling" title="Pound sterling">£</a>9.2 billion</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Per capita</th><td class="infobox-data">£25,124</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">GDP (nominal)</th><td class="infobox-data">2021 estimate<sup id="cite_ref-ONS_GVA_and_GDP_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ONS_GVA_and_GDP-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Total</th><td class="infobox-data">£10.2 billion</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Per capita</th><td class="infobox-data">£27,848</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://leicester.gov.uk">leicester<wbr />.gov<wbr />.uk</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Leicester</b> (<span class="rt-commentedText nowrap"><span class="IPA nopopups noexcerpt" lang="en-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/English" title="Help:IPA/English">/<span style="border-bottom:1px dotted"><span title="/ˈ/: primary stress follows">ˈ</span><span title="'l' in 'lie'">l</span><span title="/ɛ/: 'e' in 'dress'">ɛ</span><span title="'s' in 'sigh'">s</span><span title="'t' in 'tie'">t</span><span title="/ər/: 'er' in 'letter'">ər</span></span>/</a></span> <span class="noprint"><span class="ext-phonos"><span data-nosnippet="" id="ooui-php-1" class="ext-phonos-PhonosButton noexcerpt ext-phonos-PhonosButton-emptylabel oo-ui-widget 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href="/wiki/File:Leicester.ogg" title="File:Leicester.ogg">ⓘ</a></sup></span></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Help:Pronunciation_respelling_key" title="Help:Pronunciation respelling key"><i title="English pronunciation respelling"><span style="font-size:90%">LES</span>-tər</i></a>)<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> is a <a href="/wiki/City_status_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="City status in the United Kingdom">city</a>, <a href="/wiki/Unitary_authorities_of_England" title="Unitary authorities of England">unitary authority</a> area, <a href="/wiki/Unparished_area" title="Unparished area">unparished area</a> and the <a href="/wiki/County_town" title="County town">county town</a> of <a href="/wiki/Leicestershire" title="Leicestershire">Leicestershire</a> in the <a href="/wiki/East_Midlands" title="East Midlands">East Midlands</a> of England. It is the largest city in the East Midlands with a population of 373,399 in 2022.<sup id="cite_ref-popstats_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-popstats-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The greater <a href="/wiki/Leicester_urban_area" title="Leicester urban area">Leicester urban area</a> had a population of 559,017 in 2021, making it the 11th most populous in England,<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and the <a href="/wiki/List_of_urban_areas_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="List of urban areas in the United Kingdom">13th most populous in the United Kingdom</a>. A 2023 report ranked Leicester 16th out of the 50 largest UK cities on a range of economic measures, and the first of seven East Midlands cities.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The city lies on the <a href="/wiki/River_Soar" title="River Soar">River Soar</a> and is approximately 90 miles (140 km) north-northwest of London, 33 miles (53 km) east-northeast of <a href="/wiki/Birmingham" title="Birmingham">Birmingham</a> and 21 miles (34 km) northeast of <a href="/wiki/Coventry" title="Coventry">Coventry</a>. <a href="/wiki/Nottingham" title="Nottingham">Nottingham</a> and <a href="/wiki/Derby" title="Derby">Derby</a> lie around 21 miles (34 km) to the north and northwest respectively, whilst <a href="/wiki/Peterborough" title="Peterborough">Peterborough</a> is located 37 miles (60 km) to the east. Leicester is close to the eastern end of the <a href="/wiki/National_Forest,_England" class="mw-redirect" title="National Forest, England">National Forest</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Leicester has a long history extending into ancient times, it was the site of the <a href="/wiki/Roman_Britain" title="Roman Britain">Roman</a> town of <a href="/wiki/Ratae_Corieltauvorum" title="Ratae Corieltauvorum">Ratae Corieltauvorum</a>, which was later captured by the <a href="/wiki/Anglo-Saxon" class="mw-redirect" title="Anglo-Saxon">Anglo-Saxons</a>, and then by the <a href="/wiki/Vikings" title="Vikings">Vikings</a> who made it one of the <a href="/wiki/Five_Boroughs_of_the_Danelaw" title="Five Boroughs of the Danelaw">Five Boroughs of the Danelaw</a>. Leicester became an important town during the <a href="/wiki/Middle_Ages" title="Middle Ages">Middle Ages</a>, and then an important industrial and commercial centre in the <a href="/wiki/Victorian_era" title="Victorian era">Victorian age</a>, eventually gaining <a href="/wiki/City_status_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="City status in the United Kingdom">city status</a> in 1919. Since the mid-20th century, immigration from countries of the <a href="/wiki/British_Commonwealth" class="mw-redirect" title="British Commonwealth">British Commonwealth</a> has seen Leicester become an ethnically diverse city, and one of the largest urban centres of the <a href="/wiki/Midlands" title="Midlands">Midlands</a>. </p><p>Leicester is at the intersection of two railway lines: the <a href="/wiki/Midland_Main_Line" title="Midland Main Line">Midland Main Line</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Birmingham" title="Birmingham">Birmingham</a> to <a href="/wiki/London_Stansted_Airport" title="London Stansted Airport">London Stansted Airport</a> line. It is also at the confluence of the <a href="/wiki/M1_motorway" title="M1 motorway">M1</a>/<a href="/wiki/M69_motorway" title="M69 motorway">M69 motorways</a> and the <a href="/wiki/A6_road_(England)" title="A6 road (England)">A6</a>/<a href="/wiki/A46_road_(England)" class="mw-redirect" title="A46 road (England)">A46</a> trunk routes. <a href="/wiki/Leicester_Cathedral" title="Leicester Cathedral">Leicester Cathedral</a> is home to the <a href="/wiki/Leicester_Cathedral#Tomb_of_Richard_III" title="Leicester Cathedral">tomb</a> of <a href="/wiki/Richard_III_of_England" title="Richard III of England">King Richard III</a> who was reburied in the cathedral in 2015 after <a href="/wiki/Exhumation_and_reburial_of_Richard_III_of_England" title="Exhumation and reburial of Richard III of England">being discovered</a> nearby in the foundations of the lost <a href="/wiki/Greyfriars,_Leicester" title="Greyfriars, Leicester">Greyfriars</a> chapel, more than 500 years after his death. In sporting terms, Leicester is the home to <a href="/wiki/Association_football" title="Association football">football</a> club <a href="/wiki/Leicester_City_F.C." title="Leicester City F.C.">Leicester City</a> and <a href="/wiki/Rugby_Union" class="mw-redirect" title="Rugby Union">rugby</a> club <a href="/wiki/Leicester_Tigers" title="Leicester Tigers">Leicester Tigers</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Name">Name</h2></div> <p>The name of Leicester comes from <a href="/wiki/Old_English" title="Old English">Old English</a>. It is first recorded in Latinised form in the early ninth century as <i>Legorensis civitatis</i> and in Old English itself in an <i><a href="/wiki/Anglo-Saxon_Chronicle" title="Anglo-Saxon Chronicle">Anglo-Saxon Chronicle</a></i> entry for 924 as <i><span title="Old English (ca. 450-1100)-language text"><i lang="ang">Ligera ceastre</i></span></i> (and, in various spellings, frequently thereafter). In the <i><a href="/wiki/Domesday_Book" title="Domesday Book">Domesday Book</a></i> of 1086, it is recorded as <i><span title="Old English (ca. 450-1100)-language text"><i lang="ang">Ledecestre</i></span></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-dictionary_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dictionary-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The first element of the name is the name of a people, the <i>Ligore</i> (whose name appears in <i>Ligera ceastre</i> in the <a href="/wiki/Genitive_case" title="Genitive case">genitive</a> plural form); their name came in turn from the river Ligor (now the <a href="/wiki/River_Soar" title="River Soar">River Soar</a>), the origin of whose name is uncertain but thought to be from <a href="/wiki/Brittonic_languages" title="Brittonic languages">Brittonic</a> (possibly cognate with the name of the <a href="/wiki/Loire" title="Loire">Loire</a>).<sup id="cite_ref-dictionary_12-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dictionary-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Stevenson1918_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Stevenson1918-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-tommyB_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-tommyB-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The second element of the name is the Old English word <i>ceaster</i> ("(Roman) fort, fortification, town", itself borrowed from Latin <i><a href="/wiki/Castrum" class="mw-redirect" title="Castrum">castrum</a></i>).<sup id="cite_ref-dictionary_12-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dictionary-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>A list of British cities in the ninth-century <i><a href="/wiki/Historia_Brittonum" title="Historia Brittonum">History of the Britons</a></i> includes one <i><span class="nowrap">Cair Lerion</span></i>; Leicester has been proposed as the place to which this refers (and the <a href="/wiki/Welsh_placenames" class="mw-redirect" title="Welsh placenames">Welsh</a> name for Leicester is <i><span title="Welsh-language text"><i lang="cy">Caerlŷr</i></span></i>). But this identification is not certain.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Based on the Welsh name (given as <i>Kaerleir</i>), <a href="/wiki/Geoffrey_of_Monmouth" title="Geoffrey of Monmouth">Geoffrey of Monmouth</a> proposed a king <a href="/wiki/Leir_of_Britain" title="Leir of Britain">Leir of Britain</a> as an <a href="/wiki/Eponymous_founder" class="mw-redirect" title="Eponymous founder">eponymous founder</a> in his <i><a href="/wiki/Historia_Regum_Britanniae" title="Historia Regum Britanniae">Historia Regum Britanniae</a></i> (12th century).<sup id="cite_ref-Geoffrey2:11_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Geoffrey2:11-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">For a chronological guide, see <a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_Leicester" title="Timeline of Leicester">Timeline of Leicester</a>.</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/History_of_Leicestershire" title="History of Leicestershire">History of Leicestershire</a></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Prehistory">Prehistory</h3></div> <p>Leicester is one of the oldest cities in England, with a history going back at least two millennia.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Britons_(Celtic_people)" class="mw-redirect" title="Britons (Celtic people)">native</a> <a href="/wiki/British_Iron_Age" title="British Iron Age">Iron Age</a> settlement encountered by the <a href="/wiki/Ancient_Romans" class="mw-redirect" title="Ancient Romans">Romans</a> at the site seems to have developed in the 2nd or 1st centuries <a href="/wiki/Anno_Domini" title="Anno Domini">BC</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Little is known about this settlement or the condition of the <a href="/wiki/River_Soar" title="River Soar">River Soar</a> at this time, although <a href="/wiki/Roundhouse_(dwelling)" title="Roundhouse (dwelling)">roundhouses</a> from this era have been excavated and seem to have clustered along roughly 8 hectares (20 acres) of the east bank of the Soar above its confluence with the <a href="/wiki/River_Trent" title="River Trent">Trent</a>. This area of the Soar was split into two channels: a main stream to the east and a narrower channel on the west, with a presumably marshy island between. The settlement seems to have controlled a ford across the larger channel. The <a href="/wiki/Ratae_Corieltauvorum#Name" title="Ratae Corieltauvorum">later Roman name</a> was a <a href="/wiki/Latinization_of_names" class="mw-redirect" title="Latinization of names">latinate</a> form of the <a href="/wiki/Common_Brittonic" title="Common Brittonic">Brittonic</a> word for "ramparts" (cf. <a href="/wiki/Irish_Gaelic" class="mw-redirect" title="Irish Gaelic">Gaelic</a> <i><a href="/wiki/Ringfort" title="Ringfort">rath</a></i> and the nearby villages of <a href="/wiki/Ratby" title="Ratby">Ratby</a> and <a href="/wiki/Ratcliffe-upon-Soar" class="mw-redirect" title="Ratcliffe-upon-Soar">Ratcliffe</a><sup id="cite_ref-tommyA_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-tommyA-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>), suggesting the site was an <a href="/wiki/Oppidum" title="Oppidum">oppidum</a>. The plural form of the name suggests it was initially composed of several villages.<sup id="cite_ref-tommyA_21-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-tommyA-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/List_of_Celtic_tribes" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Celtic tribes">Celtic tribe</a> holding the area was later recorded as the "<a href="/wiki/Coritani" class="mw-redirect" title="Coritani">Coritanians</a>" but an inscription recovered in 1983 showed this to have been a corruption of the original "<a href="/wiki/Corieltauvi" title="Corieltauvi">Corieltauvians</a>".<sup id="cite_ref-TLAHS_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TLAHS-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-AJ_23-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AJ-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Corieltauvians are believed to have ruled over roughly the area of the <a href="/wiki/East_Midlands" title="East Midlands">East Midlands</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Roman">Roman</h3></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Jewry_Wall_ruins_Apr10.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/69/Jewry_Wall_ruins_Apr10.jpg/220px-Jewry_Wall_ruins_Apr10.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="158" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/69/Jewry_Wall_ruins_Apr10.jpg/330px-Jewry_Wall_ruins_Apr10.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/69/Jewry_Wall_ruins_Apr10.jpg/440px-Jewry_Wall_ruins_Apr10.jpg 2x" data-file-width="5030" data-file-height="3603" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/St_Nicholas%27_Church,_Leicester" class="mw-redirect" title="St Nicholas' Church, Leicester">St Nicholas's Church</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Jewry_Wall" title="Jewry Wall">Jewry Wall</a></figcaption></figure> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Ratae_Corieltauvorum" title="Ratae Corieltauvorum">Ratae Corieltauvorum</a></div> <p>It is believed that the <a href="/wiki/Ancient_Rome" title="Ancient Rome">Romans</a> arrived in the Leicester area around <a href="/wiki/Anno_Domini" title="Anno Domini">AD</a> 47, during their <a href="/wiki/Roman_conquest_of_Britain" title="Roman conquest of Britain">conquest</a> of <a href="/wiki/Roman_Britain" title="Roman Britain">southern Britain</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Richard3part2_24-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Richard3part2-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Corieltauvian settlement lay near a bridge on the <a href="/wiki/Fosse_Way" title="Fosse Way">Fosse Way</a>, a <a href="/wiki/Roman_road" class="mw-redirect" title="Roman road">Roman road</a> between the legionary camps at <a href="/wiki/Isca_Dumnoniorum" title="Isca Dumnoniorum">Isca</a> (<a href="/wiki/Exeter" title="Exeter">Exeter</a>) and <a href="/wiki/Lindum_Colonia" title="Lindum Colonia">Lindum</a> (<a href="/wiki/Lincoln,_England" title="Lincoln, England">Lincoln</a>). It remains unclear whether the Romans fortified and garrisoned the location, but it slowly developed from around the year 50 onwards as the <a href="/wiki/Civitas" title="Civitas">tribal capital</a> of the Corieltauvians under the name <a href="/wiki/Ratae_Corieltauvorum" title="Ratae Corieltauvorum">Ratae Corieltauvorum</a>. In the 2nd century, it received a <a href="/wiki/Forum_(Roman)" title="Forum (Roman)">forum</a> and <a href="/wiki/Thermae" title="Thermae">bathhouse</a>. In 2013, the discovery of a Roman cemetery found just outside the old city walls and dating back to AD 300 was announced.<sup id="cite_ref-Richard3part2_24-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Richard3part2-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The remains of the <a href="/wiki/Thermae" title="Thermae">baths</a> of Roman Leicester can be seen at the <a href="/wiki/Jewry_Wall" title="Jewry Wall">Jewry Wall</a>; recovered artifacts are displayed at the <a href="/wiki/Jewry_Wall_Museum" title="Jewry Wall Museum">adjacent museum</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Medieval">Medieval</h3></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Stukeley_Leicester_Map_1722.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c8/Stukeley_Leicester_Map_1722.jpg/220px-Stukeley_Leicester_Map_1722.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="332" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c8/Stukeley_Leicester_Map_1722.jpg/330px-Stukeley_Leicester_Map_1722.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c8/Stukeley_Leicester_Map_1722.jpg/440px-Stukeley_Leicester_Map_1722.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2059" data-file-height="3105" /></a><figcaption>Map of Leicester Old Town</figcaption></figure> <p>Knowledge of the town following the <a href="/wiki/Roman_withdrawal_from_Britain" class="mw-redirect" title="Roman withdrawal from Britain">Roman withdrawal from Britain</a> is limited. It seems to have been continually occupied after Roman protection ceased through the 5th and 6th centuries, although with a significantly reduced population. Its memory was preserved as the <i><span class="nowrap">Cair Lerion</span></i><sup id="cite_ref-mommy_25-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mommy-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> of the <i><a href="/wiki/Historia_Brittonum" title="Historia Brittonum">History of the Britons</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-nashford_26-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nashford-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Following the <a href="/wiki/Saxon_invasion_of_Britain" class="mw-redirect" title="Saxon invasion of Britain">Saxon invasion of Britain</a>, Leicester was occupied by the <a href="/wiki/Middle_Angles" title="Middle Angles">Middle Angles</a> and subsequently administered by the kingdom of <a href="/wiki/Mercia" title="Mercia">Mercia</a>. It was elevated to a <a href="/wiki/Bishop_of_Leicester" title="Bishop of Leicester">bishopric</a> in either 679 or 680; this see survived until the 9th century, when Leicester was captured by <a href="/wiki/Danes_(Germanic_people)" class="mw-redirect" title="Danes (Germanic people)">Danish</a> <a href="/wiki/Viking_invasions_of_Britain" class="mw-redirect" title="Viking invasions of Britain">Vikings</a>. Their settlement became one of the <a href="/wiki/Five_Burghs" class="mw-redirect" title="Five Burghs">Five Burghs</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Danelaw" title="Danelaw">Danelaw</a>, although this position was short-lived. The Saxon bishop, meanwhile, fled to <a href="/wiki/Dorchester-on-Thames" class="mw-redirect" title="Dorchester-on-Thames">Dorchester-on-Thames</a> and Leicester did not become a bishopric again until the Church of <span class="nowrap">St Martin</span> became <a href="/wiki/Leicester_Cathedral" title="Leicester Cathedral">Leicester Cathedral</a> in 1927. The settlement was recorded under the name <i>Ligeraceaster</i> in the early 10th century.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Leicester_Cathedral_south_facade.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Leicester_Cathedral_south_facade.jpg/220px-Leicester_Cathedral_south_facade.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="220" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Leicester_Cathedral_south_facade.jpg/330px-Leicester_Cathedral_south_facade.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Leicester_Cathedral_south_facade.jpg/440px-Leicester_Cathedral_south_facade.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2643" data-file-height="2643" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Leicester_Cathedral" title="Leicester Cathedral">Leicester Cathedral</a></figcaption></figure> <p>Following the <a href="/wiki/Norman_Conquest" title="Norman Conquest">Norman conquest</a>, Leicester was recorded by <a href="/wiki/William_I_of_England" class="mw-redirect" title="William I of England">William</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Domesday_Book" title="Domesday Book">Domesday Book</a> as <i>Ledecestre</i>. It was noted as a city (<i>civitas</i>) but lost this status in the 11th century owing to power struggles between the <a href="/wiki/Catholic_Church_in_England" class="mw-redirect" title="Catholic Church in England">Church</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Aristocracy" title="Aristocracy">aristocracy</a><sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (December 2014)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> and did not become a legal city again until 1919. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Geoffrey_of_Monmouth" title="Geoffrey of Monmouth">Geoffrey of Monmouth</a> composed his <i><a href="/wiki/Historia_Regum_Britanniae" title="Historia Regum Britanniae">History of the Kings of Britain</a></i> around the year 1136, naming a <a href="/wiki/Leir_of_Britain" title="Leir of Britain">King Leir</a> as an <a href="/wiki/Eponymous_founder" class="mw-redirect" title="Eponymous founder">eponymous founder</a> figure.<sup id="cite_ref-laleir_28-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-laleir-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> According to Geoffrey's narrative, <a href="/wiki/Queen_Cordelia" class="mw-redirect" title="Queen Cordelia">Cordelia</a> had buried her father beneath the river in a chamber dedicated to <a href="/wiki/Janus" title="Janus">Janus</a> and his feast day was an annual celebration.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>When <a href="/wiki/Simon_de_Montfort,_6th_Earl_of_Leicester" title="Simon de Montfort, 6th Earl of Leicester">Simon de Montfort</a> became <a href="/wiki/Earl_of_Leicester" title="Earl of Leicester">Earl of Leicester</a> in 1231, he gave the city a grant to expel the Jewish population<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> "in my time or in the time of any of my heirs to the end of the world". He justified his action as being "for the good of my soul, and for the souls of my ancestors and successors".<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Leicester's Jews were allowed to move to the eastern suburbs, which were controlled by de Montfort's great-aunt and rival, Margaret, Countess of Winchester, after she took advice from the scholar and cleric <a href="/wiki/Robert_Grosseteste" title="Robert Grosseteste">Robert Grosseteste</a>, at that time <a href="/wiki/Archdeacon_of_Leicester" title="Archdeacon of Leicester">Archdeacon of Leicester</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> There is evidence that Jews remained there until 1253, and perhaps enforcement of the banishment within the city was not rigorously enforced. De Montfort however issued a second edict for the expulsion of Leicester's Jews in 1253, after Grosseteste's death.<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> De Montfort's many acts of anti-Jewish persecution in Leicester and elsewhere were part of a <a href="/wiki/History_of_the_Jews_in_England_(1066%E2%80%931290)#Increasing_persecution,_13th_century" title="History of the Jews in England (1066–1290)">wider pattern</a> that led to the <a href="/wiki/Edict_of_Expulsion" title="Edict of Expulsion">expulsion of the Jewish population</a> from England in 1290.<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Leicester_Guildhall.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1d/Leicester_Guildhall.jpg/220px-Leicester_Guildhall.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="153" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1d/Leicester_Guildhall.jpg/330px-Leicester_Guildhall.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1d/Leicester_Guildhall.jpg/440px-Leicester_Guildhall.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4850" data-file-height="3372" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Leicester_Guildhall" title="Leicester Guildhall">Leicester Guildhall</a>, dating from the 14th century</figcaption></figure> <p>During the 14th century, the earls of Leicester and Lancaster enhanced the prestige of the town. <a href="/wiki/Henry,_3rd_Earl_of_Lancaster" title="Henry, 3rd Earl of Lancaster">Henry, 3rd Earl of Lancaster</a> and of Leicester founded a hospital for the poor and infirm in the area to the south of the castle now known as The Newarke (the "new work"). Henry's son, the great <a href="/wiki/Henry_of_Grosmont" class="mw-redirect" title="Henry of Grosmont">Henry of Grosmont</a>, 4th Earl of Lancaster and of Leicester, who was made first Duke of Lancaster, enlarged and enhanced his father's foundation, and built the collegiate Church of the Annunciation of Our Lady of The Newarke.<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This church (a little of which survives in the basement of the Hawthorn Building of De Montfort University) was destroyed during the reign of King Edward VI. It became an important pilgrimage site because it housed a thorn said to be from the Crown of Thorns, given to the Duke by the King of France. The church (described by Leland in the C16th as "not large but exceeding fair") also became, effectively, a Lancastrian mausoleum. Duke Henry's daughter <a href="/wiki/Blanche_of_Lancaster" title="Blanche of Lancaster">Blanche of Lancaster</a> married <a href="/wiki/John_of_Gaunt" title="John of Gaunt">John of Gaunt</a> and their son Henry Bolingbroke became <a href="/wiki/Henry_IV_of_England" title="Henry IV of England">King Henry IV</a> when he deposed King Richard II. The Church of the Annunciation was the burial place of Duke Henry, who had earlier had his father re-interred here. Later it became the burial place of <a href="/wiki/Constance_of_Castile,_Duchess_of_Lancaster" title="Constance of Castile, Duchess of Lancaster">Constance of Castile, Duchess of Lancaster</a> (second wife of John of Gaunt) and of <a href="/wiki/Mary_de_Bohun" title="Mary de Bohun">Mary de Bohun</a>, first wife of Henry Bolingbroke (Henry IV) and mother of King Henry V (she did not become queen because she died before Bolingbroke became king). John of Gaunt died at Leicester Castle in 1399. When his son became king, the Earldom of Leicester and the Duchy of Lancaster became royal titles (and the latter remains so). </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:The_Magazine_Gateway,_Leicester.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f7/The_Magazine_Gateway%2C_Leicester.jpg/220px-The_Magazine_Gateway%2C_Leicester.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="146" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f7/The_Magazine_Gateway%2C_Leicester.jpg/330px-The_Magazine_Gateway%2C_Leicester.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f7/The_Magazine_Gateway%2C_Leicester.jpg/440px-The_Magazine_Gateway%2C_Leicester.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="680" /></a><figcaption>The Newarke Gateway or Magazine Gateway</figcaption></figure> <p>At the end of the <a href="/wiki/War_of_the_Roses" class="mw-redirect" title="War of the Roses">War of the Roses</a>, <a href="/wiki/List_of_English_kings" class="mw-redirect" title="List of English kings">King</a> <a href="/wiki/Richard_III_of_England" title="Richard III of England">Richard III</a> was buried in Leicester's <a href="/wiki/Greyfriars,_Leicester" title="Greyfriars, Leicester">Greyfriars Church</a> a Franciscan Friary and Church which was demolished after its dissolution in 1538. The site of that church is now covered by <a href="/wiki/King_Richard_III_Visitor_Centre" title="King Richard III Visitor Centre">King Richard III Visitor Centre</a> (until 2012 by more modern buildings and a car park). There was a legend his corpse had been cast into the <a href="/wiki/River_Soar" title="River Soar">river</a>, while some historians<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> argued his tomb and remains were destroyed during the <a href="/wiki/Dissolution_of_the_Monasteries" class="mw-redirect" title="Dissolution of the Monasteries">dissolution of the monasteries</a> under <a href="/wiki/Henry_VIII_of_England" class="mw-redirect" title="Henry VIII of England">Henry VIII</a>. However, in September 2012, an archaeological investigation of the car park revealed a skeleton<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> which <a href="/wiki/DNA_testing" class="mw-redirect" title="DNA testing">DNA testing</a> helped verify to be related to two descendants of Richard III's sister.<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It was concluded that the skeleton was that of Richard III because of the DNA evidence and the shape of the spine. In 2015 Richard III was reburied in pride of place near the high altar in <a href="/wiki/Leicester_Cathedral" title="Leicester Cathedral">Leicester Cathedral</a>. </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Exhumation_and_reburial_of_Richard_III_of_England" title="Exhumation and reburial of Richard III of England">Exhumation and reburial of Richard III of England</a></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Modern">Modern</h3></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Tudor">Tudor</h4></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Leicester_Abbey_nave_and_cloister.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f8/Leicester_Abbey_nave_and_cloister.jpg/220px-Leicester_Abbey_nave_and_cloister.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f8/Leicester_Abbey_nave_and_cloister.jpg/330px-Leicester_Abbey_nave_and_cloister.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f8/Leicester_Abbey_nave_and_cloister.jpg/440px-Leicester_Abbey_nave_and_cloister.