Leisure and culture

• Latest heritage information panels take their places in the city

  11 January 2022

  2 minute read

  A SERIES of 10 new heritage panels have been installed to tell the stories behind key historic and cultural sites across the city.

• New all-weather cricket net ready for January opening

  23 December 2021

  1 minute read

  A BRAND new facility for those who love to play cricket will open in Belgrave in January.

• Pocket park reopens for local people to enjoy

  16 December 2021

  1 minute read

  A POCKET park in a city neighbourhood has been tidied up and reopened in response to local residents.

• Public art commission celebrates city’s links with the fox

  30 November 2021

  2 minute read

  THE FOX is to be celebrated in a series of life-size sculptures that will be installed at three sites across the city centre.

• Red, white and blue trees to mark Queen’s Platinum Jubilee

  29 November 2021

  3 minute read

  A TRIO of trees, chosen for their red, white and blue foliage, will be planted in Leicester’s Abbey Park to mark the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee in 2022.

• Lots on at Leicester’s museums this winter

  19 November 2021

  2 minute read

  LEICESTER’S museums are full of ideas for a great day out this winter, with new exhibitions, live performances and Christmas events to look forward to.

• City counts down to Thursday’s big Christmas switch-on

  16 November 2021

  7 minute read

  CHRISTMAS celebrations make a welcome return to the streets of Leicester this year – but with a new format for the traditional lights' switch-on to help people stay safe.

• Museum’s World Arts Gallery to close as new exhibition space takes shape

  16 November 2021

  1 minute read

  VISITORS to Leicester Museum and Art Gallery have only two more weeks to enjoy one of the venue’s galleries before it closes to the public to create a new exhibition space.

• Christmas story inspires new exhibition at Newarke Houses Museum

  11 November 2021

  1 minute read

  THE SNOWMAN™ and The Snowdog provides the inspiration for a special Christmas exhibition at Leicester’s Newarke Houses Museum.

• Tree’s arrival marks the start of Leicester’s countdown to Christmas

  11 November 2021

  6 minute read

  THE LIGHTS are going up, the temperature’s going down and the giant tree is standing proud at Leicester’s Clock Tower – and that means the countdown to Christmas is well under way.

• ‘Happy Wheel’ to light up Jubilee Square from Friday

  10 November 2021

  1 minute read

  THERE’LL be a new attraction in Leicester’s Jubilee Square from Friday (12 November), as the preparations for the city’s Christmas celebrations gather pace.

• Moneywise Plus partners with libraries to help jobless people in Leicester and Leicestershire

  10 November 2021

  4 minute read

  JOBLESS people facing mounting money worries this winter will be able to access help and guidance at a series of roadshows being rolled out across Leicester and Leicestershire’s libraries during November.