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Leicester is close to the eastern end of the National Forest. [11] Leicester has a long history extending into ancient times, it was the site of the Roman town of Ratae Corieltauvorum, which was later captured by the Anglo-Saxons, and then by the Vikings who made it one of the Five Boroughs of the Danelaw.
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The ceremonial county of Leicestershire (which includes the unitary authority of Leicester), is divided into 11 parliamentary constituencies - 3 borough constituencies and 8 county constituencies. One of these is a cross-county boundary constituency with Lincolnshire also including the small historic county of Rutland , which was ...
Leicester City Centre is Leicester's historical commercial, cultural and transport hub and is home to its central business district. Its inner core is roughly delineated by the A594, Leicester's inner ring road, although the various central campuses of the University of Leicester, De Montfort University and Leicester College are adjacent to the inner ring road and could be considered to be a ...
The LE postcode area, also known as the Leicester postcode area, [2] is a group of 21 postcode districts in central England, within 12 post towns.These cover most of Leicestershire (including Leicester, Loughborough, Hinckley, Melton Mowbray, Coalville, Market Harborough, Ashby de la Zouch, Lutterworth, Wigston, Markfield and Ibstock) and most of Rutland (including Oakham), plus small parts of ...
The Farley Way Stadium is home to local association football club Quorn F.C. as well as Leicester City W.F.C. In the past few years, efforts have been made to cater for the local young people. These have resulted in a half pipe being built next to the basketball court on Stafford Orchard, and a green shelter erected on the same site.
The Leicester Statue of Liberty is a small replica of Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi's Statue of Liberty (Liberty Enlightening the World) by local stonemason Joseph Morcom installed at the twin Soar River bridges in Leicester, England.
Fleckney / ˈ f l ɛ k n iː / is a village and civil parish in the Harborough district of Leicestershire, England.It is situated 2.5 miles (4 km) west of the A6 national route between Market Harborough and Leicester.