Places to see in ( Leicester - UK )
Places to see in ( Leicester - UK )
Leicester is a city in England’s East Midlands region. Leicester Cathedral, where Richard III was reinterred in 2015, has stood at the city’s heart for over 900 years. Close by, the King Richard III Visitor Centre tells the story of the king’s life and death and displays his original burial site. The ruins of Leicester Castle, where Richard III spent some of his last days, lie in Castle Gardens, near the River Soar.
Leicester is a city and unitary authority area in the East Midlands of England, and the county town of Leicestershire. The city of Leicester lies on the River Soar and at the edge of the National Forest.
Leicester is at the intersection of two major railway lines—the north/south Midland Main Line and the east/west Birmingham to London Stansted CrossCountry line; as well as the confluence of the M1/M69 motorways and the A6/A46 trunk routes. Leicester is the home to football club Leicester City, a club that caused a major upset by winning the 2016 Premier League title, the first new English championship winners for several decades at the time.
There are ten Scheduled Monuments in Leicester and thirteen Grade I listed buildings: some sites, such as Leicester Castle and the Jewry Wall, appear on both lists.
20th-century architecture: Leicester University Engineering Building (James Stirling & James Gowan : Grd II Listed), Kingstone Department Store, Belgrave Gate (Raymond McGrath : Grd II Listed), National Space Centre tower.
Older architecture:
Parks: Abbey Park, Botanic Gardens, Castle Gardens, Gorse Hill City Farm, Grand Union Canal, Knighton Park, Nelson Mandela Park, River Soar, Victoria Park, Watermead Country Park.
Industry: Abbey Pumping Station, National Space Centre, Great Central Railway.
Places of worship: Shree Jalaram Prarthana Mandal (Hindu temple), the Stake Centre of the LDS Church's Leicester England Stake, Jain Centre, Leicester Cathedral, Leicester Central Mosque, Masjid Umar (Mosque), Guru Nanak Gurdwara (Sikh), Neve Shalom Synagogue (Progressive Jewish).
Historic buildings: Town Hall, Guildhall, Belgrave Hall, Jewry Wall, Secular Hall, Abbey, Castle, St Mary de Castro, The City Rooms, Newarke Magazine Gateway.
Shopping: Abbey Lane-grandes surfaces, Beaumont Shopping Centre, Belvoir Street/Market Street, Fosse Shopping Park, Golden Mile, Haymarket Shopping Centre, Highcross, Leicester Lanes, Leicester Market, Oadby, St Martin's Square, Silver Arcade area, Thurmaston Retail Village & Wigston.
Sport: King Power Stadium – Leicester City FC, Welford Road – Leicester Tigers, Grace Road – Leicestershire County Cricket Club, Beaumont Sports Complex - Leicester Lions Speedway, Leicester Sports Arena – Leicester Riders, Saffron Lane sports centre – Leicester Coritanian Athletics Club
( Leicester - UK) is well know as a tourist destination because of the variety of places you can enjoy while you are visiting the city of Leicester . Through a series of videos we will try to show you recommended places to visit in Leicester - UK
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Bradgate Park - FULL VIDEO TOUR (Leicestershire, England)
Bradgate Park is pretty much THE park of Leicester! No trip to Bradgate Park is complete without swimming in the 'no swim' areas and stumbling up to visit Old John; which sits predominently on the top of the hill in the park. They have a new addition to the park now, a small museum which was opened by David Attenborough himself!
Bradgate Park (local pronunciation: /ˌbrædɡʌt/) is a public park in Charnwood Forest, in Leicestershire, England, northwest of Leicester. It covers 850 acres (340 hectares). The park lies between the villages of Newtown Linford, Anstey, Cropston, Woodhouse Eaves and Swithland. The River Lin runs through the park, flowing into Cropston Reservoir which was constructed on part of the park. To the north-east lies Swithland Wood. The park's two well known landmarks, Old John and the war memorial, both lie just above the 210 m (690 ft) contour.
Address: Newtown Linford LE6 0HE, UK
Park set in 830 acres, with footpaths, a stream, a playground plus roaming peacocks and fallow deer.
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Wild Swimming - UK - England - Leicester - River Swimming - The Tree
Wild Swimming was at one time popular all along the canal and in the rivers and lakes of Leicester. Today swimmers have retreated to out of the way locations because attitudes towards outdoor swimming have forced them away from the deeper waters of the city in public view. Even so on a sunny day huge numbers flock to enjoy Leicester's City Parks and take a dip in the refreshing waters that welcome them.
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London Road Trip
On the 19th of December 2007, Daniel and I went on a Road Trip from Glasgow-London to see Bruce Springsteen and the E-Street Band perform at the London O2 Arena (Millenium Dome). I edited the video using Adobe Premiere CS3. In the video we visit Canary Wharf, Tower Bridge, The London Eye, Thames Barrier and Abbey Road.
Songs featured:
Radiohead - Weird Fishes/Arpeggi
- Reckoner
Enjoy!
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Evening Peak at Bedford, MML | 01/05/18
A busy and sunny evening at Bedford situated on the Midland Mainline during the evening peak of Tuesday 1st May 2018. Unlike the East Coast Mainline this video contains many 700's from/to destinations like Brighton, Three Bridges etc.
