Leisure and culture

• Explore Leicester’s hidden history as heritage festival returns

  3 September 2025

  4 minute read

  HIDDEN heritage gems that are not normally accessible to the public are being opened up for free as part of a national festival.

• New booklet sets out huge range of treats on offer in Leicester city centre

  3 September 2025

  2 minute read

  FROM bagels to bubble tea and waffles to wraps – a new booklet sets out the huge range of treats on offer at Leicester city centre’s independent cafes and coffee bars.

• Last chance to discover stories from ‘The Saff’ at Leicester Museum

  22 August 2025

  1 minute read

  AN EXHIBITION at Leicester Museum that tells the story of Leicester’s Saffron Lane estate in the words of the people who live there will close at the end of the month.

• Call out for artists to enter Leicester’s popular Open exhibition

  15 August 2025

  2 minute read

  ARTISTS from across the East Midlands are being invited to submit their entries for Leicester’s annual Open exhibition before next month’s deadline.

• Family fun at Abbey Pumping Station this Sunday

  14 August 2025

  1 minute read

  LEICESTER’S Abbey Pumping Station will be welcoming visitors of all ages to its summer family fun day this weekend.

• Mobile museum takes its curiosities to the Brite Centre

  14 August 2025

  1 minute read

  LEICESTER Museums are getting out and about in the city this summer, taking their mobile museum of fascinating artefacts to local neighbourhoods.

• Seeds from Hiroshima survivor tree take root in Leicester

  12 August 2025

  3 minute read

  SEEDS from trees which survived the atomic bomb in Hiroshima have taken root in Leicester in time for the 80th anniversary of VJ Day.

• New PlayZone opens in Eyres Monsell

  6 August 2025

  2 minute read

  A NEW and improved PlayZone has been opened in Eyres Monsell.

• Join Growing Spaces event for family fun

  6 August 2025

  2 minute read

  FREE seed giveaways, recipes, food-growing activities and a visit from the Bookbus will mark the launch of a new community growing strategy for Leicester.

• Community garden created on Leicester estate

  5 August 2025

  2 minute read

  A NEW community garden that helps to combat social isolation has been officially opened on Leicester’s Saffron Lane estate.

• Grab your bike and take part in Leicester’s Cycle to Work Day!

  31 July 2025

  1 minute read

  FREE fruit, fix-it workshops and a bike buddy to guide commuters into the city will help mark Leicester’s Cycle to Work Day.

• Heritage panels highlight city’s links to Attenborough family

  30 July 2025

  3 minute read

  TWO new heritage panels have been unveiled highlighting Leicester’s links with the Attenborough family.