Leicester
Properties and events in Leicester
Before heading out for your Heritage Open Days visit, please check entries for last-minute changes.
8 Bowling Green Street
As the current custodians of the historic building at 8 Bowling Green Street, Serendipity Institute for Black Arts and Heritage has researched its fascinating history and the vital role it has played in Leicester since 1865.
Braunstone Stable Block Museum
Old stables to Braunstone Hall (Winstanley Hotel now). We have 5 rooms of displays of local history and details of the last Lord of the Manor, Major Richard Winstanley.
City Hall Tour
City Hall, Leicester City Council’s headquarters underwent major refurbishment to create office accommodation and meeting rooms. The building refurbishment included the replication of period features to create a 21st century refit with a 1930s feel.
CWGC Tours 2025 - Leicester (Belgrave) Cemetery
Join the Commonwealth War Graves Commission for a free tour of Leicester (Belgrave) Cemetery.
Family Fortunes: The Winstanleys and Braunstone – historic talk
Dr Susan Barton will deliver a lecture on 'Family Fortunes: Braunstone, the Civil War and the Winstanleys', as featured in her new book.
Georgian Leicester Walking Tour
A walking tour of one of the city’s most historically important areas, the “Georgian Leicester" walk will identify architectural heritage from the long eighteenth century.
Great Meeting Chapel: Open Days, Tea in the Garden and special exhibition
An inner-city gem: a 1708 Chapel, Leicester's oldest complete brick building, with unique octagonal ceiling, innovative roof structure and woodland garden.
Hidden Gems of Leicester Cathedral
Join us for this brand new tour as we look at precious and unusual objects drawn from the history of Leicester Cathedral.
Humberstone Gate Walking Tour
A walking tour of Leicester's Humberstone Gate.
Jain Centre Leicester
Features include 44 magnificently carved sandstone pillars, a beautiful temple dome and ceiling with traditional carvings, a white marble floor, mirrored walls, traditional doors at the Garbhagriha (the inner sanctum) and hand-carved staircases.
Keeping public transport services in Leicester moving
Celebrating the people who have kept and continue to keep the wheels of Leicester's public transport services moving
Leicester Heritage: A Grade II Listed Building and William Carey Museum Tours
The grade II listed building of Central Baptist Church Leicester was erected in the 1830’s Georgian period. The main sanctuary was refurbished in 2017 and hosts a large tracker action organ and the William Carey museum.
Leicester Orthodox Synagogue
Discover this Grade II Jewish Place of Worship.
Leicester Quaker Meeting 70th Birthday
the Quaker Meeting House at Queens Road Leicester was opened in 1955. come and see the current Meeting House and an exhibition of the history of Quakers in Leicester.
Leicester Secular Hall Open Day
Secular Hall: exhibition & guided tour - Come and see this unique building rooted in Leicester's radical past.
Leicester's Cultural Quarter Walking Tour
Join us for Leicester's Cultural Quarter Walking Tour.
Leicestershire and Rutland Research Centre Visit
Look down onto Town Hall Square from a different vantage point by visiting the LRFHS Research Centre in Leicester's famous 'Every Street'. We guarantee that it’s one of the best views in Leicester !
Newarke Houses Museum
Visit Newarke Houses Museum which is Leicesters Museum of social history. Historical Grade 2 listed building dating back to 1511.
Old Rectory - Loughborough Heritage Open Weekend
A very special opening of the Old Rectory with extra events just for the Heritage Weekend
Phoenix Projection Room Tour
Normally closed to the public, we will be opening up our projection room for this year's Heritage Open Days, with our projectionist talking visitors through the art of film projection.