Bedford info:
Bedford railway station (formerly Bedford Midland Road) is the larger of two railway stations in the town of Bedford in Bedfordshire, England. It is on the Midland main line from London St Pancras to the East Midlands and the terminus of the Marston Vale line from Bletchley through Bedford St Johns.
History:
The original station was built by the Midland Railway in 1859 on its line to the Great Northern at Hitchin. It was on land known as Freemen's Common approximately 200 yards (180 m) south of the current station on Ashburnham Road.
The London & North Western Railway (LNWR) also had a station on its line between Bletchley and Cambridge. The Midland crossed it on the level and there was a serious collision when an LNWR train passed a red signal. (Curiously, both drivers were named John Perkins). Following this accident, the Midland built a flyover in 1885.
The extension to St Pancras opened in 1868. The connection to Hitchin is long gone, but the line north of Bedford to Wigston Junction is still officially referred to as the Leicester to Hitchin line. At this time the station was substantially altered, with the replacement of a level crossing by the Queen's Park overbridge. In 1890 fast lines were added to the west to allow expresses to bypass the station.
Serious damage occurred during World War II when a bomb destroyed the booking hall's glass ceiling. The current station was built to replace it and was opened by Sir Peter Parker (chairman of BR) on 9 October 1978. The station was moved about 110 yards (100 m) north; the slow lines were realigned to the west next to the 1890 fast lines, to which platforms were added.
Although the intention was for what remained of the old awnings to be transferred to the Midland Railway at Butterley in Derbyshire it proved impossible to save them. Nothing remains of the original station buildings.
Services over the Marston Vale line to/from Bletchley were transferred here from the old LNWR St Johns station in May 1984. A new connection, which runs along the formation formerly used by the abandoned line to Hitchin (closed to passenger traffic from 1 January 1962 and completely three years later), was laid from the Marston Vale branch up to the main line to permit this. The original St Johns station closed on 14 May 1984 with a replacement halt on the new chord opening the same day. Bletchley trains henceforth used a bay platform (numbered 1A) on the eastern side of the station and still do currently (summer 2016).
The track layout around the station is set for significant changes as Network Rail aims to make operations easier and faster, in conjunction with electrification northward to Sheffield and westward to Bletchley and Oxford. The majority of the work will be north of the station.
Services:
The station is served by three operators and managed by Thameslink.
East Midlands Trains semi-fast services along the Midland Main Line between London St Pancras and Nottingham call at the station, as do London-Corby services. These services mostly use Class 222 Meridian diesel-electric multiple units. Morning and evening peaks see some Nottingham services extended to Lincoln via Newark Castle and Corby services extended to Melton Mowbray, plus some Derby and Sheffield services calling. The weekend sees trains operating to York and in the summer months these extend to/from Scarborough.
Thameslink operates Thameslink route services to Brighton through St Albans and London St Pancras. Services from the station also call at Luton Airport Parkway and Gatwick Airport. Additional services start or terminate at Gatwick Airport or Three Bridges. These services use Class 700 electric multiple units. Thameslink also runs a few services a day to Sutton on the Sutton Loop line, via both Wimbledon and Mitcham Junction.
London Northwestern Railway operates local services to Bletchley via the Marston Vale Line using Class 150 Sprinter and Class 153 Super Sprinter diesel multiple units. There is no Sunday service on this line.
Future:
Plans were being promoted by Network Rail and Bedford Borough Council for the redevelopment of the station quarter. A new station building was erected on the site of the former Victorian station, which was closed and bulldozed in 1978 when the current buildings opened. This area is now a council pay-and-display car park. Platform 1A was extended through the existing building to accommodate 12-car trains.
The station will be the eastern terminus for some time of East West Rail, a plan to reopen the railway from Oxford and Aylesbury. As of December 2017, extension to Cambridge and East Anglia via Sandy is planned but not funded.
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Steam Train: 35028 Clan Line, VSOE British Pullman Excursion to Bristol, 13 March 2013
This is a video of preserved ex-Southern Railway Merchant Navy class Bulleid pacific loco no 35028 Clan Line.
She is seen on 13th March 2013 pulling the Orient Express British Pullman steam excursion from London to Bristol. The locations are at Amen Corner, Bracknell on the Ascot to Reading line and at Theale Station, on the Reading to Newbury line. The train is travelling at about 55mph in the first shot, and 70 mph in the second.
Built in 1948, Clan Line is owned by the Merchant Navy Locomotive Preservation Society, who purchased her from British Railways for £3850 in 1967. She returned to mainline service in 1974, and has had a longer career in preservation than under BR ownership!
Leicester part I
1 hour 24 minutes from London St.Pancras by train and you in Leicester. Quickly, comfortably. Nice city.Centre is very busy with refurbishments. Big market, a lot of parks, gardens, historical sites and Asians(Indians, Pakistani, Bangla, kebab-shops, Hindu restaurants on every corner, a lot of information desks written on couple Asian languages).
A day at Peterborough 1st September 2015
The modern equivalent of the old BR Cheap Day Return ticket cost the princely sum of £15 so Peterborough for the day was on. I was interest to see the EMU traffic that does not venture farther North, especially as it was livery change period but we were also treated to a good variety of freight including a passing 47. Even the track machines came out to play. All in all a good day out for the money on a station with a good buffet and clean toilets.