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3000" data-file-height="2008" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Leicester_Abbey" title="Leicester Abbey">Leicester Abbey</a> ruins, now part of <a href="/wiki/Abbey_Park,_Leicester" title="Abbey Park, Leicester">Abbey Park</a></figcaption></figure> <p>On 4 November 1530, <a href="/wiki/Cardinal_Thomas_Wolsey" class="mw-redirect" title="Cardinal Thomas Wolsey">Cardinal Thomas Wolsey</a> was arrested on charges of treason and taken from Yorkshire. On his way south to face dubious justice at the <a href="/wiki/Tower_of_London" title="Tower of London">Tower of London</a>, he fell ill. The group escorting him was concerned enough to stop at Leicester to rest at Leicester Abbey. There, Wolsey's condition quickly worsened. He died on 29 November 1530 and was buried at <a href="/wiki/Leicester_Abbey" title="Leicester Abbey">Leicester Abbey</a>, now <a href="/wiki/Abbey_Park,_Leicestershire" class="mw-redirect" title="Abbey Park, Leicestershire">Abbey Park</a>. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Lady_Jane_Grey" title="Lady Jane Grey">Lady Jane Grey</a>, who claimed the English throne for nine days in June 1553, was born at <a href="/wiki/Bradgate_Park" title="Bradgate Park">Bradgate Park</a> near Leicester around 1536.<sup id="cite_ref-royweb_39-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-royweb-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Queen <a href="/wiki/Elizabeth_I" title="Elizabeth I">Elizabeth I</a>'s intimate and former suitor, <a href="/wiki/Robert_Dudley,_1st_Earl_of_Leicester" title="Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester">Robert Dudley</a>, was given the <a href="/wiki/Earldom_of_Leicester" class="mw-redirect" title="Earldom of Leicester">Earldom of Leicester</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Stuart">Stuart</h4></div> <p>After the <a href="/wiki/Union_of_the_Crowns" title="Union of the Crowns">Union of the Crowns</a>, <a href="/wiki/Anne_of_Denmark" title="Anne of Denmark">Anne of Denmark</a>, <a href="/wiki/Henry_Frederick,_Prince_of_Wales" title="Henry Frederick, Prince of Wales">Prince Henry</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Elizabeth_Stuart,_Queen_of_Bohemia" title="Elizabeth Stuart, Queen of Bohemia">Princess Elizabeth</a> travelled to Leicester on 24 June 1603, after the courtier and usher Thomas Conway was assured that the town was free from infection or plague.<sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Charles_I_of_England" title="Charles I of England">Prince Charles, later King Charles I</a>, travelled to London with his guardian <a href="/wiki/Alexander_Seton,_1st_Earl_of_Dunfermline" title="Alexander Seton, 1st Earl of Dunfermline">Alexander Seton</a>. The royal party stayed at Leicester for three days in August 1604 at the townhouse of <a href="/wiki/William_Skipwith_(died_1610)" class="mw-redirect" title="William Skipwith (died 1610)">William Skipwith</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Corporation of Leicester opposed the efforts of Charles I to disafforest the nearby <a href="/wiki/Leicester_Forest" title="Leicester Forest">Leicester Forest</a>, believing them to be likely to throw many of its residents into poverty and need of relief. <a href="/wiki/Miles_Fleetwood" title="Miles Fleetwood">Sir Miles Fleetwood</a> was sent to commission the disafforestation and division of lands being used in common.<sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Riots destroyed enclosures in spring 1627 and 1628, following a pattern of <a href="/wiki/Western_Rising_and_disafforestation_riots" title="Western Rising and disafforestation riots">anti-enclosure disturbances</a> found elsewhere including the Western Rising.<sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Petitions challenging the enclosures were presented by the Corporation of Leicester and borough residents to the King and <a href="/wiki/Privy_Council" class="mw-redirect" title="Privy Council">Privy Council</a>. They were unsuccessful so petitioned the <a href="/wiki/House_of_Lords" title="House of Lords">House of Lords</a> in June 1628 who however supported Fleetwood but asked for proceedings made by the Crown against the rioters to be dropped. Compensation made to the legal residents of the forest was reasonably generous by comparison with other forests. The Corporation of Leicester received 40 acres (16 ha) for relief of the poor.<sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Civil_War">Civil War</h4></div> <p>Leicester was a Parliamentarian (colloquially called <a href="/wiki/Roundhead" title="Roundhead">Roundhead</a>) stronghold during the <a href="/wiki/English_Civil_War" title="English Civil War">English Civil War</a>. In 1645, King <a href="/wiki/Charles_I_of_England" title="Charles I of England">Charles I of England</a> and <a href="/wiki/Prince_Rupert" class="mw-redirect" title="Prince Rupert">Prince Rupert</a> decided to attack the (then) town to draw the <a href="/wiki/New_Model_Army" title="New Model Army">New Model Army</a> away from the Royalist (colloquially called <a href="/wiki/Cavaliers" class="mw-redirect" title="Cavaliers">Cavaliers</a>) headquarters of <a href="/wiki/Oxford" title="Oxford">Oxford</a>. <a href="/wiki/Royalist" title="Royalist">Royalist</a> guns were set up on <a href="/wiki/Raw_Dykes" title="Raw Dykes">Raw Dykes</a> and, after an unsatisfactory response to a demand for surrender, the assault began at 3pm on 30 May 1645 by a Royalist battery opposite the Newarke. The town – which only had approximately 2,000 defenders opposed to the Royalist Army of approximately 10,000 combatants – was sacked on 31 May 1645, and hundreds of people were killed by Rupert's cavalry. One witness said, "they fired upon our men out of their windows, from the tops of houses, and threw tiles upon their heads. Finding one house better manned than ordinary, and many shots fired at us out of the windows, I caused my men to attack it, and resolved to make them an example for the rest; which they did. Breaking open the doors, they killed all they found there without distinction". It was reported that 120 houses had been destroyed and that 140 wagons of plunder were sent to the Royalist stronghold of <a href="/wiki/Newark-on-Trent" title="Newark-on-Trent">Newark</a>. <sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Following the Parliamentarian victory over the Royalist Army at the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Naseby" title="Battle of Naseby">Battle of Naseby</a> on 14 June 1645, Leicester was recovered by Parliament on 18 June 1645. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Industrial_era">Industrial era</h4></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Butler_Leicester_Seamstress_front.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/29/Butler_Leicester_Seamstress_front.jpg/170px-Butler_Leicester_Seamstress_front.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="302" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/29/Butler_Leicester_Seamstress_front.jpg/255px-Butler_Leicester_Seamstress_front.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/29/Butler_Leicester_Seamstress_front.jpg/340px-Butler_Leicester_Seamstress_front.jpg 2x" data-file-width="755" data-file-height="1343" /></a><figcaption><i>The Leicester Seamstress</i> by <a href="/wiki/James_Butler_(artist)" title="James Butler (artist)">James Walter Butler</a> (1990)<br />Leicester, Hotel Street</figcaption></figure> <p>The construction of the <a href="/wiki/Grand_Union_Canal" title="Grand Union Canal">Grand Union Canal</a> in the 1790s linked Leicester to London and <a href="/wiki/Birmingham" title="Birmingham">Birmingham</a>. The first railway station in Leicester opened in 1832, in the form of the <a href="/wiki/Leicester_and_Swannington_Railway" title="Leicester and Swannington Railway">Leicester and Swannington Railway</a> which provided a supply of coal to the town from nearby collieries.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEButt1995141_46-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEButt1995141-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Midland_Counties_Railway" title="Midland Counties Railway">Midland Counties Railway</a> (running from <a href="/wiki/Derby_railway_station" title="Derby railway station">Derby</a> to <a href="/wiki/Rugby_railway_station" title="Rugby railway station">Rugby</a>) linked the town to the national network by 1840. A direct link to <a href="/wiki/St_Pancras_railway_station" title="St Pancras railway station">London St Pancras</a> was established by the <a href="/wiki/Midland_Railway" title="Midland Railway">Midland Railway</a> in the 1860s. These developments encouraged and accompanied a <a href="/wiki/Industrial_Revolution_in_the_United_Kingdom" class="mw-redirect" title="Industrial Revolution in the United Kingdom">process of industrialisation</a> which intensified throughout the reign of <a href="/wiki/Queen_Victoria" title="Queen Victoria">Queen Victoria</a>. Factories began to appear, particularly along the canal and river, and districts such as <a href="/wiki/Frog_Island,_Leicester" title="Frog Island, Leicester">Frog Island</a> and <a href="/wiki/Woodgate,_Leicestershire" class="mw-redirect" title="Woodgate, Leicestershire">Woodgate</a> were the locations of numerous large mills. Between 1861 and 1901, Leicester's population increased from <span class="nowrap">68,100</span> to <span class="nowrap">211,600</span> <sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (October 2015)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup>and the proportion employed in trade, commerce, building, and the city's new factories and workshops rose steadily. <a href="/wiki/Hosiery" title="Hosiery">Hosiery</a>, textiles, and footwear became the major industrial employers: manufacturers such as <a href="/wiki/N._Corah_%26_Sons" title="N. Corah & Sons">N. Corah & Sons</a> and the Cooperative Boot and Shoe Company were opening some of the largest manufacturing premises in Europe. They were joined, in the latter part of the century, by engineering firms such as Kent Street's Taylor and Hubbard (crane makers and founders<sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="margin-left:0.1em; white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Please_clarify" title="Wikipedia:Please clarify"><span title="The text near this tag may need clarification or removal of jargon. (December 2014)">clarification needed</span></a></i>]</sup>), Vulcan Road's <a href="/wiki/Gimson_and_Company" title="Gimson and Company">William Gimson & Company</a> (steam boilers and founders), and Martin Street's Richards & Company (steel works and founders). </p><p>The politics of Victorian Leicester were lively and very often bitter. Years of consistent economic growth meant living standards generally increased, but Leicester was a stronghold of <a href="/wiki/Radicals_(UK)" title="Radicals (UK)">Radicalism</a>. <a href="/wiki/Thomas_Cooper_(poet)" title="Thomas Cooper (poet)">Thomas Cooper</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Chartism" title="Chartism">Chartist</a>, kept a shop in Church Gate. There were serious Chartist riots in the town in 1842 and again six years later.<sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Leicester_Secular_Society" title="Leicester Secular Society">Leicester Secular Society</a> was founded in 1851 but <a href="/wiki/Secularism" title="Secularism">secularist</a> speakers such as <a href="/wiki/George_Holyoake" title="George Holyoake">George Holyoake</a> were often denied the use of speaking halls. It was not until 1881 that <a href="/wiki/Leicester_Secular_Hall" title="Leicester Secular Hall">Leicester Secular Hall</a> was opened. The second half of the 19th century also witnessed the creation of many other institutions, including the town council, <a href="/wiki/Leicester_Royal_Infirmary" title="Leicester Royal Infirmary">the Royal Infirmary</a>, and the Leicester Constabulary. It also benefited from general acceptance (and the Public Health Acts )<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (February 2016)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> that municipal organisations had a responsibility to provide for the town's water supply, drainage, and sanitation. In 1853, backed with a guarantee of dividends by the Corporation of Leicester the Leicester Waterworks Company built a reservoir at Thornton for the supply of water to the town. This guarantee was made possible by the Public Health Act 1847 and an amending local Act of Parliament of 1851. In 1866 another amending Act enabled the Corporation of Leicester to take shares in the company to enable another reservoir at Cropston, completed in 1870. The Corporation of Leicester was later able to buy the waterworks and build another reservoir at Swithland, completed in the 1890s.<sup id="cite_ref-49" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Leicester became a <a href="/wiki/County_borough" title="County borough">county borough</a> in 1889, although it was abolished in 1974 as part of the <a href="/wiki/Local_Government_Act_1972" title="Local Government Act 1972">Local Government Act</a>, and was reformed as a non-metropolitan district and city. The city regained its unitary status, being administered separately from Leicestershire, in 1997. The borough had been expanding throughout the 19th century, but grew most notably when it annexed <a href="/wiki/Belgrave,_Leicestershire" class="mw-redirect" title="Belgrave, Leicestershire">Belgrave</a>, <a href="/wiki/Aylestone" title="Aylestone">Aylestone</a>, <a href="/wiki/North_Evington" title="North Evington">North Evington</a>, <a href="/wiki/Knighton,_Leicestershire" class="mw-redirect" title="Knighton, Leicestershire">Knighton</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Stoneygate" title="Stoneygate">Stoneygate</a> in 1892. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Early_20th_century">Early 20th century</h4></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Clock_Tower_and_Eastgates_c1910.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/Clock_Tower_and_Eastgates_c1910.jpg/220px-Clock_Tower_and_Eastgates_c1910.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="143" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/Clock_Tower_and_Eastgates_c1910.jpg/330px-Clock_Tower_and_Eastgates_c1910.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/Clock_Tower_and_Eastgates_c1910.jpg/440px-Clock_Tower_and_Eastgates_c1910.jpg 2x" data-file-width="6736" data-file-height="4384" /></a><figcaption>Edwardian city centre</figcaption></figure> <p>In 1900, the <a href="/wiki/Great_Central_Railway" title="Great Central Railway">Great Central Railway</a> provided another link to London, but the rapid population growth of the previous decades had already begun to slow by the time of Queen Victoria's death in 1901. <a href="/wiki/World_War_I" title="World War I">World War I</a> and the subsequent epidemics had further impacts. Nonetheless, Leicester was finally recognised as a legal city once more in 1919 in recognition of its contribution to the British war effort. Recruitment to the armed forces was lower in Leicester than in other English cities, partly because of the low level of unemployment and the need for many of its industries, such as clothing and footwear manufacturing, to supply the army. As the war progressed, many of Leicester's factories were given over to arms production; Leicester produced the first batch of Howitzer shells by a British company which was not making ammunition before the war. After the war, the city received a royal visit; the king and queen received a march-past in <a href="/wiki/Victoria_Park,_Leicester" title="Victoria Park, Leicester">Victoria Park</a> of thousands of serving and demobilised soldiers. Following the end of the war, a memorial arch—the <a href="/wiki/Arch_of_Remembrance" title="Arch of Remembrance">Arch of Remembrance</a>—was built in Victoria Park and unveiled in 1925. The arch, one of the largest First World War memorials in the UK, was designed by <a href="/wiki/Sir_Edwin_Lutyens" class="mw-redirect" title="Sir Edwin Lutyens">Sir Edwin Lutyens</a>, who also designed <a href="/wiki/The_Cenotaph,_Whitehall" class="mw-redirect" title="The Cenotaph, Whitehall">the Cenotaph</a> in London and is a grade I <a href="/wiki/Listed_building" title="Listed building">listed building</a>. A set of gates and lodges, again by Lutyens, were added in the 1930s, leading to the memorial from the University Road and London Road entrances to Victoria Park.<sup id="cite_ref-50" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-51" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-52" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Leicester_Arch_of_Remembrance_(front,_07)_cropped.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Leicester_Arch_of_Remembrance_%28front%2C_07%29_cropped.jpg/220px-Leicester_Arch_of_Remembrance_%28front%2C_07%29_cropped.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="211" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Leicester_Arch_of_Remembrance_%28front%2C_07%29_cropped.jpg/330px-Leicester_Arch_of_Remembrance_%28front%2C_07%29_cropped.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Leicester_Arch_of_Remembrance_%28front%2C_07%29_cropped.jpg/440px-Leicester_Arch_of_Remembrance_%28front%2C_07%29_cropped.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3100" data-file-height="2972" /></a><figcaption>The <a href="/wiki/Arch_of_Remembrance" title="Arch of Remembrance">Arch of Remembrance</a> in <a href="/wiki/Victoria_Park,_Leicester" title="Victoria Park, Leicester">Victoria Park</a></figcaption></figure> <p>In 1927, Leicester again became a cathedral city on the consecration of <span class="nowrap">St Martin's</span> Church as the cathedral. A second major extension to the boundaries following the changes in 1892 took place in 1935, with the annexation of the remainder of <a href="/wiki/Evington" title="Evington">Evington</a>, <a href="/wiki/Humberstone,_Leicestershire" class="mw-redirect" title="Humberstone, Leicestershire">Humberstone</a>, <a href="/wiki/Beaumont_Leys" title="Beaumont Leys">Beaumont Leys</a>, and part of <a href="/wiki/Braunstone_Park_%26_Rowley_Fields" title="Braunstone Park & Rowley Fields">Braunstone</a>. A third major revision of the boundaries took place in 1966, with the net addition to the city of just over 450 acres (182 ha). The boundary has remained unchanged since that time. </p><p>Leicester's diversified economic base and lack of dependence on primary industries meant it was much better placed than many other cities to weather the tariff wars of the 1920s and <a href="/wiki/Great_Depression" title="Great Depression">Great Depression</a> of the 1930s. The Bureau of Statistics of the newly formed <a href="/wiki/League_of_Nations" title="League of Nations">League of Nations</a> identified Leicester in 1936 as the second-richest city in Europe<sup id="cite_ref-53" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and it became an attractive destination for refugees fleeing persecution and political turmoil in <a href="/wiki/Continental_Europe" title="Continental Europe">continental Europe</a>. Firms such as Corah and Liberty Shoes used their reputation for producing high-quality products to expand their businesses. These years witnessed the growth in the city of <a href="/wiki/Trade_unionism" class="mw-redirect" title="Trade unionism">trade unionism</a> and particularly the <a href="/wiki/Co-operative_movement" class="mw-redirect" title="Co-operative movement">co-operative movement</a>. The Co-op became an important employer and landowner; when Leicester played host to the <a href="/wiki/Jarrow_March" title="Jarrow March">Jarrow March</a> on its way to London in 1936, the Co-op provided the marchers with a change of boots. In 1938, Leicester was selected as the base for Squadron 1F, the first A.D.C.C (Air Defence Cadet Corp), the predecessor of the <a href="/wiki/Air_Training_Corps" title="Air Training Corps">Air Training Corps</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="World_War_II">World War II</h4></div> <p>Leicester was bombed on 19 November 1940. Although only three bombs hit the city, 108 people were killed in Highfields.<sup id="cite_ref-54" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Contemporary">Contemporary</h3></div> <p>The years after <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a>, particularly from the 1960s onwards, brought many social and economic challenges. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Urban_expansion;_central_rapprochement"><span id="Urban_expansion.3B_central_rapprochement"></span>Urban expansion; central rapprochement</h4></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Aerial-Leicester_2.017.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/12/Aerial-Leicester_2.017.jpg/330px-Aerial-Leicester_2.017.jpg" decoding="async" width="330" height="239" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/12/Aerial-Leicester_2.017.jpg/495px-Aerial-Leicester_2.017.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/12/Aerial-Leicester_2.017.jpg/660px-Aerial-Leicester_2.017.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="742" /></a><figcaption>Central Leicester (looking WNW)</figcaption></figure> <p>Mass housebuilding continued across Leicester for some 30 years after 1945. Existing housing estates such as Braunstone were expanded, while several completely new estates – of both private and council tenure – were built.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (September 2011)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> The last major development of this era was Beaumont Leys in the north of the city, which was developed in the 1970s as a mix of private and council housing.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (September 2011)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>There was a steady decline in Leicester's traditional manufacturing industries and, in the city centre, working factories and light industrial premises have now been almost entirely replaced. Many former factories, including some on <a href="/wiki/Frog_Island,_Leicester" title="Frog Island, Leicester">Frog Island</a> and at <a href="/wiki/River_Soar#Donisthorpe_Mill" title="River Soar">Donisthorpe Mill</a>, have been badly damaged by fire. Rail and barge were finally eclipsed by automotive transport in the 1960s and 1970s: the Great Central and the Leicester and Swannington both closed and the northward extension of the <a href="/wiki/M1_motorway" title="M1 motorway">M1 motorway</a> linked Leicester into England's growing motorway network. With the loss of much of the city's industry during the 1970s and 1980s, some of the old industrial jobs were replaced by new jobs in the service sector, particularly in retail. The opening of the Haymarket Shopping Centre in 1971 was followed by a number of new shopping centres in the city, including St Martin's Shopping Centre in 1984 and the Shire Shopping Centre in 1992.<sup id="cite_ref-55" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Shires was subsequently expanded in September 2008 and rebranded as Highcross.<sup id="cite_ref-56" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> By the 1990s, as well, Leicester's central position and good transport links had established it as a distribution centre; the southwestern area of the city has also attracted new service and manufacturing businesses. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Immigration">Immigration</h4></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Leicester_city_council_advert_on_Ugandan_Argus.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ad/Leicester_city_council_advert_on_Ugandan_Argus.jpg/170px-Leicester_city_council_advert_on_Ugandan_Argus.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="212" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/a/ad/Leicester_city_council_advert_on_Ugandan_Argus.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="226" data-file-height="282" /></a><figcaption>1972 advertisement in the <i><a href="/wiki/New_Vision" title="New Vision">Uganda Argus</a></i> newspaper to discourage Ugandan Asians from settling in Leicester</figcaption></figure> <p>Since World War II Leicester has experienced large scale immigration from across the world. Many Polish servicemen were prevented from returning to their homeland after the war by the communist regime,<sup id="cite_ref-57" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and they established a small community in Leicester. Economic migrants from the <a href="/wiki/Republic_of_Ireland" title="Republic of Ireland">Irish Republic</a> continued to arrive throughout the post war period. Immigrants from the <a href="/wiki/Indian_sub-continent" class="mw-redirect" title="Indian sub-continent">Indian sub-continent</a> began to arrive in the 1960s, their numbers boosted by <a href="/wiki/South_Asia" title="South Asia">Asians</a> arriving from Kenya and Uganda in the early 1970s.<sup id="cite_ref-58" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-59" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-59"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1972, <a href="/wiki/Idi_Amin" title="Idi Amin">Idi Amin</a> announced that the entire <a href="/wiki/Ugandan_Asians" class="mw-redirect" title="Ugandan Asians">Asian community in Uganda</a> had 90 days to leave the country.<sup id="cite_ref-uganda4_60-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-uganda4-60"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>59<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Shortly thereafter, Leicester City Council launched a campaign aimed at dissuading Ugandan Asians from migrating to the city.<sup id="cite_ref-uganda1_61-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-uganda1-61"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>60<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The adverts did not have their intended effect, <a href="/wiki/Streisand_effect" title="Streisand effect">instead making more migrants aware</a> of the possibility of settling in Leicester.<sup id="cite_ref-Uganda2_62-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Uganda2-62"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>61<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Nearly a quarter of initial Ugandan refugees (around 5000 to 6000) settled in Leicester, and by the end of the 1970s around another quarter of the initially dispersed refugees had made their way to Leicester.<sup id="cite_ref-63" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-63"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>62<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Officially, the adverts were taken out for fear that immigrants to Leicester would place pressure on city services and at least one person who was a city councillor at the time says he believes they were placed for racist reasons.<sup id="cite_ref-uganda3_64-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-uganda3-64"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>63<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The initial advertisement was widely condemned, and taken as a marker of anti-Asian sentiment throughout Britain as a whole, although the attitudes that resulted in the initial advertisement were changed significantly in subsequent decades,<sup id="cite_ref-65" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-65"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>64<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> not least because the immigrants included the owners of many of "Uganda's most successful businesses."<sup id="cite_ref-66" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-66"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>65<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Forty years later, Leicester's mayor Sir <a href="/wiki/Peter_Soulsby" title="Peter Soulsby">Peter Soulsby</a> expressed his regret for the behaviour of the council at the time.<sup id="cite_ref-uganda3_64-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-uganda3-64"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>63<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the 1990s, a group of Dutch citizens of <a href="/wiki/Somali_people" title="Somali people">Somali</a> origin settled in the city. Since the 2004 <a href="/wiki/Enlargement_of_the_European_Union" title="Enlargement of the European Union">enlargement of the European Union</a> a significant number of <a href="/wiki/East_European" class="mw-redirect" title="East European">East European</a> migrants have settled in the city. While some wards in the northeast of the city are more than 70% South Asian, wards in the west and south are all over 70% white. The <a href="/wiki/Commission_for_Racial_Equality" title="Commission for Racial Equality">Commission for Racial Equality</a> (CRE) had estimated that by 2011 Leicester would have approximately a 50% ethnic minority population, making it the first city in Britain not to have a <a href="/wiki/White_British" title="White British">white British</a> majority.<sup id="cite_ref-auto_67-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto-67"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>66<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This prediction was based on the growth of the ethnic minority populations between 1991 (Census 1991 28% ethnic minority) and 2001 (Census 2001 – 36% ethnic minority). However, Professor Ludi Simpson at the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Manchester" title="University of Manchester">University of Manchester</a> School of Social Sciences said in September 2007 that the CRE had "made unsubstantiated claims and ignored government statistics" and that Leicester's immigrant and minority communities disperse to other places.<sup id="cite_ref-68" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-68"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>67<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-69" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-69"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>68<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-auto_67-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto-67"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>66<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Leicester Multicultural Advisory Group<sup id="cite_ref-70" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-70"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>69<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> is a forum, set up in 2001 by the editor of the <i><a href="/wiki/Leicester_Mercury" title="Leicester Mercury">Leicester Mercury</a></i>, to co-ordinate community relations with members representing the council, police, schools, community and faith groups, and the media. