Leisure and culture

• Knighton library gets £75,000 facelift

  20 January 2022

  1 minute read

  IMPROVEMENTS have been made to Knighton Library as part of a £75,000 investment by the city council.

• Leicester joins cities in celebrating a World Reimagined

  18 January 2022

  3 minute read

  LEICESTER has been announced as one of seven UK cities that will host a national art education project this year that aims to transform understanding of the Transatlantic Slave Trade.

• New innovations on the way at Leicester’s museums

  17 January 2022

  3 minute read

  A GALLERY that tells the stories of Leicester’s communities, opportunities to interact with dinosaurs, and an AR reconstruction of the medieval friary where King Richard III was buried are just some of the developments that visitors to Leicester’s museums can look forward to.

• 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

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  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.