Leicester Heritage: A Grade II Listed Building and William Carey Museum Tours
Central Baptist Church, Charles Street, Leicester, Leicestershire, LE1 1LA
Visit the building and, if interested in the William Carey Museum, spend about half an hour exploring. Enter through the front of the building and the church's main doors. William Carey, a missionary to India, became a renowned reformer. He worked to abolish Sati, the horrific practice of widows being burned alive with their deceased husbands. Carey also brought the first printing press to India, enabling the printing of newspapers, religious books, including the Holy Bible, in numerous Indian languages.
Timings
- Friday 11 September:
- 1200-1400
- Saturday 12 September:
- 1200-1500
- Sunday 13 September:
- 1000-1315
- Monday 14 September:
- 1030-1230
- Friday 18 September:
- 1200-1400
- Saturday 19 September:
- 1200-1500
- Sunday 20 September:
- 1000-1315
Location & directions
Central Baptist Church, Charles Street, Leicester, Leicestershire, LE1 1LA
- Directions:
- This is an appointment booking only site. Please call us or send an email to book an appointment. When you book an appointment, come to the front of the church, and someone will open the door. If you ever come behind the building into the Alfred Place car park, please give us a call.
- Contact on day:
- Craig Sweeney-Essex
- Telephone number:
- +441162552520
Booking information
- Pre-booking requirement:
- Pre-booking required
- Booking conditions:
- Please call or email in advance to book a tour of the church building and/or the William Carey Museum. Please let us know whether you have any access requirements as there are steps leading into the building via Charles Street but accessible access can be arranged.
- Booking contact name:
- Laura Sweeney-Essex
- Booking telephone number:
- +441162552520
- Booking email:
- [email protected]
- Booking opens:
- 30 Jul 2026 12:00 AM
- Booking closes:
- 20 Sep 2026 12:00 AM
Accessibility details
This is a Church building. Strictly no smoking, vaping or alcohol permitted.
Additional information
You are welcome to come and see one of the old churches in Leicester and the William Carey Museum is for those who are interested to learn more about this remarkable man. He was part of this church and this is the congregation that sent him to India as a missionary. He did great work translating the Bible into Indian languages and was also a man who stood against evil social practices. He never returned back to the UK.
- Max number of people:
- 8
- Estimated duration:
- 0 hour(s) 40 minute(s)