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Coronavirus">Coronavirus</h4></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic" title="COVID-19 pandemic">COVID-19 pandemic</a> has brought many social and economic challenges across the country and across the world. Leicester has been particularly badly affected in the United Kingdom; from July 2020 during the imposition of the first local lockdown which saw all non-essential retail closed again and businesses such as public houses, restaurants and hairdressers unable to reopen. Businesses such as these in areas such as Glenfield and that part of Braunstone Town which outside of the formal city council area, have since been allowed to reopen following a more tightly defined lockdown area from 18 July 2020.<sup id="cite_ref-71" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-71"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>70<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-72" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-72"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>71<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Geography">Geography</h2></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/List_of_settlements_in_Leicestershire_by_population" title="List of settlements in Leicestershire by population">List of settlements in Leicestershire by population</a></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><style 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style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><table role="presentation" style="width:100%; margin:0; text-align:center;"><tbody><tr> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Derby" title="Derby">Derby</a></b><br /><a href="/wiki/Burton_upon_Trent" title="Burton upon Trent">Burton upon Trent</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ashby-de-la-Zouch" title="Ashby-de-la-Zouch">Ashby-de-la-Zouch</a>, <a href="/wiki/Coalville" title="Coalville">Coalville</a></td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Nottingham" title="Nottingham">Nottingham</a></b>,<br /><a href="/wiki/Loughborough" title="Loughborough">Loughborough</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Syston" title="Syston">Syston</a>, <a href="/wiki/Melton_Mowbray" title="Melton Mowbray">Melton Mowbray</a>, <a href="/wiki/Grantham" title="Grantham">Grantham</a></td> </tr><tr> <td></td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="North"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/Pfeil_oben.svg/14px-Pfeil_oben.svg.png" decoding="async" width="14" height="17" 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title="Peterborough">Peterborough</a></b></td> </tr><tr> <td></td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="South"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/Pfeil_unten.svg/14px-Pfeil_unten.svg.png" decoding="async" width="14" height="17" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/Pfeil_unten.svg/21px-Pfeil_unten.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/Pfeil_unten.svg/28px-Pfeil_unten.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="600" /></span></span></td> <td></td> </tr><tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Nuneaton" title="Nuneaton">Nuneaton</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hinckley" title="Hinckley">Hinckley</a>, <a href="/wiki/Earl_Shilton" title="Earl Shilton">Earl Shilton</a>, <a href="/wiki/Narborough,_Leicestershire" title="Narborough, Leicestershire">Narborough</a><br /><b><a href="/wiki/Birmingham" title="Birmingham">Birmingham</a></b>, <b><a href="/wiki/Coventry" title="Coventry">Coventry</a></b></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wigston" title="Wigston">Wigston</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Lutterworth" title="Lutterworth">Lutterworth</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Rugby,_Warwickshire" title="Rugby, Warwickshire">Rugby</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Oadby" title="Oadby">Oadby</a>, <a href="/wiki/Market_Harborough" title="Market Harborough">Market Harborough</a>, <a href="/wiki/Corby" title="Corby">Corby</a><br /><b><a href="/wiki/Northampton" title="Northampton">Northampton</a></b></td> </tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Office_for_National_Statistics" title="Office for National Statistics">Office for National Statistics</a> has defined a <a href="/wiki/Leicester_Urban_Area" class="mw-redirect" title="Leicester Urban Area">Leicester Urban Area</a> (LUA); broadly the immediate Leicester <a href="/wiki/Conurbation" title="Conurbation">conurbation</a>, although without administrative status. 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style="display:inline-block; position: absolute; line-height: 0.98; white-space: nowrap; top: 505.875px; left: 433px; transform: translateX(-100%) rotate(0deg); text-align: right; background-color: transparent; color:inherit;"><span style="color: grey; font-size: 9px; font-weight:normal;"> 2km<br />1.2miles</span></div><div style="display:inline-block; position: absolute; outline-width: 2px; outline-style: solid; outline-color: #FFFFFFFF; top: 371.81518692094px; left: 93.00922840851px; width: 23px; height: 12px; transform: rotate(68deg); border-radius: 2px; background-color: #77A1CB; color:inherit;"></div><div style="display:inline-block; position: absolute; line-height: 0.98; white-space: nowrap; top: 370.81518692094px; left: 102.50922840851px; width: fit-content; transform: translateX(-50%) rotate(68deg); text-align: center; background-color: transparent; color:inherit;"><span style="color: #FFFFFF; font-size: 10px; font-weight:normal;"> M1</span></div><div style="display:inline-block; position: absolute; outline-width: 2px; outline-style: solid; outline-color: #FFFFFFFF; top: 484.75748963188px; left: 12.198991670209px; width: 28px; height: 12px; transform: rotate(-32deg); border-radius: 2px; background-color: #77A1CB; color:inherit;"></div><div style="display:inline-block; position: absolute; line-height: 0.98; white-space: nowrap; top: 484.75748963188px; left: 26.198991670209px; width: fit-content; transform: translateX(-50%) rotate(-32deg); text-align: center; background-color: transparent; color:inherit;"><span style="color: #FFFFFF; font-size: 10px; font-weight:normal;"> M69</span></div><div style="display:inline-block; position: absolute; line-height: 0.98; white-space: nowrap; top: 275.76137452892px; left: 131.00517316959px; width: fit-content; transform: translateX(-50%) rotate(0deg); text-align: center; background-color: transparent; color:inherit;"><span style="color: #222211; border: 1px solid black; line-height:98%;padding:0px 3px;border-radius:6px; background-color: #F9F5E7; font-size: 10px; font-weight:normal;"> Braunstone Frith</span></div><div style="display:inline-block; position: absolute; outline-width: 0px; top: 282.76137452892px; left: 131.50517316959px; width: 0px; height: 0px; background-color: transparent; color:inherit;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Braunstone_Frith,_Leicester" title="Braunstone Frith, Leicester"><img alt="Braunstone Frith, Leicester" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Invisible_Square.svg/2px-Invisible_Square.svg.png" decoding="async" width="2" height="2" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Invisible_Square.svg/3px-Invisible_Square.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Invisible_Square.svg/4px-Invisible_Square.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="200" data-file-height="200" /></a></span></div><div style="display:inline-block; position: absolute; line-height: 0.98; white-space: 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srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Invisible_Square.svg/3px-Invisible_Square.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Invisible_Square.svg/4px-Invisible_Square.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="200" data-file-height="200" /></a></span></div><div style="display:inline-block; position: absolute; line-height: 0.98; white-space: nowrap; top: 221.91099180717px; left: 262.89609820252px; width: fit-content; transform: translateX(-50%) rotate(0deg); text-align: center; background-color: transparent; color:inherit;"><span style="color: #222211; border: 1px solid black; line-height:98%;padding:0px 3px;border-radius:6px; background-color: #F9F5E7; font-size: 10px; font-weight:normal;"> <a href="/wiki/Woodgate,_Leicester" title="Woodgate, Leicester">Woodgate</a></span></div><div style="display:inline-block; position: absolute; outline-width: 0px; top: 228.91099180717px; left: 263.39609820252px; width: 0px; height: 0px; background-color: transparent; color:inherit;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Woodgate,_Leicester" title="Woodgate, Leicester"><img alt="Woodgate, Leicester" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Invisible_Square.svg/2px-Invisible_Square.svg.png" decoding="async" width="2" height="2" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Invisible_Square.svg/3px-Invisible_Square.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Invisible_Square.svg/4px-Invisible_Square.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="200" data-file-height="200" /></a></span></div><div style="display:inline-block; position: absolute; line-height: 0.98; white-space: nowrap; top: 284.49258162193px; left: 198.42263261723px; width: fit-content; transform: translateX(-50%) rotate(0deg); text-align: center; background-color: transparent; color:inherit;"><span style="color: #222211; border: 1px solid black; line-height:98%;padding:0px 3px;border-radius:6px; background-color: #F9F5E7; 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</span></div><div style="display:inline-block; position: absolute;top: 9px;left: 584px"><div style="color: white; opacity:100; font-size: 19px; font-weight:normal; text-align: left;"><a class="mw-kartographer-maplink no-icon" data-mw-kartographer="maplink" data-style="osm-intl" href="/wiki/Special:Map/12/52.635/-1.132/en" data-zoom="12" data-lat="52.635" data-lon="-1.132" data-overlays="["_a5a530150e0cb33a7344870308c1e015e490a4a2"]"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1038841319">.mw-parser-output .tooltip-dotted{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}</style><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Click for interactive fullscreen map with links to nearby articles"> </span></a></div></div></div><div class="thumbcaption">Map of Leicester showing some of the localities and suburbs</div></div></div> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div> <p>Suburbs and districts of Leicester (ancient villages now incorporated into the city are shown in bold) </p> <style 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Island">Bede Island</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Belgrave,_Leicester" title="Belgrave, Leicester">Belgrave</a></b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Black_Friars,_Leicester" class="mw-redirect" title="Black Friars, Leicester">Blackfriars</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Braunstone_Park_%26_Rowley_Fields" title="Braunstone Park & Rowley Fields">Braunstone</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Braunstone_Frith,_Leicester&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Braunstone Frith, Leicester (page does not exist)">Braunstone Frith</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bradgate_Heights,_Leicester&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Bradgate Heights, Leicester (page does not exist)">Bradgate Heights</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leicester_City_Centre" title="Leicester City Centre">City Centre</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clarendon_Park,_Leicester" title="Clarendon Park, Leicester">Clarendon Park</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crown_Hills" class="mw-redirect" title="Crown Hills">Crown Hills</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dane_Hills" title="Dane Hills">Dane Hills</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Evington" title="Evington">Evington</a></b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Evington_Valley" title="Evington Valley">Evington Valley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eyres_Monsell" title="Eyres Monsell">Eyres Monsell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frog_Island,_Leicester" title="Frog Island, Leicester">Frog Island</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Goodwood,_Leicestershire" class="mw-redirect" title="Goodwood, Leicestershire">Goodwood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hamilton,_Leicester" class="mw-redirect" title="Hamilton, Leicester">Hamilton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Highfields,_Leicester" title="Highfields, Leicester">Highfields</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Horston_Hill&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Horston Hill (page does not exist)">Horston Hill</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Humberstone,_Leicestershire" class="mw-redirect" title="Humberstone, Leicestershire">Humberstone</a></b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Humberstone_Garden_Suburb" class="mw-redirect" title="Humberstone Garden Suburb">Humberstone Garden</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kirby_Frith&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kirby Frith (page does not exist)">Kirby Frith</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Knighton,_Leicester" title="Knighton, Leicester">Knighton</a></b></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mowmacre_Hill&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Mowmacre Hill (page does not exist)">Mowmacre Hill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Netherhall" class="mw-redirect" title="Netherhall">Netherhall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Newfoundpool" title="Newfoundpool">Newfoundpool</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_Parks" title="New Parks">New Parks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_Evington" title="North Evington">North Evington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northfields,_Leicester" class="mw-redirect" title="Northfields, Leicester">Northfields</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rowlatts_Hill" title="Rowlatts Hill">Rowlatts 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Leicester">St. Matthew's</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=St._Marks,_Leicester&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="St. Marks, Leicester (page does not exist)">St. Mark's</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=St_Peters,_Leicester&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="St Peters, Leicester (page does not exist)">St. Peters</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thurnby_Lodge" title="Thurnby Lodge">Thurnby Lodge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/West_End,_Leicester" class="mw-redirect" title="West End, Leicester">West End</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/West_Knighton,_Leicester" title="West Knighton, Leicester">West Knighton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Western_Park,_Leicester" title="Western Park, Leicester">Western Park</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Woodgate,_Leicester" title="Woodgate, Leicester">Woodgate</a></li></ul></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Climate">Climate</h3></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Spinney_Hills_Park,_Leicester.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cd/Spinney_Hills_Park%2C_Leicester.jpg/170px-Spinney_Hills_Park%2C_Leicester.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="227" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cd/Spinney_Hills_Park%2C_Leicester.jpg/255px-Spinney_Hills_Park%2C_Leicester.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cd/Spinney_Hills_Park%2C_Leicester.jpg/340px-Spinney_Hills_Park%2C_Leicester.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2304" data-file-height="3072" /></a><figcaption>Snow in Spinney Hill Park, 2007</figcaption></figure> <p>Leicester experiences a <a href="/wiki/Maritime_climate" class="mw-redirect" title="Maritime climate">maritime climate</a> with mild to warm summers and cool winters, rain spread throughout the year, and low sunshine levels. The nearest official Weather Station was Newtown Linford, about 5 miles (8.0 km) northwest of Leicester city centre and just outside the edge of the urban area. However, observations stopped there in 2003.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (December 2015)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> The current nearest weather station is Market Bosworth, about 10 miles (16 km) west of the city centre. <sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (February 2016)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>The highest temperature recorded at Newtown Linford was 34.5 °C (94.1 °F) during August 1990,<sup id="cite_ref-73" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-73"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>72<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> although a temperature of 35.1 °C (95.2 °F) was achieved at Leicester University during August 2003.<sup id="cite_ref-74" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-74"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>73<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, the highest temperature since records began in Leicester is 36.7 °C (98.1 °F) on 15 July 1868.<sup id="cite_ref-75" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-75"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>74<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> More typically the highest temperature would reach 28.7 °C (83.7 °F) – the average annual maximum.<sup id="cite_ref-76" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-76"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>75<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 11.3 days of the year should attain a temperature of 25.1 °C (77.2 °F) or above.<sup id="cite_ref-77" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-77"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>76<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The lowest temperature recorded at Newtown Linford was −16.1 °C (3.0 °F) during January 1963.<sup id="cite_ref-78" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-78"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>77<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Typically, 54.9 air frosts will be recorded during the course of the year. </p><p>Rainfall averages 684.4 mm per year,<sup id="cite_ref-79" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-79"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>78<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> with 1 mm or more falling on 120.8 days.<sup id="cite_ref-80" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-80"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>79<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> All averages refer to the period 1971–2000. </p> <div> <table class="wikitable mw-collapsible" style="width:auto; text-align:center; line-height:1.2em;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="14">Climate data for <a href="/wiki/Newtown_Linford" title="Newtown Linford">Newtown Linford</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-81" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-81"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>b<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> elevation: 119 m (390 ft), 1971–2000 normals, extremes 1960–2002 </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Month </th> <th scope="col">Jan </th> <th scope="col">Feb </th> <th scope="col">Mar </th> <th scope="col">Apr </th> <th scope="col">May </th> <th scope="col">Jun </th> <th scope="col">Jul </th> <th scope="col">Aug </th> <th scope="col">Sep </th> <th scope="col">Oct </th> <th scope="col">Nov </th> <th scope="col">Dec </th> <th scope="col" style="border-left-width:medium">Year </th></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Record high °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #FFC081; color:#000000;" class="notheme">13.6<br />(56.5) </td> <td style="background: #FFAD5C; color:#000000;" class="notheme">16.3<br />(61.3) </td> <td style="background: #FF8811; color:#000000;" class="notheme">21.7<br />(71.1) </td> <td style="background: #FF7900; color:#000000;" class="notheme">23.9<br />(75.0) </td> <td style="background: #FF6700; color:#000000;" class="notheme">26.5<br />(79.7) </td> <td style="background: #FF4400; color:#000000;" class="notheme">31.5<br />(88.7) </td> <td style="background: #FF2C00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">35.0<br />(95.0) </td> <td style="background: #FF3000; color:#000000;" class="notheme">34.5<br />(94.1) </td> <td style="background: #FF5F00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">27.7<br />(81.9) </td> <td style="background: #FF7D00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">23.3<br />(73.9) </td> <td style="background: #FFAE5D; color:#000000;" class="notheme">16.2<br />(61.2) </td> <td style="background: #FFB973; color:#000000;" class="notheme">14.6<br />(58.3) </td> <td style="background: #FF2C00; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">35.0<br />(95.0) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean daily maximum °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #FFEFE0; color:#000000;" class="notheme">6.7<br />(44.1) </td> <td style="background: #FFEDDC; color:#000000;" class="notheme">7.0<br />(44.6) </td> <td style="background: #FFD9B4; color:#000000;" class="notheme">9.9<br />(49.8) </td> <td style="background: #FFC892; color:#000000;" class="notheme">12.4<br />(54.3) </td> <td style="background: #FFAE5D; color:#000000;" class="notheme">16.2<br />(61.2) </td> <td style="background: #FF9C39; color:#000000;" class="notheme">18.8<br />(65.8) </td> <td style="background: #FF8913; color:#000000;" class="notheme">21.6<br />(70.9) </td> <td style="background: #FF8B18; color:#000000;" class="notheme">21.2<br />(70.2) </td> <td style="background: #FFA347; color:#000000;" class="notheme">17.8<br />(64.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFBF80; color:#000000;" class="notheme">13.7<br />(56.7) </td> <td style="background: #FFDDBC; color:#000000;" class="notheme">9.3<br />(48.7) </td> <td style="background: #FFEAD5; color:#000000;" class="notheme">7.5<br />(45.5) </td> <td style="background: #FFC082; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">13.5<br />(56.3) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Daily mean °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #FAFAFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">3.6<br />(38.5) </td> <td style="background: #FBFBFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">3.8<br />(38.8) </td> <td style="background: #FFF3E8; color:#000000;" class="notheme">6.1<br />(43.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFE7D0; color:#000000;" class="notheme">7.9<br />(46.2) </td> <td style="background: #FFD0A2; color:#000000;" class="notheme">11.2<br />(52.2) </td> <td style="background: #FFBE7D; color:#000000;" class="notheme">13.9<br />(57.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFAE5D; color:#000000;" class="notheme">16.2<br />(61.2) </td> <td style="background: #FFAF5F; color:#000000;" class="notheme">16.1<br />(61.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFC184; color:#000000;" class="notheme">13.4<br />(56.1) </td> <td style="background: #FFD9B4; color:#000000;" class="notheme">9.9<br />(49.8) </td> <td style="background: #FFF3E7; color:#000000;" class="notheme">6.2<br />(43.2) </td> <td style="background: #FDFDFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">4.3<br />(39.7) </td> <td style="background: #FFDDBB; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">9.4<br />(48.9) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean daily minimum °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #E9E9FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.5<br />(32.9) </td> <td style="background: #E9E9FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.5<br />(32.9) </td> <td style="background: #F2F2FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">2.1<br />(35.8) </td> <td style="background: #F8F8FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">3.3<br />(37.9) </td> <td style="background: #FFF4EA; color:#000000;" class="notheme">6.0<br />(42.8) </td> <td style="background: #FFE2C5; color:#000000;" class="notheme">8.7<br />(47.7) </td> <td style="background: #FFD3A8; color:#000000;" class="notheme">10.8<br />(51.4) </td> <td style="background: #FFD4A9; color:#000000;" class="notheme">10.7<br />(51.3) </td> <td style="background: #FFE1C3; color:#000000;" class="notheme">8.8<br />(47.8) </td> <td style="background: #FFF4EA; color:#000000;" class="notheme">6.0<br />(42.8) </td> <td style="background: #F5F5FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">2.8<br />(37.0) </td> <td style="background: #EDEDFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">1.3<br />(34.3) </td> <td style="background: #FFFAF6; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">5.1<br />(41.2) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Record low °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #8F8FFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−16.1<br />(3.0) </td> <td style="background: #A7A7FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−11.7<br />(10.9) </td> <td style="background: #AAAAFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−11.1<br />(12.0) </td> <td style="background: #C3C3FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−6.6<br />(20.1) </td> <td style="background: #D4D4FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−3.3<br />(26.1) </td> <td style="background: #E1E1FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−0.9<br />(30.4) </td> <td style="background: #F5F5FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">2.8<br />(37.0) </td> <td style="background: #F5F5FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">2.8<br />(37.0) </td> <td style="background: #E6E6FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.0<br />(32.0) </td> <td style="background: #C5C5FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−6.2<br />(20.8) </td> <td style="background: #BEBEFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−7.4<br />(18.7) </td> <td style="background: #9999FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−14.4<br />(6.1) </td> <td style="background: #8F8FFF; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">−16.1<br />(3.0) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average <a href="/wiki/Precipitation" title="Precipitation">precipitation</a> mm (inches) </th> <td style="background: #A3FFA3; color:#000000;" class="notheme">61.7<br />(2.43) </td> <td style="background: #AFFFAF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">48.9<br />(1.93) </td> <td style="background: #B1FFB1; color:#000000;" class="notheme">51.9<br />(2.04) </td> <td style="background: #AFFFAF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">51.5<br />(2.03) </td> <td style="background: #B3FFB3; color:#000000;" class="notheme">50.8<br />(2.00) </td> <td style="background: #9DFF9D; color:#000000;" class="notheme">63.1<br />(2.48) </td> <td style="background: #BAFFBA; color:#000000;" class="notheme">46.1<br />(1.81) </td> <td style="background: #A6FFA6; color:#000000;" class="notheme">59.3<br />(2.33) </td> <td style="background: #A0FFA0; color:#000000;" class="notheme">61.5<br />(2.42) </td> <td style="background: #A4FFA4; color:#000000;" class="notheme">60.6<br />(2.39) </td> <td style="background: #A2FFA2; color:#000000;" class="notheme">60.3<br />(2.37) </td> <td style="background: #98FF98; color:#000000;" class="notheme">68.8<br />(2.71) </td> <td style="background: #A8FFA8; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">684.4<br />(26.94) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average precipitation days <span style="font-size:90%;" class="nowrap">(≥ 1.0 mm)</span> </th> <td style="background: #6969FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">12.1 </td> <td style="background: #7474FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">10.2 </td> <td style="background: #6F6FFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">11.6 </td> <td style="background: #8383FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">9.7 </td> <td style="background: #8E8EFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">9.1 </td> <td style="background: #8484FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">9.6 </td> <td style="background: #9E9EFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">7.8 </td> <td style="background: #9292FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">8.8 </td> <td style="background: #8888FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">9.3 </td> <td style="background: #8181FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">10.2 </td> <td style="background: #7676FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">10.7 </td> <td style="background: #6E6EFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">11.7 </td> <td style="background: #8080FF; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">120.8 </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="14" style="text-align:center;font-size:95%;">Source: <a href="/wiki/Royal_Netherlands_Meteorological_Institute" title="Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute">KNMI</a><sup id="cite_ref-82" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-82"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>c<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-83" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-83"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>80<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr></tbody></table> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Governance">Governance</h2></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Leicester_Town_Hall_13795509814_80de745302_o.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Leicester_Town_Hall_13795509814_80de745302_o.jpg/220px-Leicester_Town_Hall_13795509814_80de745302_o.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Leicester_Town_Hall_13795509814_80de745302_o.jpg/330px-Leicester_Town_Hall_13795509814_80de745302_o.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Leicester_Town_Hall_13795509814_80de745302_o.jpg/440px-Leicester_Town_Hall_13795509814_80de745302_o.