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The Chase Hotel & Leisure Club is near Oadby
and just 2 miles from Leicester city centre. It is the ideal place
to stay when visiting Leicester or the East Midlands. The Chase
Hotel & Leisure Club is located in the grounds of Leicester
race course and The University of Leicester is less than a mile
away. Leicester is also the home of Leicester City football club,
Leicester County Cricket Club and Leicester Tigers.
Tourist attractions nearby include:-
Abbey Pumping Station, Corporation Road,
Leicester , LE4 5PX, telephone 0116 299 511. Gimson beam engines
and historic vehicle collection.
De Montfort Hall is situated at the top
of Regent Road on the edge of Victoria Park. It is the venue for
an extensive programme of events ranging from jazz, ballet, comedy
and opera to world and roots music, West End musicals and a superb
classical programme featuring the Philharmonia Orchestra.
Guildhall, Guildhall Lane, telephone
0116 253 2569, Grade 1 listed 15th century, medieval building of
national importance.
Jewry Wall, St. Nicholas Circle, Leicester,
2nd century Roman wall once part of the exercise hall of the public
baths stands 30ft high and is one of the tallest surviving structures
from Roman Britain. The nearby museum houses some fine mosaics and
stretches of wall plaster.
Leicester Gas Museum, 195 Aylestone Road,
Leicester, LE2 7QH, telephone 0116 250 3190, Britain's first specialized
gas museum - admission free.
New Walk Museum and Art Gallery, New
Walk, Leicester, telephone 0116 255 4100. Ancient Eygypt, natural
history and art museum.
Newarke Houses Museum, The Newarke, Leicester,
telephone 0116 247 3222, museum of Leicester's social history from
1485 to the present.
National Space Centre, Exploration Drive,
Leicester. Tel. 0116 261 0261. Leicester's newest attraction is
a unique out-of-this-world journey of discovery. The attraction
is dedicated to space.
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