Birmingham Airport 42 min
THE NATIONAL FOREST CO (26 min)
Forest, cycling, reservoir, and outdoor recreation Leicester Cathedral (27 min)
Medieval building with ornate sculptures, a Georgian spire plus regular tours and choral services. Tropical Birdland (11 min)
Small aviary for getting up close to a wide range of birds, including owls, macaws and kookaburras. Hartshill Hayes Country Park (17 min)
Peaceful, leafy park with a visitor centre, walking trails, playground & a weekend tea kiosk. Leicester Museum and Art Gallery (30 min)
Victorian museum with Ancient Egyptian and natural history collections and 18th-20th century art. CONKERS (26 min)
Family-friendly centre in the National Forest with play areas, discovery zones and an amphitheatre. Abbey Park (31 min)
Sprawling, 32-acre grounds with a river and flower displays set on Augustinian monastery ruins. Twycross Zoo (20 min)
Family-orientated nature centre filled with primates, mammals, reptiles and amphibians, plus dining. Bosworth Battlefield Heritage Centre (4 min)
15th-century battle site museum with hands-on gallery, kids activities and guided battlefield walks. Ashby de la Zouch Castle (22 min)
15th-century castle, now English Heritage, with Civil War history, a tower and underground passages. Bradgate Park (30 min)
Park set in 830 acres, with footpaths, a stream, a playground plus roaming peacocks and fallow deer. National Space Centre (30 min)
Themed galleries displaying rockets, satellites and interactive exhibitions about space travel. Victoria Park (33 min)
Sprawling city park known for its striking war-memorial arch, ambling trails, playgrounds & fields. Abbey Pumping Station Museum (31 min)
Museum of local industrial heritage with massive Victorian beam engines and a narrow-gauge railway. Jewry Wall Museum (26 min)
Ruins of a wall from a 2nd-century-CE Roman bath complex, with an adjacent archaeology museum. | 