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4320" data-file-height="3240" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Leicester_Town_Hall" title="Leicester Town Hall">Leicester Town Hall</a>, completed in 1876</figcaption></figure> <p>On 5 May 2011, the <a href="/wiki/Directly_elected" class="mw-redirect" title="Directly elected">directly elected</a> <a href="/wiki/Mayor_of_Leicester" title="Mayor of Leicester">Mayor of Leicester</a> role came into effect after the inaugural election. This post exists in addition to that of <a href="/wiki/Lord_mayor" title="Lord mayor">Lord Mayor</a> which goes back to the Middle Ages and is these days a ceremonial role. </p><p>The first mayor of Leicester was a <a href="/wiki/Normans" title="Normans">Norman</a> knight, Peter fitz Roger ("Peter, son of Roger") in 1251.<sup id="cite_ref-84" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-84"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>81<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-85" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-85"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>82<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Following the restoration of city status in 1919 this title was elevated to "Lord Mayor." In 1987 the first Asian Mayor of Leicester was indirectly elected by the councillors, Councillor Gordhan Parmar.<sup id="cite_ref-86" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-86"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>83<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After institution of a directly elected mayor in 2011 the Lord Mayor of Leicester still exists as a ceremonial role under <a href="/wiki/Leicester_City_Council" title="Leicester City Council">Leicester City Council</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-87" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-87"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>84<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 1 April 1997, <a href="/wiki/Leicester_City_Council" title="Leicester City Council">Leicester City Council</a> became a <a href="/wiki/Unitary_authority" title="Unitary authority">unitary authority</a>. Previously, local government had been a two-tier system: the city and county councils were responsible for different aspects of local-government services. That system is still in place in the rest of Leicestershire. <a href="/wiki/Leicestershire_County_Council" title="Leicestershire County Council">Leicestershire County Council</a> retained its headquarters at <a href="/wiki/County_Hall,_Glenfield" title="County Hall, Glenfield">County Hall</a> in <a href="/wiki/Glenfield,_Leicestershire" title="Glenfield, Leicestershire">Glenfield</a>, just outside the city boundary but within the urban area. The administrative offices of Leicester City Council are in the centre of the city at <a href="/wiki/City_Hall,_Leicester" title="City Hall, Leicester">City Hall</a> in Charles Street, having moved from Welford Place. The 1970s council offices at Welford Place were declared unsafe in 2010 and demolished on 22 February 2015.<sup id="cite_ref-88" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-88"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>85<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2018 a newly built New Walk Centre was completed as a privately funded mix of offices, shops and flats, alongside tree-lined open spaces.<sup id="cite_ref-89" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-89"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>86<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Some services (particularly the police and the ambulance service) still cover the whole of the city and county, but for the most part the councils are independent. </p><p>Leicester is divided into 21 electoral wards: <a href="/wiki/Abbey" title="Abbey">Abbey</a>, <a href="/wiki/Aylestone" title="Aylestone">Aylestone</a>, <a href="/wiki/Beaumont_Leys" title="Beaumont Leys">Beaumont Leys</a>, <a href="/wiki/Belgrave,_Leicester" title="Belgrave, Leicester">Belgrave</a>, <a href="/wiki/Braunstone_Park" title="Braunstone Park">Braunstone Park</a> & Rowley Fields, Castle, <a href="/wiki/Evington" title="Evington">Evington</a>, <a href="/wiki/Eyres_Monsell" title="Eyres Monsell">Eyres Monsell</a>, Fosse, <a href="/wiki/Humberstone_%26_Hamilton" class="mw-redirect" title="Humberstone & Hamilton">Humberstone & Hamilton</a>, <a href="/wiki/Knighton,_Leicester" title="Knighton, Leicester">Knighton</a>, <a href="/wiki/North_Evington" title="North Evington">North Evington</a>, <a href="/wiki/Rushey_Mead" title="Rushey Mead">Rushey Mead</a>, Saffron, <a href="/wiki/Spinney_Hills" title="Spinney Hills">Spinney Hills</a>, <a href="/wiki/Stoneygate" title="Stoneygate">Stoneygate</a>, <a href="/wiki/Thurncourt" title="Thurncourt">Thurncourt</a>, Troon, Westcotes, Western, and Wycliffe.<sup id="cite_ref-90" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-90"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>87<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Political_control">Political control</h3></div> <p>The current directly elected mayor is Sir Peter Soulsby of the Labour Party.<sup id="cite_ref-91" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-91"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>88<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-92" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-92"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>89<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>After a long period of Labour administration (since 1979), the city council from May 2003 was run by a <a href="/wiki/Liberal_Democrats_(UK)" title="Liberal Democrats (UK)">Liberal Democrat</a>/<a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> coalition under <a href="/wiki/Roger_Blackmore" title="Roger Blackmore">Roger Blackmore</a>, which collapsed in November 2004. The minority Labour group ran the city until May 2005, under Ross Willmott, when the Liberal Democrats and Conservatives formed a new coalition, again under the leadership of Roger Blackmore. </p><p>In the local government elections of 3 May 2007, Leicester's Labour Party once again took control of the council in what can be described as a <a href="/wiki/Landslide_victory" title="Landslide victory">landslide victory</a>. Gaining 18 new councillors, Labour polled on the day 38 councillors, creating a governing majority of +20. Significantly however, the Green Party gained its first councillors in the Castle Ward, after losing on the drawing of lots in 2003, though one of these subsequently resigned and the seat was lost to Labour in a by-election on 10 September 2009.<sup id="cite_ref-93" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-93"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>90<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Conservative Party saw a decrease in their representation. The Liberal Democrat Party was the major loser, dropping from 25 councillors in 2003 to only 6 in 2007. This was in part due to the local party splitting, with a number of councillors standing for the <a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_(UK,_1989)" title="Liberal Party (UK, 1989)">Liberal Party</a>. </p><p>In the local government elections of 5 May 2011 and those of May 2015, Labour won 52 of the city's 54 seats, with the Conservatives and Liberal Democrats winning one seat each.<sup id="cite_ref-94" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-94"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>91<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the 2019 local elections, the Labour Party gained the sole Conservative held ward of Knighton leaving <a href="/wiki/Nigel_Porter" title="Nigel Porter">Nigel Porter</a> of the Liberal Democrats as the only opposition member on the city council. </p><p>The current composition of Leicester City Council is as follows: </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="2" rowspan="1" align="center" valign="top"><b>Party</b> </th> <th valign="top"><b>Seats</b><sup id="cite_ref-95" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-95"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>92<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br /> </th></tr> <tr> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> </td> <td>31 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> </td> <td>14 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FAA61A;" data-sort-value="Liberal Democrats (UK)"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Democrats_(UK)" title="Liberal Democrats (UK)">Liberal Democrats</a> </td> <td>3 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #02A95B;" data-sort-value="Green Party of England and Wales"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Green_Party_of_England_and_Wales" title="Green Party of England and Wales">Green</a> </td> <td>3 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #DCDCDC;" data-sort-value="Independent politician"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Independent_politician" title="Independent politician">Independent</a> </td> <td>3 </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>There have been four changes in party affiliation since the last full council election in May 2023. Councillor Diane Cank left the Labour group in August 2023. Councillor Sanjay Modhwadia, the Conservative Party candidate in the <a href="/wiki/Mayor_of_Leicester" title="Mayor of Leicester">2024 Leicester mayoral election</a>, was suspended from the Conservative Party following an argument with group leader Deepak Bajaj in a public car park over who should be the next group leader.<sup id="cite_ref-96" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-96"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>93<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Conservative group leader Deepak Bajaj subsequently defected to the Labour Party on 8 April, lambasting a culture of violence, racism, religious divides, threats and bullying within the Conservative Party in Leicester.<sup id="cite_ref-97" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-97"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>94<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-98" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-98"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>95<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-99" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-99"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>96<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The conservative group was further reduced in June 2024 when councillor Nagarjun "Nags" Agath quit the party to stand as an independent candidate in <a href="/wiki/Leicester_East" class="mw-redirect" title="Leicester East">Leicester East</a> in the <a href="/wiki/2024_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="2024 United Kingdom general election">2024 United Kingdom general election</a>. Agath cited displeasure in the choice of the Conservative candidate, Shivani Raja, as his reason to stand, branding her as an "inexperienced candidate" that had been "dumped" on the city.<sup id="cite_ref-100" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-100"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>97<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-101" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-101"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>98<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Representation_at_Westminster">Representation at Westminster</h3></div> <p>In the <a href="/wiki/2024_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="2024 United Kingdom general election">2024 general election</a>, Leicester is divided into three Parliamentary constituencies: <a href="/wiki/Leicester_East_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Leicester East (UK Parliament constituency)">Leicester East</a>, represented by <a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative Party</a> MP <a href="/wiki/Shivani_Raja" title="Shivani Raja">Shivani Raja</a>, <a href="/wiki/Leicester_South_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Leicester South (UK Parliament constituency)">Leicester South</a>, represented by independent MP <a href="/wiki/Shockat_Adam" title="Shockat Adam">Shockat Adam</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Leicester_West_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Leicester West (UK Parliament constituency)">Leicester West</a> represented by Work and Pensions Secretary <a href="/wiki/Liz_Kendall" title="Liz Kendall">Liz Kendall</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour Party</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Coat_of_arms">Coat of arms</h3></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Arms_of_Leicester.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/42/Arms_of_Leicester.svg/170px-Arms_of_Leicester.svg.png" decoding="async" width="170" height="187" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/42/Arms_of_Leicester.svg/255px-Arms_of_Leicester.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/42/Arms_of_Leicester.svg/340px-Arms_of_Leicester.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="563" /></a><figcaption>Arms of the City of Leicester: <i>Gules, a cinquefoil ermine pierced of the field</i></figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Coat_of_Arms_of_Leicester_City_Council.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/Coat_of_Arms_of_Leicester_City_Council.svg/220px-Coat_of_Arms_of_Leicester_City_Council.svg.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="238" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/Coat_of_Arms_of_Leicester_City_Council.svg/330px-Coat_of_Arms_of_Leicester_City_Council.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/Coat_of_Arms_of_Leicester_City_Council.svg/440px-Coat_of_Arms_of_Leicester_City_Council.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="895" data-file-height="970" /></a><figcaption>Full coat of arms with the supporters granted in 1929</figcaption></figure> <p>The Corporation of Leicester's <a href="/wiki/Coat_of_arms" title="Coat of arms">coat of arms</a> was first granted to the city at the Heraldic Visitation of 1619, and is based on the arms of the first <a href="/wiki/Earl_of_Leicester" title="Earl of Leicester">Earl of Leicester</a>, Robert Beaumont. The charge is a <a href="/wiki/Cinquefoil" class="mw-redirect" title="Cinquefoil">cinquefoil</a> ermine, on a red field, and this emblem is used by the city council. </p><p>After Leicester became a city again in 1919, the city council applied to add to the arms. Permission for this was granted in 1929, when the supporting lions, from the Lancastrian Earls of Leicester, were added. </p><p>The motto <i>"Semper Eadem"</i> was the motto of <a href="/wiki/Queen_Elizabeth_I" class="mw-redirect" title="Queen Elizabeth I">Queen Elizabeth I</a>, who granted a royal charter to the city. It means "always the same" but with positive overtones meaning unchanging, reliable or dependable, and united. The crest on top of the arms is a white or silver legless <a href="/wiki/Wyvern" title="Wyvern">wyvern</a> with red and white wounds showing, on a wreath of red and white. The legless wyvern distinguishes it as a Leicester wyvern as opposed to other wyverns. The supporting lions are wearing coronets in the form of collars, with the white cinquefoil hanging from them. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Demography">Demography</h2></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1251242444">.mw-parser-output .ambox{border:1px solid #a2a9b1;border-left:10px solid #36c;background-color:#fbfbfb;box-sizing:border-box}.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+link+.ambox{margin-top:-1px}html body.mediawiki .mw-parser-output .ambox.mbox-small-left{margin:4px 1em 4px 0;overflow:hidden;width:238px;border-collapse:collapse;font-size:88%;line-height:1.25em}.mw-parser-output .ambox-speedy{border-left:10px solid #b32424;background-color:#fee7e6}.mw-parser-output .ambox-delete{border-left:10px solid #b32424}.mw-parser-output .ambox-content{border-left:10px solid #f28500}.mw-parser-output .ambox-style{border-left:10px solid #fc3}.mw-parser-output .ambox-move{border-left:10px solid #9932cc}.mw-parser-output .ambox-protection{border-left:10px solid #a2a9b1}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-text{border:none;padding:0.25em 0.5em;width:100%}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-image{border:none;padding:2px 0 2px 0.5em;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-imageright{border:none;padding:2px 0.5em 2px 0;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-empty-cell{border:none;padding:0;width:1px}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-image-div{width:52px}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .ambox{margin:0 10%}}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .ambox{display:none!important}}</style><table class="box-Update plainlinks metadata ambox ambox-content ambox-Update" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><div class="mbox-image-div"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/Ambox_current_red_Asia_Australia.svg/42px-Ambox_current_red_Asia_Australia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="42" height="34" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/Ambox_current_red_Asia_Australia.svg/63px-Ambox_current_red_Asia_Australia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/Ambox_current_red_Asia_Australia.svg/84px-Ambox_current_red_Asia_Australia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="360" data-file-height="290" /></span></span></div></td><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span">This section needs to be <b>updated</b>.<span class="hide-when-compact"> Please help update this article to reflect recent events or newly available information.</span> <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">December 2023</span>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Demographics_of_Leicester" title="Demographics of Leicester">Demographics of Leicester</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Ethnic_demography_of_Leicester_from_1961_to_2021.gif" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/35/Ethnic_demography_of_Leicester_from_1961_to_2021.gif/220px-Ethnic_demography_of_Leicester_from_1961_to_2021.gif" decoding="async" width="220" height="201" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/35/Ethnic_demography_of_Leicester_from_1961_to_2021.gif/330px-Ethnic_demography_of_Leicester_from_1961_to_2021.gif 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/35/Ethnic_demography_of_Leicester_from_1961_to_2021.gif/440px-Ethnic_demography_of_Leicester_from_1961_to_2021.gif 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="1097" /></a><figcaption>Ethnic demography of Leicester from 1961 to 2021</figcaption></figure><div class="PieChartTemplate thumb tright"><div class="thumbinner" style="width:202px"> <div class="mw-no-invert" style="background-color:white;margin:auto;position:relative;width:200px;height:200px;overflow:hidden;border-radius:100px;border:1px solid black;transform:scaleX(-1)rotate(-90deg)"> <div style="border:solid transparent;background-color:initial;position:absolute;width:100px;line-height:0;left:0; 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top:0.017764761919103px; border-width:0 0 99.982235238081px 1.8848439715408px; border-bottom-color:dodgerblue"></div> </div> <div class="thumbcaption"> <p>Faith in Leicester (2021)<sup id="cite_ref-102" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-102"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>99<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r981673959">.mw-parser-output .legend{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .legend-color{display:inline-block;min-width:1.25em;height:1.25em;line-height:1.25;margin:1px 0;text-align:center;border:1px solid black;background-color:transparent;color:black}.mw-parser-output .legend-text{}</style><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:dodgerblue; color:black;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/History_of_Christianity_in_Britain" title="History of Christianity in Britain">Christian</a> (24.7%)</div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:honeydew; color:black;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Irreligion_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Irreligion in the United Kingdom">No Religion</a> (23.0%)</div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:green; color:white;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Islam_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Islam in the United Kingdom">Muslim</a> (23.5%)</div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:coral; color:black;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Hinduism_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Hinduism in the United Kingdom">Hindu</a> (17.9%)</div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:yellow; color:black;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Sikhism_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Sikhism in the United Kingdom">Sikh</a> (4.5%)</div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:goldenrod; color:black;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Buddhism_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Buddhism in the United Kingdom">Buddhist</a> (0.3%)</div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:aqua; color:black;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Judaism_in_the_United_Kingdom" class="mw-redirect" title="Judaism in the United Kingdom">Jewish</a> (0.1%)</div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:deeppink; color:black;"> </span> Other Religions (0.6%)</div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:lightgrey; color:black;"> </span> Religion not Stated (5.6%)</div> </div> </div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Comparing">Comparing</h3></div> <p>In the 2011 census, the population of the Leicester unitary authority area was 329,839, an increase of 11.8% compared to the <a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom_Census_2001" class="mw-redirect" title="United Kingdom Census 2001">United Kingdom Census 2001</a> figure of 279,921. The wider <a href="/wiki/Leicester_Urban_Area" class="mw-redirect" title="Leicester Urban Area">Leicester Urban Area</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-BUA_103-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BUA-103"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>100<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> showed an estimated population of 509,000. The population of the Leicester unitary authority area is marginally higher than that of Nottingham, while Nottingham has a higher urban area population compared to Leicester. <a href="/wiki/Eurostat" title="Eurostat">Eurostat</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Larger_Urban_Zone" class="mw-redirect" title="Larger Urban Zone">Larger Urban Zone</a> lists the population of the Leicester LUZ at 886,673 (2017) below that of Nottingham;<sup id="cite_ref-104" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-104"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>101<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> metropolitan and city region populations tend to be similar. According to the 2011 census Leicester had the largest proportion of people aged 19-and-under in the East Midlands at 27 per cent. Coventry, to the south west, has a population of 352,900 (2016 est.) compared to Leicester's 348,300 at the same date. Nonetheless, Coventry has an area one third greater than Leicester's, approximately equivalent to a combined 'Leicester + <a href="/wiki/Oadby_and_Wigston" title="Oadby and Wigston">Oadby and Wigston</a>' with a respective population of 404,100 (2016 est.). </p><p>The Eurostat regional yearbook 2015 classifies Leicester as one of country's eleven 'Greater Cities', together with Birmingham and Nottingham in the Midlands. Leicester is second only to Bristol as the largest <a href="/wiki/Unitary_authority" title="Unitary authority">unitary authority</a> city in England (<a href="/wiki/List_of_English_districts_by_population" title="List of English districts by population">List of English districts by population</a> 2015 estimates), and ninth largest counting both unitary authority cities and cities within metropolitan counties. </p><p>In terms of <a href="/wiki/List_of_English_districts_and_their_ethnic_composition" class="mw-redirect" title="List of English districts and their ethnic composition">ethnic composition</a>, according to the <a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom_Census_2011" class="mw-redirect" title="United Kingdom Census 2011">2011 census</a>, 50.6% of the population was <a href="/wiki/White_people" title="White people">White</a> (45.1% <a href="/wiki/White_British" title="White British">White British</a>, 0.8% <a href="/wiki/Irish_migration_to_Great_Britain" class="mw-redirect" title="Irish migration to Great Britain">White Irish</a>, 0.1% <a href="/wiki/Gypsy_(term)" class="mw-redirect" title="Gypsy (term)">Gypsy</a> or <a href="/wiki/Irish_Traveller" class="mw-redirect" title="Irish Traveller">Irish Traveller</a>, 4.6% <a href="/wiki/Other_White" title="Other White">Other White</a>), 37.1% <a href="/wiki/British_Asian" class="mw-redirect" title="British Asian">Asian</a> (28.3% <a href="/wiki/British_Indian" class="mw-redirect" title="British Indian">Indian</a>, 2.4% <a href="/wiki/British_Pakistanis" title="British Pakistanis">Pakistani</a>, 1.1% <a href="/wiki/British_Bangladeshi" class="mw-redirect" title="British Bangladeshi">Bangladeshi</a>, 1.3% <a href="/wiki/British_Chinese" title="British Chinese">Chinese</a>, 4.0% Other Asian), 3.5% of <a href="/wiki/Mixed_(United_Kingdom_ethnicity_category)" title="Mixed (United Kingdom ethnicity category)">mixed race</a> (1.4% White and Black Caribbean, 0.4% White and Black African, 1.0% White and Asian, 0.7% Other Mixed), 6.3% <a href="/wiki/Black_British" class="mw-redirect" title="Black British">Black</a> (3.8% African, 1.5% <a href="/wiki/British_African-Caribbean_people" title="British African-Caribbean people">Caribbean</a>, 1.0% <a href="/wiki/Other_Black" class="mw-redirect" title="Other Black">Other Black</a>), 1.0% <a href="/wiki/British_Arab" class="mw-redirect" title="British Arab">Arab</a> and 1.6% of other ethnic heritage.<sup id="cite_ref-ons.gov.uk_105-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ons.gov.uk-105"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>102<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>As of 2015<sup class="plainlinks noexcerpt noprint asof-tag update" style="display:none;"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Leicester&action=edit">[update]</a></sup>, Leicester is the second fastest growing city in the country.<sup id="cite_ref-106" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-106"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>103<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Languages">Languages</h3></div> <p>A demographic profile of Leicester published by the city council in 2008 noted: </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1244412712">.mw-parser-output .templatequote{overflow:hidden;margin:1em 0;padding:0 32px}.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{line-height:1.5em;text-align:left;margin-top:0}@media(min-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{padding-left:1.6em}}</style><blockquote class="templatequote"><p>Alongside English, around 70 languages and/or dialects spoken in the city. In addition to English and the primary western and central European languages, eight ethnic languages are sometimes heard: <a href="/wiki/Gujarati_language" title="Gujarati language">Gujarati</a> is the preferred language of 16% of the city's residents, <a href="/wiki/Punjabi_language" title="Punjabi language">Punjabi</a> 3%, <a href="/wiki/Somali_language" title="Somali language">Somali</a> 4% and <a href="/wiki/Urdu_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Urdu language">Urdu</a> 2%. Other smaller language groups include <a href="/wiki/Hindi" title="Hindi">Hindi</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bengali_language" title="Bengali language">Bengali</a>. With continuing migration into the city, new languages and or dialects from Africa, the Middle East and Eastern Europe are also being spoken in the city. In certain primary schools in Leicester, English may not be the preferred language of 45% of pupils and the proportion of children whose first language is known, or believed to be, other than English, is significantly higher than other cities in the Midlands or the UK as a whole.<sup id="cite_ref-DiversityOfLeicesterMay2008_107-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DiversityOfLeicesterMay2008-107"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>104<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p></blockquote> <p>Certain European languages such as Polish will undoubtedly feature in current statistics, although their prevalence may reduce subsequently as future generations rapidly assimilate or return to places of origin, given cultural and geographic proximity and changes in the geo-political environment. