Heathrow Airport 1 hr 55
Great Central Railway (24 min)
The only place in the world where you can see 2 full sized steam trains pass each other. Tropical Birdland (21 min)
Small aviary for getting up close to a wide range of birds, including owls, macaws and kookaburras. Watermead Country Park (16 min)
Quaint park known for its nature reserves, bird-watching, surfaced paths & fishing. Abbey Pumping Station Museum (8 min)
Museum of local industrial heritage with massive Victorian beam engines and a narrow-gauge railway. Leicester Museum and Art Gallery (17 min)
Victorian museum with Ancient Egyptian and natural history collections and 18th-20th century art. Leicester Cathedral (7 min)
Medieval building with ornate sculptures, a Georgian spire plus regular tours and choral services. Leicester Castle (5 min)
Iconic 11th-century castle with family-friendly tours focusing on architecture, history & more. Victoria Park (9 min)
Sprawling city park known for its striking war-memorial arch, ambling trails, playgrounds & fields. The Clock Tower (10 min)
Iconic clocktower with statues honoring city benefactors, a popular meeting point for locals. The Newarke Houses Museum (7 min)
2 houses with interactive exhibitions about the city, a local army regiment and historic gardens. Abbey Park (6 min)
Sprawling, 32-acre grounds with a river and flower displays set on Augustinian monastery ruins. The Guildhall Museum (6 min)
Medieval building, centred on Great Hall, celebrating Richard III, whose remains were found nearby. National Space Centre (7 min)
Themed galleries displaying rockets, satellites and interactive exhibitions about space travel. Jewry Wall Museum (3 min)
Ruins of a wall from a 2nd-century-CE Roman bath complex, with an adjacent archaeology museum. Bradgate Park (23 min)
Park set in 830 acres, with footpaths, a stream, a playground plus roaming peacocks and fallow deer. | 