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Population_change">Population change</h3></div> <table class="wikitable" style="border:0; text-align:center; line-height:120%;"> <caption>Historic and projected <a href="/wiki/Population_growth" title="Population growth">Population growth</a> in Leicester since 1901 </caption> <tbody><tr> <th style="background:#9cc; color:navy; height:17px;">Year </th> <th style="background:#fff; color:navy;">1901 </th> <th style="background:#fff; color:navy;">1911 </th> <th style="background:#fff; color:navy;">1921 </th> <th style="background:#fff; color:navy;">1931 </th> <th style="background:#fff; color:navy;">1939 </th> <th style="background:#fff; color:navy;">1951 </th> <th style="background:#fff; color:navy;">1961 </th> <th style="background:#fff; color:navy;">1971 </th> <th style="background:#fff; color:navy;">2001 </th> <th style="background:#fff; color:navy;">2011 </th> <th style="background:#fff; color:navy;"> </th> <th style="background:#fff; color:navy;">2016 </th> <th style="background:#fff; color:navy;"> </th> <th style="background:#fff; color:navy;">2021 </th> <th style="background:#fff; color:navy;">2026 </th> <th style="background:#fff; color:navy;">2031 </th></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <th style="background:#9cc; color:navy; height:17px;">Population </th> <td style="background:#fff; color:black;">211,579 </td> <td style="background:#fff; color:black;">227,222 </td> <td style="background:#fff; color:black;">234,143 </td> <td style="background:#fff; color:black;">239,169 </td> <td style="background:#fff; color:black;">261,339 </td> <td style="background:#fff; color:black;">285,181 </td> <td style="background:#fff; color:black;">273,470 </td> <td style="background:#fff; color:black;">284,208 </td> <td style="background:#fff; color:black;">279,921 </td> <td style="background:#fff; color:black;">329,839 </td> <td style="background:#fff; color:black;"> </td> <td style="background:#fff; color:black;">348,343 </td> <td style="background:#fff; color:black;"> </td> <td style="background:#fff; color:black;">362,500 </td> <td style="background:#fff; color:black;">376,000 </td> <td style="background:#fff; color:black;">390,000 </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="11" style="text-align:center;">Source: A Vision of Britain through Time<sup id="cite_ref-108" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-108"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>105<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td colspan="1" style="text-align:center;"> </td> <td colspan="1" style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/Office_for_National_Statistics" title="Office for National Statistics">ONS</a><sup id="cite_ref-109" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-109"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>106<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td colspan="1" style="text-align:center;"> </td> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:center;">ONS Projections<sup id="cite_ref-110" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-110"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>107<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Office_for_National_Statistics" title="Office for National Statistics">ONS</a> 2014 basis population projections indicate the city will be home to 400,000 inhabitants by around 2035. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Economy">Economy</h2></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Highcross_Leicester.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/44/Highcross_Leicester.jpg/170px-Highcross_Leicester.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="254" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/44/Highcross_Leicester.jpg/255px-Highcross_Leicester.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/44/Highcross_Leicester.jpg/340px-Highcross_Leicester.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2187" data-file-height="3264" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Highcross_Leicester" title="Highcross Leicester">Highcross Leicester</a> shopping centre</figcaption></figure> <p>Leicester has the second largest economy in the East Midlands, after <a href="/wiki/Nottingham" title="Nottingham">Nottingham</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-111" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-111"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>108<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Companies that have their principal offices or significant sites in Leicester and the surrounding area include; <a href="/wiki/Brantano_Footwear" title="Brantano Footwear">Brantano Footwear</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dunelm_Mill" class="mw-redirect" title="Dunelm Mill">Dunelm Mill</a>, <a href="/wiki/Next_(clothing)" class="mw-redirect" title="Next (clothing)">Next</a>, <a href="/wiki/Shoe_Zone" title="Shoe Zone">Shoe Zone</a>, <a href="/wiki/Everards" title="Everards">Everards</a> brewing and associated businesses, <a href="/wiki/KPMG" title="KPMG">KPMG</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mazars" class="mw-redirect" title="Mazars">Mazars</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cambridge_%26_Counties_Bank" title="Cambridge & Counties Bank">Cambridge & Counties Bank</a>, <a href="/wiki/HSBC" title="HSBC">HSBC</a> and <a href="/wiki/Santander_UK" title="Santander UK">Santander</a> banking, <a href="/wiki/Hastings_Insurance" title="Hastings Insurance">Hastings Insurance</a>, <a href="/wiki/British_Gas" title="British Gas">British Gas</a>, <a href="/wiki/British_Telecom" class="mw-redirect" title="British Telecom">British Telecom</a>, <a href="/wiki/Caterpillar_Inc." title="Caterpillar Inc.">Caterpillar</a> (Inc.), <a href="/wiki/Topps_Tiles" title="Topps Tiles">Topps Tiles</a> and <a href="/wiki/DHL" title="DHL">DHL</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-112" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-112"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>109<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Textiles">Textiles</h3></div> <p>The city has historically had a strong association with the production of textiles, clothing and shoes. While important companies such as <a href="/wiki/N._Corah_%26_Sons" title="N. Corah & Sons">Corah</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Liberty_Shoes_(Leicester,_England)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Liberty Shoes (Leicester, England) (page does not exist)">Liberty Shoes</a> and Equity Shoes have closed, companies such as Next and <a href="/wiki/Boden_(clothing)" title="Boden (clothing)">Boden</a> are still active and <a href="/wiki/ASOS_(retailer)" title="ASOS (retailer)">ASOS</a> and <a href="/wiki/New_Look_(company)" title="New Look (company)">New Look</a> manufacture in the city. Moreover, in recent years the higher transport prices and longer lead-times associated with <a href="/wiki/Globalization" title="Globalization">globalised</a> production in Asia mean some textile manufacturers are locating to the city.<sup id="cite_ref-113" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-113"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>110<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-114" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-114"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>111<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><span class="anchor" id="Leicester's_garment_district"></span> There have long been concerns about the working conditions in this sector. Leicester's garment district is home to more than 1,000 factories employing as many as 10,000 workers. It has received fewer than 60 <a href="/wiki/Health_and_safety_regulations_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Health and safety regulations in the United Kingdom">health and safety inspections</a> and only 28 <a href="/wiki/Building_regulations_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Building regulations in the United Kingdom">fire inspections</a> since October 2017. <a href="/wiki/HMRC" class="mw-redirect" title="HMRC">HMRC</a> has made just 36 visits checking on compliance with <a href="/wiki/National_Minimum_Wage_Act_1998" title="National Minimum Wage Act 1998">minimum wage legislation</a>; it has issued penalties to fewer than 10 textile firms and claimed just over £100,000 in arrears relating to 143 workers.<sup id="cite_ref-butler_115-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-butler-115"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>112<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Research at the University of Leicester in 2010 and published in 2015 found there were 11,700 employees where 75-90% were being paid £3 per hour, which was less than half of the then legal minimum wage.<sup id="cite_ref-3_pounds_116-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3_pounds-116"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>113<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2017 <a href="/wiki/Peter_Soulsby" title="Peter Soulsby">Peter Soulsby</a>, Mayor of Leicester called together 40 regulatory organisations to coordinate a response. He aimed to make sure that Leicester had the highest standards of employment; that workers are properly paid, well trained and work in safe environments,<sup id="cite_ref-Asos_117-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Asos-117"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>114<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2020 the HSE was alerted to <a href="/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom">COVID-19</a> non-compliance.<sup id="cite_ref-covid-19_118-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-covid-19-118"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>115<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Engineering">Engineering</h3></div> <p>Engineering companies include Jones & Shipman (machine tools and control systems), Richards Engineering (foundry equipment), Transmon Engineering (materials handling equipment) and <a href="/wiki/Trelleborg_AB" class="mw-redirect" title="Trelleborg AB">Trelleborg</a> (suspension components for rail, marine, and industrial applications). Local commitment to nurturing British engineers includes apprenticeship schemes with local companies, and academic-industrial connections with the engineering departments at <a href="/wiki/Leicester_University" class="mw-redirect" title="Leicester University">Leicester University</a>, <a href="/wiki/De_Montfort_University" title="De Montfort University">De Montfort University</a>, and nearby <a href="/wiki/Loughborough_University" title="Loughborough University">Loughborough University</a>. Leicester was also home to the famous <a href="/wiki/Gents%27_of_Leicester" class="mw-redirect" title="Gents' of Leicester">Gents' of Leicester</a> clock manufacturers. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Shopping">Shopping</h3></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Leicester_City_Centre.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Leicester_City_Centre.jpg/220px-Leicester_City_Centre.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="159" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Leicester_City_Centre.jpg/330px-Leicester_City_Centre.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Leicester_City_Centre.jpg/440px-Leicester_City_Centre.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1766" data-file-height="1276" /></a><figcaption>Main city centre shopping area</figcaption></figure> <p>The city centre has two large shopping malls – <a href="/wiki/Highcross_Leicester" title="Highcross Leicester">Highcross Leicester</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Haymarket_Shopping_Centre" title="Haymarket Shopping Centre">Haymarket Shopping Centre</a>. The Haymarket Shopping Centre opened in 1974 and has two levels of shopping, multi-storey parking for up to 500 cars, a bus station and is home to the <a href="/wiki/Haymarket_Theatre_(Leicester)" class="mw-redirect" title="Haymarket Theatre (Leicester)">Haymarket Theatre</a>. Highcross Leicester opened in 2008 after work to redevelop "The Shires Centre" was completed at a cost of £350 million (creating 120 stores, 15 restaurants, a cinema, 110,000 m<sup>2</sup> of shopping space). </p><p>St Martin's Square and the Leicester Lanes area has numerous designer and specialist shops; several of the city's Victorian arcades are located in the same neighbourhood. <a href="/wiki/Leicester_Market" title="Leicester Market">Leicester Market</a> is the largest outdoor covered market in Europe.<sup id="cite_ref-119" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-119"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>116<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It central feature, the <a href="/wiki/Leicester_Corn_Exchange" title="Leicester Corn Exchange">Leicester Corn Exchange</a>, has been converted into a public house.<sup id="cite_ref-120" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-120"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>117<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Central Leicester is the location for several <a href="/wiki/Department_store" title="Department store">department stores</a> including <a href="/wiki/John_Lewis_Partnership" title="John Lewis Partnership">John Lewis</a>, <a href="/wiki/Debenhams" title="Debenhams">Debenhams</a>. </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Golden_Mile_(Leicester)" title="Golden Mile (Leicester)">Golden Mile</a> is the name given to a stretch of Belgrave Road renowned for its authentic Indian restaurants, <a href="/wiki/Sari" title="Sari">sari</a> shops, and <a href="/wiki/Jeweller" class="mw-redirect" title="Jeweller">jewellers</a>; the <a href="/wiki/Diwali" title="Diwali">Diwali</a> celebrations in Leicester are focused on this area and are the largest outside the sub-continent.<sup id="cite_ref-121" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-121"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>118<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Food_and_drink">Food and drink</h3></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Leicester_Market_2009.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Leicester_Market_2009.jpg/220px-Leicester_Market_2009.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Leicester_Market_2009.jpg/330px-Leicester_Market_2009.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Leicester_Market_2009.jpg/440px-Leicester_Market_2009.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3264" data-file-height="2448" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Leicester_Market" title="Leicester Market">Leicester Market</a></figcaption></figure> <p>Henry Walker was a successful pork butcher who moved from <a href="/wiki/Mansfield" title="Mansfield">Mansfield</a> to Leicester in the 1880s to take over an established business in High Street. The first Walker's crisp production line was in the empty upper storey of Walker's Oxford Street factory in Leicester. In the early days the potatoes were sliced by hand and cooked in an ordinary <a href="/wiki/Deep_fryer" title="Deep fryer">deep fryer</a>. In 1971 the <a href="/wiki/Walkers_(snack_foods)" title="Walkers (snack foods)">Walker's</a> crisps business was sold to <a href="/wiki/Standard_Brands" title="Standard Brands">Standard Brands</a>, an American firm, who sold on the company to <a href="/wiki/Frito-Lay" title="Frito-Lay">Frito-Lay</a>. <a href="/wiki/Walkers_(snack_foods)" title="Walkers (snack foods)">Walker's</a> crisps makes 10 million bags of crisps per day at two factories in Beaumont Leys, and is the UK's largest grocery brand.<sup id="cite_ref-122" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-122"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>119<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Beaumont Leys manufacturing plant is world's largest crisp factory.<sup id="cite_ref-123" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-123"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>120<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Meanwhile, the sausage and pie business was bought out by <a href="/wiki/Samworth_Brothers" title="Samworth Brothers">Samworth Brothers</a> in 1986. Production outgrew the Cobden Street site and pork pies are now manufactured at a meat processing factory and bakery in Beaumont Leys, coincidentally near to the separately owned crisp factories. Sold under the Walker's name and under UK retailers own brands such as <a href="/wiki/Tesco" title="Tesco">Tesco</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-124" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-124"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>121<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> over three million hot and cold pies are made each week.<sup id="cite_ref-125" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-125"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>122<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Henry Walker's butcher shop at 4–6 Cheapside sold Walker's sausages and pork pies until March 2012 when owner Scottish Fife Fine Foods ceased trading, although the shop was temporarily open and selling Walker's pies for the Christmas 2012 season.<sup id="cite_ref-126" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-126"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>123<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Landmarks">Landmarks</h2></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:StMartins_aglow-large.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/StMartins_aglow-large.jpg/220px-StMartins_aglow-large.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="168" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/StMartins_aglow-large.jpg/330px-StMartins_aglow-large.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/StMartins_aglow-large.jpg/440px-StMartins_aglow-large.jpg 2x" data-file-width="535" data-file-height="409" /></a><figcaption>St Martins a-glow</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Leicester_Cathedral_panorama.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Leicester_Cathedral_panorama.jpg/170px-Leicester_Cathedral_panorama.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="236" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Leicester_Cathedral_panorama.jpg/255px-Leicester_Cathedral_panorama.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Leicester_Cathedral_panorama.jpg/340px-Leicester_Cathedral_panorama.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2413" data-file-height="3346" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Leicester_Cathedral" title="Leicester Cathedral">Leicester Cathedral</a></figcaption></figure> <p>There are ten <a href="/wiki/Scheduled_monuments_in_Leicester" title="Scheduled monuments in Leicester">scheduled monuments in Leicester</a> and thirteen <a href="/wiki/Grade_I_listed_buildings_in_Leicester" title="Grade I listed buildings in Leicester">Grade I listed buildings</a>: some sites, such as <a href="/wiki/Leicester_Castle" title="Leicester Castle">Leicester Castle</a> and the Jewry Wall, appear on both lists. </p><p><b>20th-century architecture:</b> Leicester University Engineering Building (James Stirling & James Gowan : Grd II Listed), Kingstone Department Store, Belgrave Gate (Raymond McGrath : Grd II Listed), <a href="/wiki/National_Space_Centre" title="National Space Centre">National Space Centre</a> tower. </p><p><b>Older architecture:</b> </p><p><b>Parks:</b> <a href="/wiki/Abbey_Park,_Leicestershire" class="mw-redirect" title="Abbey Park, Leicestershire">Abbey Park</a>, <a href="/wiki/University_of_Leicester_Botanic_Garden" title="University of Leicester Botanic Garden">Botanic Gardens</a>, Castle Gardens, <a href="/wiki/Grand_Union_Canal_(old)" title="Grand Union Canal (old)">Grand Union Canal</a>, Knighton Park, <a href="/wiki/Nelson_Mandela_Park" title="Nelson Mandela Park">Nelson Mandela Park</a>, <a href="/wiki/River_Soar" title="River Soar">River Soar</a>, <a href="/wiki/Victoria_Park,_Leicester" title="Victoria Park, Leicester">Victoria Park</a>, <a href="/wiki/Watermead_Country_Park" title="Watermead Country Park">Watermead Country Park</a>. </p><p><b>Industry:</b> <a href="/wiki/Abbey_Pumping_Station" title="Abbey Pumping Station">Abbey Pumping Station</a>, <a href="/wiki/National_Space_Centre" title="National Space Centre">National Space Centre</a>, <a href="/wiki/Great_Central_Railway_(preserved)" class="mw-redirect" title="Great Central Railway (preserved)">Great Central Railway</a>. </p><p><b>Historic buildings:</b> <a href="/wiki/Leicester_Town_Hall" title="Leicester Town Hall">Town Hall</a>, <a href="/wiki/Leicester_Guildhall" title="Leicester Guildhall">Guildhall</a>, <a href="/wiki/Belgrave_Hall" title="Belgrave Hall">Belgrave Hall</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jewry_Wall" title="Jewry Wall">Jewry Wall</a>, <a href="/wiki/Leicester_Secular_Hall" title="Leicester Secular Hall">Secular Hall</a>, <a href="/wiki/Leicester_Abbey" title="Leicester Abbey">Abbey</a>, <a href="/wiki/Leicester_Castle" title="Leicester Castle">Castle</a>, <a href="/wiki/Church_of_St_Mary_de_Castro,_Leicester" title="Church of St Mary de Castro, Leicester">St Mary de Castro</a>, <a href="/wiki/The_City_Rooms,_Leicester" title="The City Rooms, Leicester">The City Rooms</a>, <a href="/wiki/Magazine_Gateway" title="Magazine Gateway">Newarke Magazine Gateway</a>. </p><p><b>Shopping:</b> Abbey Lane-<i>grandes surfaces</i>, <a href="/wiki/Beaumont_Shopping_Centre" title="Beaumont Shopping Centre">Beaumont Shopping Centre</a>, Belvoir Street/Market Street, <a href="/wiki/Golden_Mile_(Leicester)" title="Golden Mile (Leicester)">Golden Mile</a>, <a href="/wiki/Haymarket_Shopping_Centre" title="Haymarket Shopping Centre">Haymarket Shopping Centre</a>, <a href="/wiki/Highcross_Leicester" title="Highcross Leicester">Highcross</a>, Leicester Lanes, <a href="/wiki/Leicester_Market" title="Leicester Market">Leicester Market</a>, St Martin's Square, <a href="/wiki/Silver_Arcade" title="Silver Arcade">Silver Arcade</a> area. </p><p><b>Sport:</b> <a href="/wiki/King_Power_Stadium" title="King Power Stadium">King Power Stadium</a> – <a href="/wiki/Leicester_City_FC" class="mw-redirect" title="Leicester City FC">Leicester City FC</a>, <a href="/wiki/Welford_Road_Stadium" title="Welford Road Stadium">Welford Road</a> – <a href="/wiki/Leicester_Tigers" title="Leicester Tigers">Leicester Tigers</a>, <a href="/wiki/Grace_Road" title="Grace Road">Grace Road</a> – <a href="/wiki/Leicestershire_County_Cricket_Club" title="Leicestershire County Cricket Club">Leicestershire County Cricket Club</a>, <a href="/wiki/Beaumont_Park_Stadium" title="Beaumont Park Stadium">Paul Chapman & Sons Arena</a>, <a href="/wiki/Leicester_Lions" title="Leicester Lions">Leicester Lions Speedway</a>, Leicester Sports Arena – <a href="/wiki/Leicester_Riders" title="Leicester Riders">Leicester Riders</a>, <a href="/wiki/Saffron_Lane_sports_centre" title="Saffron Lane sports centre">Saffron Lane sports centre</a> – <a href="/wiki/Leicester_Coritanian_A.C." class="mw-redirect" title="Leicester Coritanian A.C.">Leicester Coritanian Athletics Club</a>. </p> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Transport">Transport</h2></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1251242444"><table class="box-More_citations_needed_section plainlinks metadata ambox ambox-content ambox-Refimprove" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><div class="mbox-image-div"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Question_book-new.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/50px-Question_book-new.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="39" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/75px-Question_book-new.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/100px-Question_book-new.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="399" /></a></span></div></td><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span">This section <b>needs 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Unsourced material may be challenged and removed.</span> <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">June 2015</span>)</i></span><span class="hide-when-compact"><i> (<small><a href="/wiki/Help:Maintenance_template_removal" title="Help:Maintenance template removal">Learn how and when to remove this message</a></small>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Air">Air</h3></div> <p><a href="/wiki/East_Midlands_Airport" title="East Midlands Airport">East Midlands Airport</a> (EMA), at <a href="/wiki/Castle_Donington" title="Castle Donington">Castle Donington</a> 20 miles (32 km) north-north-west of the city, is the closest international airport. The airport is a national hub for mail/freight networks. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Leicester_Airport" title="Leicester Airport">Leicester Airport</a> (LRC) is a small airport, some 6 miles (9.7 km) east of Leicester city centre; it does not operate scheduled services. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Road">Road</h3></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Burleys_Way,_Leicester,_England.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Burleys_Way%2C_Leicester%2C_England.jpg/220px-Burleys_Way%2C_Leicester%2C_England.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="124" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Burleys_Way%2C_Leicester%2C_England.jpg/330px-Burleys_Way%2C_Leicester%2C_England.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Burleys_Way%2C_Leicester%2C_England.jpg/440px-Burleys_Way%2C_Leicester%2C_England.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4160" data-file-height="2340" /></a><figcaption>Burleys Way, Leicester, England</figcaption></figure> <p>Leicester is at the midpoint of the primary English north/south <a href="/wiki/M1_motorway" title="M1 motorway">M1 motorway</a> between London and Leeds, served by junctions 21, 21A and 22. This is where the M1 transects with one of the primary north-east to south-west routes, the <a href="/wiki/M69_motorway" title="M69 motorway">M69 motorway</a>/<a href="/wiki/A46_road" title="A46 road">A46</a> corridor linking to the <a href="/wiki/A1_road" class="mw-redirect" title="A1 road">A1</a> and <a href="/wiki/M6_motorway" title="M6 motorway">M6 motorway</a> at Newark-on-Trent and Coventry respectively. The <a href="/wiki/M42_motorway" title="M42 motorway">M42 motorway</a> towards <a href="/wiki/Birmingham_Airport" title="Birmingham Airport">Birmingham Airport</a> terminates in <a href="/wiki/North_West_Leicestershire" title="North West Leicestershire">north-west Leicestershire</a>, some 12 miles (19 km) west-north-west of the Leicester urban area. Leicester is at the nexus of the A6/(A14), A50, A47 and A607 trunk roads and A426 and A5199 primary routes. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Buses">Buses</h3></div> <p>Leicester has two main bus stations: <a href="/wiki/St_Margaret%27s_Bus_Station" title="St Margaret's Bus Station">St. Margarets</a> and <a href="/wiki/Haymarket_bus_station,_Leicester" title="Haymarket bus station, Leicester">Haymarket</a>, which was recommissioned in May 2016. The main bus operators for Leicester and the surrounding area are <a href="/wiki/Arriva_Fox_County" class="mw-redirect" title="Arriva Fox County">Arriva Fox County</a>, <a href="/wiki/Centrebus" title="Centrebus">Centrebus</a>, <a href="/wiki/First_Leicester" title="First Leicester">First Leicester</a>, <a href="/wiki/Arriva_Midlands" title="Arriva Midlands">Hinckley Bus (Part of Arriva Midlands)</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kinchbus" title="Kinchbus">Kinchbus</a>, Leicester Bus and <a href="/wiki/Stagecoach_in_Northants" class="mw-redirect" title="Stagecoach in Northants">Stagecoach Midlands</a>. </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Star_trak_real_time" class="mw-redirect" title="Star trak real time">Star trak real time</a> system was introduced in 2000 by Leicester City Council; it allowed bus tracking and the retrieval of bus times by text message or online. The system was discontinued in 2011. </p><p>There are three permanent <a href="/wiki/Park_and_Ride" class="mw-redirect" title="Park and Ride">Park and Ride</a> sites at Meynells Gorse (Leicester Forest East), Birstall and Enderby; buses operate every 15 mins from all sites. The park and ride services are branded as <i>quicksilver shuttle</i> and are contracted to Roberts' Coaches from the <a href="/wiki/Leicester_City_Council" title="Leicester City Council">City Council</a> and <a href="/wiki/Leicestershire_County_Council" title="Leicestershire County Council">County Council</a>; buses use a purpose-built terminal near St. Nicholas Circle. </p><p>Leicester has two circular bus services: <a href="/wiki/Hop!" title="Hop!">Hop!</a> which operates anticlockwise in the city centre via the railway station and Haymarket bus station, and the larger 30-mile (48-kilometre) long <a href="/wiki/Orbital_(bus_service)" title="Orbital (bus service)">Orbital</a> which operates in both directions.<sup id="cite_ref-127" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-127"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>124<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-128" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-128"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>125<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Cycling">Cycling</h3></div> <p><a href="/wiki/National_Cycle_Network" title="National Cycle Network">National Cycle Network</a> <a href="/wiki/National_Cycle_Route_6" title="National Cycle Route 6">Route 6</a> passes through Leicestershire along with other secondary routes. The <a href="/wiki/Leicester_Bike_Park" title="Leicester Bike Park">Leicester Bike Park</a> is in Town Hall Square. <i>Cycle Works</i> Bike Mechanic Training Centre is in Wellington Street Adult Education Centre and former Central Lending Library. </p><p>From 2021 to 2023, the city had an <a href="/wiki/Electric_bicycle" title="Electric bicycle">electric bicycle</a> <a href="/wiki/Bicycle-sharing_system" title="Bicycle-sharing system">sharing scheme</a>, <a href="/wiki/Santander_Cycles_Leicester" title="Santander Cycles Leicester">Santander Cycles Leicester</a>. The scheme was a joint venture between <a href="/wiki/Leicester_City_Council" title="Leicester City Council">Leicester City Council</a>, the operator Ride On, Enzen Global as delivery partner and additional funding provided through sponsorship with <a href="/wiki/Santander_UK" title="Santander UK">Santander</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-LCC_129-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LCC-129"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>126<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Railway">Railway</h3></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Mainline_rail">Mainline rail</h4></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Leicester_Railway_Station_from_south.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Leicester_Railway_Station_from_south.jpg/220px-Leicester_Railway_Station_from_south.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Leicester_Railway_Station_from_south.jpg/330px-Leicester_Railway_Station_from_south.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Leicester_Railway_Station_from_south.jpg/440px-Leicester_Railway_Station_from_south.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3892" data-file-height="2605" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Leicester_railway_station" title="Leicester railway station">Leicester railway station</a> lies on the eastern side of the city centre on the <a href="/wiki/A6_road_(Great_Britain)" class="mw-redirect" title="A6 road (Great Britain)">A6</a> London Road</figcaption></figure> <p>The rail network is of growing importance in Leicester and, with the start of <a href="/wiki/Eurostar" title="Eurostar">Eurostar</a> international services from <a href="/wiki/St_Pancras_railway_station" title="St Pancras railway station">London St Pancras International</a> in November 2007, <a href="/wiki/Leicester_railway_station" title="Leicester railway station">Leicester railway station</a> has gained connections at St. Pancras station to Lille, Brussels and Paris onwards. </p><p>Inter-city services are operated by <a href="/wiki/East_Midlands_Railway" title="East Midlands Railway">East Midlands Railway</a> providing connectivity on 'fast' and 'semi-fast' services to London, the south-east and to major locations in the East Midlands and Yorkshire; there are also local services operating within the East Midlands region. Trans-regional services to the <a href="/wiki/West_Midlands_(region)" title="West Midlands (region)">West Midlands</a> and <a href="/wiki/East_Anglia" title="East Anglia">East Anglia</a> are provided by <a href="/wiki/CrossCountry" title="CrossCountry">CrossCountry</a>, enabling connections at nearby <a href="/wiki/Nuneaton_railway_station" title="Nuneaton railway station">Nuneaton</a>, onto the <a href="/wiki/West_Coast_main_line" class="mw-redirect" title="West Coast main line">West Coast main line</a>, and at <a href="/wiki/Peterborough_railway_station" title="Peterborough railway station">Peterborough</a> to the <a href="/wiki/East_Coast_Main_Line" title="East Coast Main Line">East Coast Main Line</a>. </p><p>The 99 miles (159 km) from <a href="/wiki/Leicester_Railway_Station" class="mw-redirect" title="Leicester Railway Station">Leicester Railway Station</a> to <a href="/wiki/St_Pancras_railway_station" title="St Pancras railway station">London St Pancras International</a> on the Midland Main Line are covered in an average of 1<span class="nowrap"> </span>hour 25<span class="nowrap"> </span>minutes during the morning peak, with journey times as low as 1<span class="nowrap"> </span>hour 6<span class="nowrap"> </span>minutes later in the day. Transfers onto <a href="/wiki/London_Underground" title="London Underground">London Underground</a> or <a href="/wiki/Thameslink_(route)" class="mw-redirect" title="Thameslink (route)">Thameslink</a> train services to London City or West End add another 15 to 25<span class="nowrap"> </span>minutes to the journey time; double that to Canary Wharf. The journey time to <a href="/wiki/Sheffield" title="Sheffield">Sheffield</a> is around one hour, with Leeds and York taking approximately two. <a href="/wiki/Birmingham_New_Street_railway_station" title="Birmingham New Street railway station">Birmingham</a> is 50<span class="nowrap"> </span>minutes away and <a href="/wiki/Cambridge_railway_station" title="Cambridge railway station">Cambridge</a>, via Peterborough, can be reached in around 1<span class="nowrap"> </span>hour 55<span class="nowrap"> </span>minutes with further direct services available onto Stansted Airport in north Essex. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Great_Central_Railway">Great Central Railway</h4></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Great_Central_Railway" title="Great Central Railway">Great Central Railway</a></div> <p>The decommissioned <a href="/wiki/Leicester_Central_railway_station" title="Leicester Central railway station">Leicester Central railway station</a> is on the late Victorian Great Central Railway line that ran from London Marylebone northwards. <a href="/wiki/Beeching_cuts" title="Beeching cuts">Beeching cuts</a> closed the route in the late 1960s. A preserved section, however, remains operational in the East Midlands centred on <a href="/wiki/Loughborough_Central_railway_station" title="Loughborough Central railway station">Loughborough Central railway station</a> providing tourist services through central Leicestershire<i>,</i> passing Swithland Reservoir on to the <a href="/wiki/Leicester_North_railway_station" class="mw-redirect" title="Leicester North railway station">Leicester North railway station</a> terminus. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Waterways">Waterways</h3></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:River_Soar_in_Leicester.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/42/River_Soar_in_Leicester.jpg/220px-River_Soar_in_Leicester.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="151" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/42/River_Soar_in_Leicester.jpg/330px-River_Soar_in_Leicester.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/42/River_Soar_in_Leicester.jpg/440px-River_Soar_in_Leicester.jpg 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="549" /></a><figcaption>Section of the River Soar in central Leicester</figcaption></figure> <p>Two navigable waterways join at Leicester: The <a href="/wiki/Grand_Union_Canal#The_Leicester_Line" title="Grand Union Canal">Leicester Line</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Grand_Union_Canal" title="Grand Union Canal">Grand Union Canal</a>, and the <a href="/wiki/River_Soar" title="River Soar">River Soar</a> Navigation. The Grand Union Canal links Leicester with London and Birmingham to the south, and joins the Soar in Leicester, which links the city to the <a href="/wiki/River_Trent" title="River Trent">River Trent</a>, and the <a href="/wiki/Trent_and_Mersey_Canal" title="Trent and Mersey Canal">Trent and Mersey Canal</a> to the north.<sup id="cite_ref-130" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-130"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>127<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Education">Education</h2></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Schools">Schools</h3></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/List_of_schools_in_Leicester" title="List of schools in Leicester">List of schools in Leicester</a></div> <p>Leicester is home to a number of comprehensive schools and independent schools. There are three sixth form colleges, all of which were previously grammar schools. </p><p>The Leicester City <a href="/wiki/Local_Education_Authority" class="mw-redirect" title="Local Education Authority">Local Education Authority</a> initially had a troubled history when formed in 1997 as part of the local government reorganisation – a 1999 <a href="/wiki/Ofsted" title="Ofsted">Ofsted</a> inspection found "few strengths and many weaknesses", although there has been considerable improvement since then. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Tudor_Grange_Samworth_Academy" class="mw-redirect" title="Tudor Grange Samworth Academy">Tudor Grange Samworth Academy</a> an <a href="/wiki/Academy_(English_school)" title="Academy (English school)">academy</a> whose catchment area includes the Saffron and Eyres Monsell estates, was co-sponsored by the <a href="/wiki/Church_of_England" title="Church of England">Church of England</a> and David Samworth, chairman of Samworth Brothers pasty makers. </p><p>Under the "Building Schools for the Future" project, Leicester City Council has contracted with developers Miller Consortium for £315 million to rebuild <a href="/wiki/Beaumont_Leys_School" title="Beaumont Leys School">Beaumont Leys School</a>, <a href="/wiki/Judgemeadow_Community_College" title="Judgemeadow Community College">Judgemeadow Community College</a>, the <a href="/wiki/City_of_Leicester_College" title="City of Leicester College">City of Leicester College</a> in Evington, and <a href="/wiki/Soar_Valley_College" title="Soar Valley College">Soar Valley College</a> in Rushey Mead, and to refurbish Fullhurst Community College in Braunstone.<sup id="cite_ref-131" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-131"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>128<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Leicester City Council underwent a major reorganisation of children's services in 2006, creating a new Children and Young People's Services department. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 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.tmulti .tsingle{float:none!important;max-width:100%!important;box-sizing:border-box;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .tsingle .thumbcaption{text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .trow>.thumbcaption{text-align:center}}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .tmulti .multiimageinner img{background-color:white}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .tmulti .multiimageinner img{background-color:white}}</style><div class="thumb tmulti tright"><div class="thumbinner multiimageinner" style="width:662px;max-width:662px"><div class="trow"><div class="tsingle" style="width:277px;max-width:277px"><div class="thumbimage" style="height:132px;overflow:hidden"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:University_of_Leicester_towers_2010.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/07/University_of_Leicester_towers_2010.jpg/275px-University_of_Leicester_towers_2010.jpg" decoding="async" width="275" height="133" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/07/University_of_Leicester_towers_2010.jpg/413px-University_of_Leicester_towers_2010.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/07/University_of_Leicester_towers_2010.jpg/550px-University_of_Leicester_towers_2010.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3366" data-file-height="1628" /></a></span></div><div class="thumbcaption"><a href="/wiki/University_of_Leicester" title="University of Leicester">University of Leicester</a> seen from <a href="/wiki/Victoria_Park,_Leicester" title="Victoria Park, Leicester">Victoria Park</a> – Left to right: the Department of Engineering, the <a href="/wiki/Attenborough_Tower" class="mw-redirect" title="Attenborough Tower">Attenborough Tower</a>, the Charles Wilson Building.</div></div><div class="tsingle" style="width:200px;max-width:200px"><div class="thumbimage" style="height:132px;overflow:hidden"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Magazine_Square,_Leicester.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Magazine_Square%2C_Leicester.jpg/198px-Magazine_Square%2C_Leicester.jpg" decoding="async" width="198" height="133" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Magazine_Square%2C_Leicester.jpg/297px-Magazine_Square%2C_Leicester.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Magazine_Square%2C_Leicester.jpg/396px-Magazine_Square%2C_Leicester.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2000" data-file-height="1339" /></a></span></div><div class="thumbcaption">Magazine Square, with the <a href="/wiki/Grade_I" class="mw-redirect" title="Grade I">Grade I</a> listed <a href="/wiki/Magazine_Gateway" title="Magazine Gateway">Magazine Gateway</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Hugh_Aston" title="Hugh Aston">Hugh Aston</a> building of <a href="/wiki/De_Montfort_University" title="De Montfort University">De Montfort University</a>.</div></div><div class="tsingle" style="width:179px;max-width:179px"><div class="thumbimage" style="height:132px;overflow:hidden"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:National_Space_Center_Leicester_-_panoramio.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e4/National_Space_Center_Leicester_-_panoramio.jpg/177px-National_Space_Center_Leicester_-_panoramio.jpg" decoding="async" width="177" height="133" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e4/National_Space_Center_Leicester_-_panoramio.jpg/266px-National_Space_Center_Leicester_-_panoramio.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e4/National_Space_Center_Leicester_-_panoramio.jpg/354px-National_Space_Center_Leicester_-_panoramio.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1408" data-file-height="1056" /></a></span></div><div class="thumbcaption"><a href="/wiki/The_National_Space_Centre" class="mw-redirect" title="The National Space Centre">The National Space Centre</a></div></div></div></div></div> <p>Leicester is home to two universities, the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Leicester" title="University of Leicester">University of Leicester</a>, which attained its <a href="/wiki/Royal_Charter" class="mw-redirect" title="Royal Charter">Royal Charter</a> in 1957 and was ranked 12th by the 2009 Complete University Guide,<sup id="cite_ref-132" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-132"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>129<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and <a href="/wiki/De_Montfort_University" title="De Montfort University">De Montfort University</a>, which opened in 1969 as <a href="/wiki/Leicester_Polytechnic" class="mw-redirect" title="Leicester Polytechnic">Leicester Polytechnic</a> and achieved university status in 1992. </p><p>It is also home to the <a href="/wiki/National_Space_Centre" title="National Space Centre">National Space Centre</a> off Abbey Lane, due in part to the University of Leicester being one of the few universities in the UK to specialise in space sciences. </p> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Religion">Religion</h2></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Leicester_Cathedral_Nave,_Leicestershire,_UK_-_Diliff.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ef/Leicester_Cathedral_Nave%2C_Leicestershire%2C_UK_-_Diliff.jpg/220px-Leicester_Cathedral_Nave%2C_Leicestershire%2C_UK_-_Diliff.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="154" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ef/Leicester_Cathedral_Nave%2C_Leicestershire%2C_UK_-_Diliff.jpg/330px-Leicester_Cathedral_Nave%2C_Leicestershire%2C_UK_-_Diliff.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ef/Leicester_Cathedral_Nave%2C_Leicestershire%2C_UK_-_Diliff.jpg/440px-Leicester_Cathedral_Nave%2C_Leicestershire%2C_UK_-_Diliff.jpg 2x" data-file-width="8000" data-file-height="5615" /></a><figcaption>The interior of <a href="/wiki/Leicester_Cathedral" title="Leicester Cathedral">Leicester Cathedral</a></figcaption></figure> <p>The Cathedral Church of Saint Martin, Leicester,<sup id="cite_ref-133" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-133"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>130<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> usually known as <a href="/wiki/Leicester_Cathedral" title="Leicester Cathedral">Leicester Cathedral</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-134" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-134"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>131<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> is the <a href="/wiki/Church_of_England" title="Church of England">Church of England</a> cathedral and is the seat of the <a href="/wiki/Bishop_of_Leicester" title="Bishop of Leicester">Bishop of Leicester</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-135" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-135"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>132<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The church was elevated to a <a href="/wiki/Collegiate_church" title="Collegiate church">collegiate church</a> in 1922 and made a cathedral in 1927 following the establishment of a new <a href="/wiki/Diocese_of_Leicester" title="Diocese of Leicester">Diocese of Leicester</a> in 1926.<sup id="cite_ref-136" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-136"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>133<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-137" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-137"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>134<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:3_138-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:3-138"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>135<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Church_of_England_parish_church" title="Church of England parish church">Church of England parish church</a> of <a href="/wiki/St_Nicholas_Church,_Leicester" title="St Nicholas Church, Leicester">St Nicholas</a> is the oldest place of worship in the city. Parts of the church certainly date from about 880 AD, and a recent architectural survey suggested possible Roman building work. The tower is <a href="/wiki/Norman_architecture" title="Norman architecture">Norman</a>. By 1825 the church was in an extremely poor condition, and plans were made for its demolition. Instead, it was extensively renovated between 1875 and 1884, including the building of a new north <a href="/wiki/Aisle" title="Aisle">aisle</a>. Renovation continued into the twentieth century. A fifteenth-century octagonal <a href="/wiki/Baptismal_font" title="Baptismal font">font</a>. from the redundant <a href="/wiki/Church_of_St_Michael_the_Greater,_Stamford" title="Church of St Michael the Greater, Stamford">Church of St Michael the Greater, Stamford</a>, was transferred to St Nicholas.<sup id="cite_ref-139" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-139"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>136<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>St Peter's Lane takes its name from the former medieval church of that name, which closed in the 1570s, its parish having merged with All Saints church.<sup id="cite_ref-140" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-140"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>137<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>From the mid 17th century Leicester became a noted centre for <a href="/wiki/Nonconformist_(Protestantism)" title="Nonconformist (Protestantism)">Protestant Nonconformity</a> and many sects constructed places of worship in the city including the <a href="/wiki/Baptist_Union_of_Great_Britain" class="mw-redirect" title="Baptist Union of Great Britain">Baptists</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Congregational_church" class="mw-redirect" title="Congregational church">Congregationalists</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Quakers" title="Quakers">Quakers</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Methodist_Church_of_Great_Britain" title="Methodist Church of Great Britain">Methodists</a>, and the <a href="/wiki/Unitarianism" title="Unitarianism">Unitarians</a>. By the 19th century the Baptist, Methodist, and Congregational presence had grown to include churches in several districts across the city and the <a href="/wiki/Nonconformist_conscience" title="Nonconformist conscience">Nonconformist conscience</a> did much to impact the city's progressive politics. Many of these congregations are still active. In the aftermath of <a href="/wiki/Catholic_Emancipation" class="mw-redirect" title="Catholic Emancipation">Catholic Emancipation</a> in the 19th century a number of <a href="/wiki/Roman_Catholic" class="mw-redirect" title="Roman Catholic">Roman Catholic</a> churches and schools have been established in the city (see <a href="/wiki/Catholic_churches_in_Leicester" class="mw-redirect" title="Catholic churches in Leicester">Catholic churches in Leicester</a>).<sup id="cite_ref-Moore,_Andre_2008_141-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Moore,_Andre_2008-141"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>138<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-storyofleicester.info_142-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-storyofleicester.info-142"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>139<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-hist1958_143-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hist1958-143"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>140<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2011 Christians were the largest religious group in the city at 32.4%, with <a href="/wiki/Muslims" title="Muslims">Muslims</a> next (18.6%), followed by <a href="/wiki/Hindus" title="Hindus">Hindus</a> (15.2%), <a href="/wiki/Sikhs" title="Sikhs">Sikhs</a> (4.4%), <a href="/wiki/Buddhists" class="mw-redirect" title="Buddhists">Buddhists</a> (0.4%), and Jews (0.1%). In addition, 0.6% belonged to other religions, 22.8% identified with no religion and 5.6% did not respond to the question.<sup id="cite_ref-144" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-144"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>141<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The city is home to places of worship or gathering for all the faith groups mentioned and many of their respective sub-denominations. In the case of Judaism, for example, with only 0.1% declaring it as their faith, the city hosts two active synagogues: one <a href="/wiki/Liberal_Judaism_(United_Kingdom)" title="Liberal Judaism (United Kingdom)">Liberal</a> and one <a href="/wiki/Orthodox_Judaism" title="Orthodox Judaism">Orthodox</a>.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (May 2020)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Places_of_worship">Places of worship</h3></div> <p>Places of worship include: <a href="/wiki/Holy_Cross_Priory,_Leicester" title="Holy Cross Priory, Leicester">Holy Cross Priory</a> (Roman Catholic), <a href="/wiki/Shree_Jalaram_Prarthana_Mandal" title="Shree Jalaram Prarthana Mandal">Shree Jalaram Prarthana Mandal</a> (Hindu temple),<sup id="cite_ref-145" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-145"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>142<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the <a href="/wiki/Stake_center" class="mw-redirect" title="Stake center">Stake Centre</a> of the <a href="/wiki/LDS_Church" class="mw-redirect" title="LDS Church">LDS Church</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Stake_(Latter_Day_Saints)" title="Stake (Latter Day Saints)">Stake</a>,<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (July 2011)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> four <a href="/wiki/Christadelphian" class="mw-redirect" title="Christadelphian">Christadelphian</a> meeting halls,<sup id="cite_ref-146" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-146"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>143<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Jain" class="mw-redirect" title="Jain">Jain Centre</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-147" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-147"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>144<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Leicester_Cathedral" title="Leicester Cathedral">Leicester Cathedral</a>, Leicester Central Mosque,<sup id="cite_ref-148" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-148"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>145<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Masjid Umar<sup id="cite_ref-149" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-149"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>146<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (Mosque),<sup id="cite_ref-150" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-150"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>147<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Guru Nanak Gurdwara (Sikh), Neve Shalom Synagogue (Progressive Jewish).<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (May 2020)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Culture">Culture</h2></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Curve_Leicester_full_panorama.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7b/Curve_Leicester_full_panorama.jpg/220px-Curve_Leicester_full_panorama.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="137" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7b/Curve_Leicester_full_panorama.jpg/330px-Curve_Leicester_full_panorama.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7b/Curve_Leicester_full_panorama.jpg/440px-Curve_Leicester_full_panorama.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3261" data-file-height="2028" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Curve_(theatre)" title="Curve (theatre)">Curve</a> theatre</figcaption></figure> <p>The city hosts annually a <a href="/wiki/Leicester_Caribbean_Carnival" title="Leicester Caribbean Carnival">Caribbean Carnival and parade</a> (the largest in the UK outside London), <a href="/wiki/Diwali" title="Diwali">Diwali</a> celebrations (the largest outside of India),<sup id="cite_ref-151" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-151"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>148<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the largest comedy festival in the UK <a href="/wiki/Leicester_Comedy_Festival" title="Leicester Comedy Festival">Leicester Comedy Festival</a> and a <a href="/wiki/Pride_Parade" class="mw-redirect" title="Pride Parade">Pride Parade</a> (<a href="/wiki/Leicester_Pride" title="Leicester Pride">Leicester Pride</a>). Belgrave Road, not far from the city centre, is colloquially known as "The Golden Mile" because of the number of Jewellers. </p><p>The Leicester International Short Film Festival is an annual event; it commenced in 1996 under the banner title of "Seconds Out". It has become one of the most important short film festivals in the UK and usually runs in early November, with venues including the <a href="/wiki/Phoenix_Square" title="Phoenix Square">Phoenix Square</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-152" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-152"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>149<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-153" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-153"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>150<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-154" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-154"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>151<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Phoenix_Square_Leicester.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Phoenix_Square_Leicester.jpg/150px-Phoenix_Square_Leicester.jpg" decoding="async" width="150" height="224" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Phoenix_Square_Leicester.jpg/225px-Phoenix_Square_Leicester.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Phoenix_Square_Leicester.jpg/300px-Phoenix_Square_Leicester.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2421" data-file-height="3616" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Phoenix_Square" title="Phoenix Square">Phoenix Square</a> cinema and media complex</figcaption></figure> <p>Notable arts venues in the city include: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Curve_Theatre,_Leicester" class="mw-redirect" title="Curve Theatre, Leicester">Curve</a>: Purpose-designed performing arts centre, designed by <a href="/wiki/Rafael_Vi%C3%B1oly" title="Rafael Viñoly">Rafael Viñoly</a>, opened in Autumn 2008,<sup id="cite_ref-155" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-155"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>152<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/De_Montfort_Hall" title="De Montfort Hall">De Montfort Hall</a></li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/Leicester_Haymarket_Theatre" title="Leicester Haymarket Theatre">Haymarket Theatre</a></li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/Little_Theatre_(Leicester)" title="Little Theatre (Leicester)">Little Theatre</a></li> <li>The Y Theatre at the YMCA<sup id="cite_ref-156" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-156"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>153<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/Peepul_Centre" title="Peepul Centre">Peepul Centre</a>, Designed by Andrzej Blonski Architects, the £15 million building was opened in 2005 and houses an auditorium, restaurant, cyber café, gym and dance studio for the local people, as well as being used for conferences and events. The centre has even been host to former Prime Minister Gordon Brown and other senior Labour Party figures for hustings during the deputy leadership contest.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Phoenix_Square" title="Phoenix Square">Phoenix Square</a>, which in 2009, replaced the <a href="/wiki/Phoenix_Arts_Centre" class="mw-redirect" title="Phoenix Arts Centre">Phoenix Arts Centre</a>.</li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/Sue_Townsend_Theatre" title="Sue Townsend Theatre">Sue Townsend Theatre</a> – which opened in the former Phoenix Arts Centre.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Museums">Museums</h3></div> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-traditional"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Newarke_Houses_Museum_Leicester.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Newarke Houses Museum (Grade II*)"><img alt="Newarke Houses Museum (Grade II*)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/Newarke_Houses_Museum_Leicester.jpg/120px-Newarke_Houses_Museum_Leicester.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="66" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/Newarke_Houses_Museum_Leicester.jpg/180px-Newarke_Houses_Museum_Leicester.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/Newarke_Houses_Museum_Leicester.jpg/240px-Newarke_Houses_Museum_Leicester.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3844" data-file-height="2100" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Newarke_Houses_Museum" title="Newarke Houses Museum">Newarke Houses Museum</a> (Grade II*)</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:New_Walk_Museum_Leicester_2.JPG" class="mw-file-description" title="Leicester Museum & Art Gallery"><img alt="Leicester Museum & Art Gallery" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/New_Walk_Museum_Leicester_2.JPG/120px-New_Walk_Museum_Leicester_2.JPG" decoding="async" width="120" height="90" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/New_Walk_Museum_Leicester_2.JPG/180px-New_Walk_Museum_Leicester_2.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/New_Walk_Museum_Leicester_2.JPG/240px-New_Walk_Museum_Leicester_2.JPG 2x" data-file-width="3264" data-file-height="2448" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Leicester_Museum_%26_Art_Gallery" title="Leicester Museum & Art Gallery">Leicester Museum & Art Gallery</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Abbey_Pumping_station.JPG" class="mw-file-description" title="Abbey Pumping Station"><img alt="Abbey Pumping Station" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d8/Abbey_Pumping_station.JPG/120px-Abbey_Pumping_station.JPG" decoding="async" width="120" height="90" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d8/Abbey_Pumping_station.JPG/180px-Abbey_Pumping_station.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d8/Abbey_Pumping_station.JPG/240px-Abbey_Pumping_station.JPG 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="1200" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Abbey_Pumping_Station" title="Abbey Pumping Station">Abbey Pumping Station</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Jewry_Wall_and_St_Nicholas.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Jewry Wall Museum"><img alt="Jewry Wall Museum" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/97/Jewry_Wall_and_St_Nicholas.jpg/120px-Jewry_Wall_and_St_Nicholas.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="90" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/97/Jewry_Wall_and_St_Nicholas.jpg/180px-Jewry_Wall_and_St_Nicholas.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/97/Jewry_Wall_and_St_Nicholas.jpg/240px-Jewry_Wall_and_St_Nicholas.jpg 2x" data-file-width="5489" data-file-height="4117" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Jewry_Wall_Museum" title="Jewry Wall Museum">Jewry Wall Museum</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Belgrave_Hall_Museum_-_geograph.org.uk_-_70266.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Belgrave Hall"><img alt="Belgrave Hall" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/Belgrave_Hall_Museum_-_geograph.org.uk_-_70266.jpg/120px-Belgrave_Hall_Museum_-_geograph.org.uk_-_70266.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="90" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/Belgrave_Hall_Museum_-_geograph.org.uk_-_70266.jpg/180px-Belgrave_Hall_Museum_-_geograph.org.uk_-_70266.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/Belgrave_Hall_Museum_-_geograph.org.uk_-_70266.jpg/240px-Belgrave_Hall_Museum_-_geograph.org.uk_-_70266.jpg 2x" data-file-width="640" data-file-height="480" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Belgrave_Hall" title="Belgrave Hall">Belgrave Hall</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:GasMuseumMay2010.JPG" class="mw-file-description" title="Gas Museum (Leicester)"><img alt="Gas Museum (Leicester)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5b/GasMuseumMay2010.JPG/90px-GasMuseumMay2010.JPG" decoding="async" width="90" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5b/GasMuseumMay2010.JPG/135px-GasMuseumMay2010.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5b/GasMuseumMay2010.JPG/180px-GasMuseumMay2010.JPG 2x" data-file-width="2448" data-file-height="3264" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Gas_Museum_(Leicester)" class="mw-redirect" title="Gas Museum (Leicester)">Gas Museum (Leicester)</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Leicester_Guildhall.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="The Guildhall"><img alt="The Guildhall" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1d/Leicester_Guildhall.jpg/120px-Leicester_Guildhall.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="83" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1d/Leicester_Guildhall.jpg/180px-Leicester_Guildhall.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1d/Leicester_Guildhall.jpg/240px-Leicester_Guildhall.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4850" data-file-height="3372" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Leicester_Guildhall" title="Leicester Guildhall">The Guildhall</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Dynasty_Death_and_Discovery,_Richard_III_museum_entrance.png" class="mw-file-description" title="King Richard III Visitor Centre"><img alt="King Richard III Visitor Centre" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2a/Dynasty_Death_and_Discovery%2C_Richard_III_museum_entrance.png/120px-Dynasty_Death_and_Discovery%2C_Richard_III_museum_entrance.png" decoding="async" width="120" height="76" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2a/Dynasty_Death_and_Discovery%2C_Richard_III_museum_entrance.png/180px-Dynasty_Death_and_Discovery%2C_Richard_III_museum_entrance.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2a/Dynasty_Death_and_Discovery%2C_Richard_III_museum_entrance.png/240px-Dynasty_Death_and_Discovery%2C_Richard_III_museum_entrance.png 2x" data-file-width="2048" data-file-height="1302" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/King_Richard_III_Visitor_Centre" title="King Richard III Visitor Centre">King Richard III Visitor Centre</a></div> </li> </ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Music">Music</h3></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Music_in_Leicester" title="Music in Leicester">Music in Leicester</a></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="In_popular_culture">In popular culture</h3></div> <p>Leicester is the setting for the fictional diaries of <a href="/wiki/Adrian_Mole" title="Adrian Mole">Adrian Mole</a>, created by <a href="/wiki/Sue_Townsend" title="Sue Townsend">Sue Townsend</a>. In the early books he lives in a suburb of Leicester and attends a local school where he first meets "the love of his life", Pandora Braithwaite. </p><p>After a period of years spent working in Oxford and London, Mole returns to Leicester and gets a job in a second-hand bookshop and a flat in an "upmarket" development on a swan-infested waterfront, which is a barely disguised representation of the area near to St. Nicholas Circle. Vastly in debt he is forced to move to the fictional village of Mangold Parva. The local (fictional) <a href="/wiki/Member_of_Parliament_(United_Kingdom)" title="Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)">Member of Parliament</a> (MP) for the town of Ashby de la Zouch is his old flame, Pandora Braithwaite. </p><p>Leicester is the setting for <a href="/wiki/Rod_Duncan" title="Rod Duncan">Rod Duncan</a>'s novels, the <i>Fall of the Gas-Lit Empire</i> series and the Riot trilogy. </p><p>Leicester and the surrounding county are settings for several <a href="/wiki/Graham_Joyce" title="Graham Joyce">Graham Joyce</a> novels, including <i>Dark Sister</i>, <i>The Limits of Enchantment</i> and <i><a href="/wiki/Some_Kind_of_Fairy_Tale" title="Some Kind of Fairy Tale">Some Kind of Fairy Tale</a></i>. </p><p>The Clarendon Park and New Walk areas of the city, along with an unnamed Charnwood village ("vaguely based upon Cossington", according to the author) are some of the settings of the 2014 novel <i>The Knot of Isis</i> by Chrid McGordon. </p><p>Leicester is the setting for the British children book series, <i><a href="/wiki/The_Sleepover_Club" title="The Sleepover Club">The Sleepover Club</a></i>, by authors Rose Impey, Narinder Dhami, Lorna Read, Fiona Cummings, Louis Catt, Sue Mongredien, Angie Bates, Ginny Deals, Harriet Castor and Jana Novotny Hunter. </p><p>Notable feature films made in the city are <i><a href="/wiki/The_Girl_with_Brains_in_Her_Feet" title="The Girl with Brains in Her Feet">The Girl with Brains in Her Feet</a></i> (1997), <i><a href="/wiki/Jadoo_(2013_film)" title="Jadoo (2013 film)">Jadoo</a></i> (2013) and <i><a href="/wiki/Yamla_Pagla_Deewana_2" title="Yamla Pagla Deewana 2">Yamla Pagla Deewana 2</a></i> (2013). </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Sport">Sport</h2></div> <p>The city of Leicester has a successful record in sport. In 2016, it was named the UK's Greatest Sporting City, and in 2008, it was named as a European City of Sport.<sup id="cite_ref-157" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-157"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>154<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-158" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-158"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>155<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-159" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-159"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>156<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Sport_in_Leicester" title="Sport in Leicester">Sport in Leicester</a></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Leicester_Tigers" title="Leicester Tigers">Leicester Tigers</a> have been the most successful English <a href="/wiki/Rugby_union" title="Rugby union">rugby union</a> football club since the introduction of a league in 1987, winning it a record eleven times, five more than either <a href="/wiki/Bath_Rugby" title="Bath Rugby">Bath</a> or <a href="/wiki/Wasps_RFC" title="Wasps RFC">Wasps</a>. They won the Premiership title most recently in 2022.<sup id="cite_ref-160" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-160"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>157<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:WalkerStadium.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/WalkerStadium.jpg/290px-WalkerStadium.jpg" decoding="async" width="290" height="104" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/WalkerStadium.jpg/435px-WalkerStadium.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/WalkerStadium.jpg/580px-WalkerStadium.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="430" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/King_Power_Stadium" title="King Power Stadium">King Power Stadium</a>, home of <a href="/wiki/Leicester_City" class="mw-redirect" title="Leicester City">Leicester City</a></figcaption></figure> <p><a href="/wiki/Leicester_City" class="mw-redirect" title="Leicester City">Leicester City</a> are a professional association football club who currently compete in the <a href="/wiki/Premier_League" title="Premier League">Premier League</a>. The club attracted global attention after winning the <a href="/wiki/Premier_League" title="Premier League">Premier League</a> title in 2016.<sup id="cite_ref-WillHill_161-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WillHill-161"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>158<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-TelegraphBookies_162-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TelegraphBookies-162"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>159<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Liabilities_163-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Liabilities-163"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>160<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Leicester_Riders" title="Leicester Riders">Leicester Riders</a> are the oldest professional basketball team in the country. In 2016, they moved into the new Charter Street Leicester Community Sports Arena.<sup id="cite_ref-164" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-164"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>161<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Leicestershire_County_Cricket_Club" title="Leicestershire County Cricket Club">Leicestershire County Cricket Club</a> who are a professional cricket club based at Grace Road, Leicester, currently play in the second tier of the county championship. They won the County Championship in 1996 and 1998.<sup id="cite_ref-165" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-165"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>162<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Greyhound_racing_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Greyhound racing in the United Kingdom">Greyhound racing</a> took place at two venues in the city; the main venue was the <a href="/wiki/Leicester_Stadium" title="Leicester Stadium">Leicester Stadium</a> which hosted racing from 1928 to 1984, it also hosted <a href="/wiki/Motorcycle_speedway" title="Motorcycle speedway">speedway</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-166" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-166"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>163<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A smaller track existed at <a href="/wiki/Leicester_(Aylestone_Road)_Greyhound_Track" title="Leicester (Aylestone Road) Greyhound Track">Aylestone Road</a> (1927–1929).<sup id="cite_ref-167" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-167"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>164<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-168" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-168"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>165<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Public_services">Public services</h2></div> <p>In the public sector, <a href="/wiki/University_Hospitals_Leicester" class="mw-redirect" title="University Hospitals Leicester">University Hospitals Leicester</a> NHS Trust is one of the larger employers in the city, with over 12,000 employees working for the Trust. Leicester City Primary Care Trust employs over 1,000 full and part-time staff providing healthcare services in the city. Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust<sup id="cite_ref-169" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-169"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>166<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> employs 3,000 staff providing mental health and learning disability services in the city and county. </p><p>In the private sector are Nuffield Hospital Leicester and the Spire Hospital Leicester. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notable_people">Notable people</h2></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/List_of_people_from_Leicester_and_Leicestershire" title="List of people from Leicester and Leicestershire">List of people from Leicester and Leicestershire</a></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Local_media">Local media</h2></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Print_and_online">Print and online</h3></div> <p>The <i><a href="/wiki/Leicester_Mercury" title="Leicester Mercury">Leicester Mercury</a></i> was founded by <a href="/wiki/James_Thompson_(journalist)" title="James Thompson (journalist)">James Thompson</a> in 1874. Until recently, it was based at 16–18 New Walk, but switched to an almost entirely remote operation after the <a href="/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic" title="COVID-19 pandemic">COVID-19 pandemic</a>. </p><p>Pukaar Group, a local media company, publishes the <i>Leicester Times</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-170" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-170"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>167<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="noprint Inline-Template noprint Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:No_original_research#Primary,_secondary_and_tertiary_sources" title="Wikipedia:No original research"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable secondary sources. (July 2024)">non-primary source needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>A co-operative and independent newspaper, the <i><a href="/wiki/Great_Central_Gazette" class="mw-redirect" title="Great Central Gazette">Great Central Gazette</a></i>, was launched online in March 2023. It plans to launch a print edition in 2024.<sup id="cite_ref-171" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-171"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>168<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/National_World" title="National World">National World</a> has plans to launch online-only <i>Leicester World</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-172" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-172"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>169<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Television">Television</h3></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Midlands_Asian_Television" title="Midlands Asian Television">Midlands Asian Television</a> channel known as MATV Channel 6 was broadcast in Leicester until late 2009. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Cameraman_and_soundman_filming_police_in_Leicester,_England,_1974.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Cameraman_and_soundman_filming_police_in_Leicester%2C_England%2C_1974.jpg/220px-Cameraman_and_soundman_filming_police_in_Leicester%2C_England%2C_1974.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="155" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Cameraman_and_soundman_filming_police_in_Leicester%2C_England%2C_1974.jpg/330px-Cameraman_and_soundman_filming_police_in_Leicester%2C_England%2C_1974.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Cameraman_and_soundman_filming_police_in_Leicester%2C_England%2C_1974.jpg/440px-Cameraman_and_soundman_filming_police_in_Leicester%2C_England%2C_1974.jpg 2x" data-file-width="604" data-file-height="425" /></a><figcaption>Film crew at work during an "anti-Fascist" march in Leicester, August 1974</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Radio">Radio</h3></div> <p><a href="/wiki/BBC_Radio_Leicester" title="BBC Radio Leicester">BBC Radio Leicester</a> was the first <a href="/wiki/BBC_Local_Radio" title="BBC Local Radio">BBC Local Radio</a> station in Britain, opening on 8 November 1967. Other analogue FM radio stations are Leicester Community Radio for English speaking over 35's (1449 AM/MW), <a href="/wiki/Demon_FM" title="Demon FM">Demon FM</a> which is Leicester's community and student radio station broadcasting from De Montfort University, <a href="/wiki/Takeover_Radio" title="Takeover Radio">Takeover Radio</a> is the first ever children's radio station in the UK to be produced and presented by children, <a href="/wiki/Capital_Midlands" title="Capital Midlands">Capital Midlands</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hits_Radio_East_Midlands" title="Hits Radio East Midlands">Hits Radio East Midlands</a>, <a href="/wiki/Smooth_East_Midlands" title="Smooth East Midlands">Smooth East Midlands</a> and <a href="/wiki/Hindu_Sanskar_Radio" class="mw-redirect" title="Hindu Sanskar Radio">Hindu Sanskar Radio</a>, which only broadcasts during Hindu religious festivals. <a href="/wiki/BBC_Asian_Network" title="BBC Asian Network">BBC Asian Network</a> and <a href="/wiki/Sabras_Radio" title="Sabras Radio">Sabras Radio</a> broadcast on AM. </p><p>The local <a href="/wiki/Digital_Audio_Broadcasting" title="Digital Audio Broadcasting">DAB</a> multiplex includes <a href="/wiki/Capital_Midlands" title="Capital Midlands">Capital Midlands</a>, <a href="/wiki/BBC_Radio_Leicester" title="BBC Radio Leicester">BBC Radio Leicester</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hits_Radio_East_Midlands" title="Hits Radio East Midlands">Hits Radio East Midlands</a> and <a href="/wiki/Smooth_East_Midlands" title="Smooth East Midlands">Smooth East Midlands</a>. </p><p>Leicester's independent radio stations launched a new DAB multiplex in 2023.<sup id="cite_ref-173" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-173"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>170<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-174" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-174"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>171<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>There are two hospital radio stations in Leicester, Radio Fox and Radio Gwendolen. Leicester University has a radio station, <a href="/wiki/University_of_Leicester#Galaxy_Radio" title="University of Leicester">Galaxy Radio</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Twin_cities">Twin cities</h2></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/List_of_twin_towns_and_sister_cities_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="List of twin towns and sister cities in the United Kingdom">List of twin towns and sister cities in the United Kingdom</a></div> <p>Leicester is <a href="/wiki/Twin_towns_and_sister_cities" class="mw-redirect" title="Twin towns and sister cities">twinned</a> with six cities.<sup id="cite_ref-Leicester_twinnings_175-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Leicester_twinnings-175"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>172<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Strasbourg" title="Strasbourg">Strasbourg</a>, France (1960)<sup id="cite_ref-Strasbourg_twinnings_176-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Strasbourg_twinnings-176"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>173<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Archant_twinning_3_177-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Archant_twinning_3-177"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>174<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Krefeld" title="Krefeld">Krefeld</a>, Germany (1969)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Masaya" title="Masaya">Masaya</a>, Nicaragua (1987)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chongqing" title="Chongqing">Chongqing</a>, China (1993)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rajkot" title="Rajkot">Rajkot</a>, India (1996)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Haskovo" title="Haskovo">Haskovo</a>, Bulgaria (2008)</li></ul> <p>Since 1973, the <a href="/wiki/Fire_department" title="Fire department">fire services</a> of Leicester and twin city <a href="/wiki/Krefeld" title="Krefeld">Krefeld</a> have played each other in an annual 'friendly' football match.<sup id="cite_ref-BBC_178-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BBC-178"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>175<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Freedom_of_the_City">Freedom of the City</h2></div> <p>The following people and military units have received the <a href="/wiki/Freedom_of_the_City" title="Freedom of the City">Freedom of the City</a> of Leicester. </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1251242444"><table class="plainlinks metadata ambox mbox-small-left ambox-notice" role="presentation" style="width: auto;"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/1d/Information_icon4.svg/20px-Information_icon4.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/1d/Information_icon4.svg/30px-Information_icon4.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/1d/Information_icon4.svg/40px-Information_icon4.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="620" data-file-height="620" /></span></span></td><td class="mbox-text" style="width: auto;"><div class="mbox-text-span">This list is <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Lists#Incomplete_lists" title="Wikipedia:WikiProject Lists">incomplete</a>; you can help by <a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Leicester&action=edit">adding missing items</a>. <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">October 2019</span>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Individuals">Individuals</h3></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_lord_mayors_of_Leicester" title="List of lord mayors of Leicester">Thomas Wright</a>: 25 October 1892.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_lord_mayors_of_Leicester" title="List of lord mayors of Leicester">Edward Wood</a>: 25 October 1892.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_lord_mayors_of_Leicester" title="List of lord mayors of Leicester">Thomas Windley</a> : 31 March 1903.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Colonel_(United_Kingdom)" title="Colonel (United Kingdom)">Colonel</a> John Edward Sarson: 31 March 1903.</li> <li>Alexander Bains: 29 November 1904.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_lord_mayors_of_Leicester" title="List of lord mayors of Leicester">William Wilkins Vincent</a>: 28 November 1911.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Smith_(trade_unionist)" title="Thomas Smith (trade unionist)">Thomas Smith</a>: 3 July 1918.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_lord_mayors_of_Leicester" title="List of lord mayors of Leicester">Jonathan North</a> : 28 January 1919.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Admiral_of_the_Fleet_(Royal_Navy)" title="Admiral of the Fleet (Royal Navy)">Admiral of the Fleet</a> <a href="/wiki/David_Beatty,_1st_Earl_Beatty" title="David Beatty, 1st Earl Beatty">Lord Beatty</a>: 28 January 1919.</li> <li>Thomas Fielding Johnson : 8 July 1919.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Field_marshal_(United_Kingdom)" title="Field marshal (United Kingdom)">Field Marshal</a> <a href="/wiki/Douglas_Haig,_1st_Earl_Haig" title="Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig">Lord Haig</a> : 28 February 1922.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_John_Bond" title="Charles John Bond">Charles John Bond</a>: 28 April 1925.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Captain_(British_Army_and_Royal_Marines)" title="Captain (British Army and Royal Marines)">Captain</a> <a href="/wiki/Robert_Gee" title="Robert Gee">Robert Gee</a>: 28 April 1925.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ramsay_MacDonald" title="Ramsay MacDonald">James Ramsay MacDonald</a>: 29 October 1929.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cosmo_Gordon_Lang" title="Cosmo Gordon Lang">Lord Laig of Lambeth</a>: 28 May 1935.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_lord_mayors_of_Leicester" title="List of lord mayors of Leicester">Walter Ernest Wilford</a>: 26 July 1949.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_lord_mayors_of_Leicester" title="List of lord mayors of Leicester">Thomas Rowland Hill</a>: 3 January 1956.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lieutenant_colonel_(United_Kingdom)" title="Lieutenant colonel (United Kingdom)">Lieutenant Colonel</a> Sir Robert Martin: 3 January 1961.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_lord_mayors_of_Leicester" title="List of lord mayors of Leicester">Sir Charles Robert Keene</a>: 31 July 1962.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Barnett_Janner,_Baron_Janner" class="mw-redirect" title="Barnett Janner, Baron Janner">Lord Janner of the City of Leicester</a>: 26 October 1971.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_lord_mayors_of_Leicester" title="List of lord mayors of Leicester">Sir Frederick Ernest Oliver</a>: 26 October 1971.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_lord_mayors_of_Leicester" title="List of lord mayors of Leicester">Sidney William Bridges</a>: 26 October 1971.</li> <li>Mac Goldsmith: 26 October 1971.<sup id="cite_ref-179" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-179"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>176<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Attenborough" title="David Attenborough">Sir David Attenborough</a>: 30 November 1989.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richard_Attenborough" title="Richard Attenborough">Lord Attenborough of Kingston upon Thames</a>: 30 November 1989.</li> <li>Professor <a href="/wiki/Alec_Jeffreys" title="Alec Jeffreys">Sir Alec Jeffreys</a>: 26 November 1992.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gary_Lineker" title="Gary Lineker">Gary Lineker</a>: 26 November 1992.</li> <li>Frank Ephraim May: 12 July 2001.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rosemary_Conley" title="Rosemary Conley">Rosemary Conley</a>: 12 July 2001.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Engelbert_Humperdinck_(singer)" title="Engelbert Humperdinck (singer)">Engelbert Humperdinck</a>: 25 February 2009.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sue_Townsend" title="Sue Townsend">Susan Lillian Townsend</a>: 25 February 2009.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alan_Birchenall" title="Alan Birchenall">Alan Birchenall</a>: 25 February 2009.</li></ul> <p><sup id="cite_ref-whatdotheyknow.com_180-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-whatdotheyknow.com-180"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>177<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Military_units">Military units</h3></div> <ul><li>The <a href="/wiki/Royal_Anglian_Regiment" title="Royal Anglian Regiment">Royal Anglian Regiment</a>: 25 January 1996.<sup id="cite_ref-whatdotheyknow.com_180-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-whatdotheyknow.com-180"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>177<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/9th/12th_Royal_Lancers" title="9th/12th Royal Lancers">9th/12th Royal Lancers</a>: 30 June 2011.<sup id="cite_ref-181" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-181"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>178<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist reflist-lower-alpha"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-18"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-18">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">"After this unhappy fate of Bladud, Leir, his son was advanced to the throne, and nobly governed his country sixty years. He built, upon the river Sore a city, called in the British tongue Kaerleir, in the Saxon, Leircestre."</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-81"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-81">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Weather station is located 5 miles (8 km) from the Leicester city centre.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-82"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-82">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Data calculated from raw monthly term data</span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239543626"><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-OS_coord-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-OS_coord_1-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-OS_coord_1-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://getoutside.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/local/leicester-city-of-leicester">"Leicester, City of Leicester"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/Ordnance_Survey" title="Ordnance Survey">Ordnance Survey</a></i>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20240302114234/https://getoutside.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/local/leicester-city-of-leicester">Archived</a> from the original on 2 March 2024<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">2 March</span> 2024</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Ordnance+Survey&rft.atitle=Leicester%2C+City+of+Leicester&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fgetoutside.ordnancesurvey.co.uk%2Flocal%2Fleicester-city-of-leicester&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ALeicester" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Councillors_and_Leadership-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Councillors_and_Leadership_2-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.leicester.gov.uk/your-council/">"Your council"</a>. <i>Leicester City Council</i>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20240302114236/https://www.leicester.gov.uk/your-council/">Archived</a> from the original on 2 March 2024<span class="reference-accessdate">. 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">3 May</span> 2024</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Office+for+National+Statistics&rft.atitle=Mid-Year+Population+Estimates%2C+UK%2C+June+2022&rft.date=2024-03-26&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ons.gov.uk%2Ffile%3Furi%3D%2Fpeoplepopulationandcommunity%2Fpopulationandmigration%2Fpopulationestimates%2Fdatasets%2Fpopulationestimatesforukenglandandwalesscotlandandnorthernireland%2Fmid2022%2Fmye22final.xlsx&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ALeicester" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-popstats-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-popstats_4-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-popstats_4-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.ons.gov.uk/file?uri=/peoplepopulationandcommunity/populationandmigration/populationestimates/datasets/populationestimatesforukenglandandwalesscotlandandnorthernireland/mid2022/mye22final.xlsx">"Mid-Year Population Estimates, UK, June 2022"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/Office_for_National_Statistics" title="Office for National Statistics">Office for National Statistics</a></i>. 26 March 2024<span class="reference-accessdate">. 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">2 March</span> 2024</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Office+for+National+Statistics&rft.atitle=Regional+gross+domestic+product%3A+local+authorities&rft.date=2023-04-25&rft.aulast=Fenton&rft.aufirst=Trevor&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ons.gov.uk%2Feconomy%2Fgrossdomesticproductgdp%2Fdatasets%2Fregionalgrossdomesticproductlocalauthorities&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ALeicester" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-7">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">"<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/leicester">Leicester</a>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150919054700/http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/leicester">Archived</a> 19 September 2015 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>". <i>Merriam-Webster Dictionary</i>. Retrieved 28 August 2015.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-8">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.citypopulation.de/en/uk/cities/englandua/">"UNITED KINGDOM: Urban Areas in England"</a>. City Population. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180408141615/https://www.citypopulation.de/UK-EnglandUA.html?cityid=10795">Archived</a> from the original on 8 April 2018<span class="reference-accessdate">. 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Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.nationalforest.org/forest/whatis/where.php">the original</a> on 28 December 2016<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">2 July</span> 2017</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=The+National+forest&rft.atitle=The+National+forest&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nationalforest.org%2Fforest%2Fwhatis%2Fwhere.php&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ALeicester" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-dictionary-12"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-dictionary_12-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-dictionary_12-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-dictionary_12-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><i>The Cambridge Dictionary of English Place-Names Based on the Collections of the English Place-Name Society</i>, ed. by Victor Watts (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2004), s.v. <i>LEICESTER</i>, <i>LEIRE</i>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Stevenson1918-13"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Stevenson1918_13-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFStevenson1918" class="citation journal cs1">Stevenson, W. H. (1918). "A note on the derivation of the name 'Leicester'<span class="cs1-kern-right"></span>". <i>The Archaeological Journal</i>. <b>75</b>. Royal Archaeological Institute (London): 30 f.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Archaeological+Journal&rft.atitle=A+note+on+the+derivation+of+the+name+%27Leicester%27&rft.volume=75&rft.pages=30+f&rft.date=1918&rft.aulast=Stevenson&rft.aufirst=W.+H.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ALeicester" class="Z3988"></span> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFDudley1848" class="citation magazine cs1">Dudley, John (1848). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=qvwRAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA580">"Etymology of the Name of Leicester"</a>. <i>The Gentleman's Magazine</i>. Vol. 184. pp. 580–582.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Gentleman%27s+Magazine&rft.atitle=Etymology+of+the+Name+of+Leicester&rft.volume=184&rft.pages=580-582&rft.date=1848&rft.aulast=Dudley&rft.aufirst=John&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DqvwRAAAAYAAJ%26pg%3DPA580&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ALeicester" class="Z3988"></span> citing Wilford, <i>Asiatick Researches</i> vol. ii. No. 2 (1812), <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=1N5YAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA45">p. 45</a>: "The learned Somner says that the river which runs by it [Leicester] was formerly called Leir by the same contraction [from Legora], and it is probably the river Liar of the anonymous geographer. Mr. Somner, if I be not mistaken, places the original own of <i>Ligora</i> near the source of the Lear, now the Soar".</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-14"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-14">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"> Gelling et al. (eds.), <i>The names of towns and cities in Britain</i>, B. T. Batsford, 1970, p. 122.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-tommyB-15"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-tommyB_15-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Thompson (1849), <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=xBYVAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA448">Appendix B: Leograceaster—The Saxon Name of Leicester, pp. 448 f.</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150519033745/https://books.google.com/books?id=xBYVAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA448">Archived</a> 19 May 2015 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>; Thompson (1849), <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=xBYVAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA7">pp. 7 f</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150517173320/https://books.google.com/books?id=xBYVAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA7">Archived</a> 17 May 2015 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-16"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-16">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Andrew Breeze, '<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://digitalcommons.brockport.edu/jlo/vol5/iss1/1"><i>Historia Brittonum</i>' and Britain’s Twenty-Eight Cities</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20191028121043/https://digitalcommons.brockport.edu/jlo/vol5/iss1/1/">Archived</a> 28 October 2019 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>', <i>Journal of Literary Onomastics</i>, 5.1 (2016), 1–16 (p. 9).</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Geoffrey2:11-17"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Geoffrey2:11_17-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="/wiki/Geoffrey_of_Monmouth" title="Geoffrey of Monmouth">Geoffrey</a>, <a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/History_of_the_Kings_of_Britain/Book_2#11" class="extiw" title="s:History of the Kings of Britain/Book 2">Vol. II, Ch. 11</a>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-19"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-19">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">W. G. Hoskins, "Leicester" <i>History Today</i> (Sep 1951) 1#9 pp 48–56.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-20"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-20">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://archaeologydataservice.ac.uk/archsearch/record.jsf?titleId=1919223">"Archaeology Data Service"</a>. <i>Archaeologydataservice.ac.uk</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. 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"Roman Leicester, a Corrigendum: For Coritani should we read Corieltauvi?". <i>Transactions of the Leicester Archaeological and Historical Society</i>. <b>48</b>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Transactions+of+the+Leicester+Archaeological+and+Historical+Society&rft.atitle=Roman+Leicester%2C+a+Corrigendum%3A+For+Coritani+should+we+read+Corieltauvi%3F&rft.volume=48&rft.date=1983&rft.aulast=Tomlin&rft.aufirst=R+S+O&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ALeicester" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-AJ-23"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-AJ_23-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFTomlin1983" class="citation journal cs1">Tomlin, R S O (1983). "Non Coritani sed Corieltauvi". <i><a href="/wiki/The_Antiquaries_Journal" class="mw-redirect" title="The Antiquaries Journal">The Antiquaries Journal</a></i>. <b>63</b> (2): 353–355. <a href="/wiki/Doi_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Doi (identifier)">doi</a>:<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://doi.org/10.1017%2Fs0003581500066579">10.1017/s0003581500066579</a>. <a href="/wiki/S2CID_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="S2CID (identifier)">S2CID</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:161713854">161713854</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Antiquaries+Journal&rft.atitle=Non+Coritani+sed+Corieltauvi&rft.volume=63&rft.issue=2&rft.pages=353-355&rft.date=1983&rft_id=info%3Adoi%2F10.1017%2Fs0003581500066579&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.semanticscholar.org%2FCorpusID%3A161713854%23id-name%3DS2CID&rft.aulast=Tomlin&rft.aufirst=R+S+O&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ALeicester" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Richard3part2-24"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Richard3part2_24-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Richard3part2_24-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leicestershire-22404032">"Richard III team makes second Leicester car park find"</a>. <i>BBC News Leicester</i>. 4 May 2013. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130507010020/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leicestershire-22404032">Archived</a> from the original on 7 May 2013<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">4 May</span> 2013</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=BBC+News+Leicester&rft.atitle=Richard+III+team+makes+second+Leicester+car+park+find&rft.date=2013-05-04&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.bbc.co.uk%2Fnews%2Fuk-england-leicestershire-22404032&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ALeicester" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-mommy-25"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-mommy_25-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="/wiki/Nennius" title="Nennius">Nennius</a> (<abbr title="Traditional attribution">attrib.</abbr>). <a href="/wiki/Theodor_Mommsen" title="Theodor Mommsen">Theodor Mommsen</a> (<abbr title="Editor">ed.</abbr>). <a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/la:Historia_Brittonum#VI._CIVITATES_BRITANNIAE" class="extiw" title="s:la:Historia Brittonum"><i>Historia Brittonum</i>, VI.</a> Composed after AD 830. <span class="languageicon">(in Latin)</span> Hosted at <a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/la:Main_Page" class="extiw" title="s:la:Main Page">Latin Wikisource</a>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-nashford-26"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-nashford_26-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Ford, David Nash. "<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.britannia.com/history/ebk/articles/nenniuscities.html">The 28 Cities of Britain</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160415120312/http://www.britannia.com/history/ebk/articles/nenniuscities.html">Archived</a> 15 April 2016 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>" at Britannia. 2000.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-27"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-27">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFMills1991" class="citation book cs1">Mills, A.D. (1991). <i>A Dictionary of English Place-Names</i>. 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(district)">Buckinghamshire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Central_Bedfordshire" title="Central Bedfordshire">Central Bedfordshire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cheshire_East" title="Cheshire East">Cheshire East</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cheshire_West_and_Chester" title="Cheshire West and Chester">Cheshire West and Chester</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cornwall" title="Cornwall">Cornwall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/County_Durham_(district)" title="County Durham (district)">County Durham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cumberland_(district)" class="mw-redirect" title="Cumberland (district)">Cumberland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Borough_of_Darlington" title="Borough of Darlington">Darlington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Derby" title="Derby">Derby</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dorset_(district)" title="Dorset (district)">Dorset</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/East_Riding_of_Yorkshire" title="East Riding of Yorkshire">East Riding of Yorkshire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Borough_of_Halton" title="Borough of Halton">Halton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Borough_of_Hartlepool" title="Borough of Hartlepool">Hartlepool</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Herefordshire" title="Herefordshire">Herefordshire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Isle_of_Wight" title="Isle of Wight">Isle of Wight</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Isles_of_Scilly" title="Isles of Scilly">Isles of Scilly</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kingston_upon_Hull" title="Kingston upon Hull">Kingston upon Hull</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Leicester</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Luton" title="Luton">Luton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Medway" title="Medway">Medway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Borough_of_Middlesbrough" title="Borough of Middlesbrough">Middlesbrough</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/City_of_Milton_Keynes" title="City of Milton Keynes">Milton Keynes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_East_Lincolnshire" title="North East Lincolnshire">North East Lincolnshire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_Lincolnshire" title="North Lincolnshire">North Lincolnshire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_Northamptonshire" title="North Northamptonshire">North Northamptonshire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_Somerset" title="North Somerset">North Somerset</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_Yorkshire_(district)" title="North Yorkshire (district)">North Yorkshire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northumberland" title="Northumberland">Northumberland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nottingham" title="Nottingham">Nottingham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/City_of_Peterborough" title="City of Peterborough">Peterborough</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Plymouth" title="Plymouth">Plymouth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Portsmouth" title="Portsmouth">Portsmouth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Reading,_Berkshire" title="Reading, Berkshire">Reading</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Redcar_and_Cleveland" title="Redcar and Cleveland">Redcar and Cleveland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rutland" title="Rutland">Rutland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shropshire_(district)" title="Shropshire (district)">Shropshire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Borough_of_Slough" title="Borough of Slough">Slough</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Somerset" title="Somerset">Somerset</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Southampton" title="Southampton">Southampton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/City_of_Southend-on-Sea" class="mw-redirect" title="City of Southend-on-Sea">Southend-on-Sea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_Gloucestershire" title="South Gloucestershire">South Gloucestershire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Borough_of_Stockton-on-Tees" title="Borough of Stockton-on-Tees">Stockton-on-Tees</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stoke-on-Trent" title="Stoke-on-Trent">Stoke-on-Trent</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Borough_of_Swindon" title="Borough of Swindon">Swindon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Telford_and_Wrekin" title="Telford and Wrekin">Telford and Wrekin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thurrock" title="Thurrock">Thurrock</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Torbay" title="Torbay">Torbay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Borough_of_Warrington" title="Borough of Warrington">Warrington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/West_Berkshire" title="West Berkshire">West Berkshire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Westmorland_and_Furness" title="Westmorland and Furness">Westmorland and Furness</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/West_Northamptonshire" title="West Northamptonshire">West Northamptonshire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wiltshire_(district)" title="Wiltshire (district)">Wiltshire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Royal_Borough_of_Windsor_and_Maidenhead" title="Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead">Windsor and Maidenhead</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Borough_of_Wokingham" title="Borough of Wokingham">Wokingham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/City_of_York" title="City of York">York</a></li></ul> </div></td><td class="noviewer navbox-image" rowspan="3" style="width:1px;padding:0 0 0 2px"><div><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:English_unitary_authorities_map_2023.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img 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Borough Council">Bedford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Blackburn_with_Darwen_Borough_Council" title="Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council">Blackburn with Darwen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Blackpool_Council" title="Blackpool Council">Blackpool</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bournemouth,_Christchurch_and_Poole_Council" title="Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council">Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bracknell_Forest_Council" title="Bracknell Forest Council">Bracknell Forest</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brighton_and_Hove_City_Council" title="Brighton and Hove City Council">Brighton and Hove</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bristol_City_Council" title="Bristol City Council">Bristol</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Buckinghamshire_Council" title="Buckinghamshire Council">Buckinghamshire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Central_Bedfordshire_Council" title="Central Bedfordshire Council">Central Bedfordshire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cheshire_East_Council" title="Cheshire East Council">Cheshire East</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cheshire_West_and_Chester_Council" title="Cheshire West and Chester Council">Cheshire West and Chester</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cornwall_Council" title="Cornwall Council">Cornwall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/County_Durham_Council" class="mw-redirect" title="County Durham Council">County Durham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cumberland_Council" title="Cumberland Council">Cumberland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Darlington_Borough_Council" class="mw-redirect" title="Darlington Borough Council">Darlington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Derby_City_Council" title="Derby City Council">Derby</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dorset_Council_(UK)" title="Dorset Council (UK)">Dorset</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/East_Riding_of_Yorkshire_Council" title="East Riding of Yorkshire Council">East Riding of Yorkshire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Halton_Borough_Council" title="Halton Borough Council">Halton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hartlepool_Borough_Council" class="mw-redirect" title="Hartlepool Borough Council">Hartlepool</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Herefordshire_Council" title="Herefordshire Council">Herefordshire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Isle_of_Wight_Council" title="Isle of Wight Council">Isle of Wight</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Council_of_the_Isles_of_Scilly" title="Council of the Isles of Scilly">Isles of Scilly</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hull_City_Council" title="Hull City Council">Kingston upon Hull</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leicester_City_Council" title="Leicester City Council">Leicester</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Luton_Borough_Council" title="Luton Borough Council">Luton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Medway_Council" title="Medway Council">Medway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Middlesbrough_Council" title="Middlesbrough Council">Middlesbrough</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Milton_Keynes_City_Council" title="Milton Keynes City Council">Milton Keynes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_East_Lincolnshire_Council" title="North East Lincolnshire Council">North East Lincolnshire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_Lincolnshire_Council" title="North Lincolnshire Council">North Lincolnshire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_Northamptonshire_Council" class="mw-redirect" title="North Northamptonshire Council">North Northamptonshire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_Somerset_Council" title="North Somerset Council">North Somerset</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_Yorkshire_Council" title="North Yorkshire Council">North Yorkshire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northumberland_County_Council" title="Northumberland County Council">Northumberland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nottingham_City_Council" title="Nottingham City Council">Nottingham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peterborough_City_Council" title="Peterborough City Council">Peterborough</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Plymouth_City_Council" title="Plymouth City Council">Plymouth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Portsmouth_City_Council" title="Portsmouth City Council">Portsmouth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Reading_Borough_Council" title="Reading Borough Council">Reading</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Redcar_and_Cleveland_Borough_Council" title="Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council">Redcar and Cleveland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rutland_County_Council" title="Rutland County Council">Rutland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shropshire_Council" title="Shropshire Council">Shropshire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Slough_Borough_Council" title="Slough Borough Council">Slough</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Somerset_Council" title="Somerset Council">Somerset</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Southampton_City_Council" title="Southampton City Council">Southampton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Southend-on-Sea_City_Council" title="Southend-on-Sea City Council">Southend-on-Sea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_Gloucestershire_Council" title="South Gloucestershire Council">South Gloucestershire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stockton-on-Tees_Borough_Council" title="Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council">Stockton-on-Tees</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stoke-on-Trent_City_Council" title="Stoke-on-Trent City Council">Stoke-on-Trent</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swindon_Borough_Council" title="Swindon Borough Council">Swindon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Telford_and_Wrekin_Council" title="Telford and Wrekin Council">Telford and Wrekin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thurrock_Council" title="Thurrock Council">Thurrock</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Torbay_Council" title="Torbay Council">Torbay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Warrington_Borough_Council" title="Warrington Borough Council">Warrington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/West_Berkshire_Council" title="West Berkshire Council">West Berkshire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Westmorland_and_Furness_Council" title="Westmorland and Furness Council">Westmorland and Furness</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/West_Northamptonshire_Council" class="mw-redirect" title="West Northamptonshire Council">West Northamptonshire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wiltshire_Council" title="Wiltshire Council">Wiltshire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Windsor_and_Maidenhead_Borough_Council" title="Windsor and Maidenhead Borough Council">Windsor and Maidenhead</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wokingham_Borough_Council" title="Wokingham Borough Council">Wokingham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/City_of_York_Council" title="City of York Council">York</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Elections</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bath_and_North_East_Somerset_Council_elections" title="Bath and North East Somerset Council elections">Bath and North East Somerset</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bedford_Borough_Council_elections" title="Bedford Borough Council elections">Bedford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Blackburn_with_Darwen_Borough_Council_elections" title="Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council elections">Blackburn with Darwen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Blackpool_Borough_Council_elections" title="Blackpool Borough Council elections">Blackpool</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bournemouth,_Christchurch_and_Poole_Council_elections" title="Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council elections">Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bracknell_Forest_Borough_Council_elections" title="Bracknell Forest Borough Council elections">Bracknell Forest</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brighton_and_Hove_City_Council_elections" title="Brighton and Hove City Council elections">Brighton and Hove</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bristol_City_Council_elections" title="Bristol City Council elections">Bristol</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Buckinghamshire_Council_elections" title="Buckinghamshire Council elections">Buckinghamshire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Central_Bedfordshire_Council_elections" title="Central Bedfordshire Council elections">Central Bedfordshire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cheshire_East_Council_elections" title="Cheshire East Council elections">Cheshire East</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cheshire_West_and_Chester_Council_elections" title="Cheshire West and Chester Council elections">Cheshire West and Chester</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cornwall_Council_elections" title="Cornwall Council elections">Cornwall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Durham_County_Council_elections" title="Durham County Council elections">County Durham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cumberland_Council_elections" title="Cumberland Council elections">Cumberland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Darlington_Borough_Council_elections" title="Darlington Borough Council elections">Darlington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Derby_City_Council_elections" title="Derby City Council elections">Derby</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dorset_Council_elections" title="Dorset Council elections">Dorset</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/East_Riding_of_Yorkshire_Council_elections" title="East Riding of Yorkshire Council elections">East Riding of Yorkshire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Halton_Borough_Council_elections" title="Halton Borough Council elections">Halton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hartlepool_Borough_Council_elections" title="Hartlepool Borough Council elections">Hartlepool</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Herefordshire_Council_elections" title="Herefordshire Council elections">Herefordshire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Isle_of_Wight_Council_elections" title="Isle of Wight Council elections">Isle of Wight</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Council_of_the_Isles_of_Scilly_elections" title="Council of the Isles of Scilly elections">Isles of Scilly</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hull_City_Council_elections" title="Hull City Council elections">Kingston upon Hull</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leicester_City_Council_elections" title="Leicester City Council elections">Leicester</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Luton_Borough_Council_elections" title="Luton Borough Council elections">Luton</a></li> <li><a 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