Leicestershire Attractions

Abbey Pumping Station

A late 19th century sewage pumping station. Work began the Station in 1887 and was completed in 1891. The station with its four massive steam engines, pumped raw sewage to the sewage treatment works at Beaumont Leys.

Corporation Road,  Leicester.  LE4 5PX  Tel: 0116 299 5111

Aeropark

Aircraft exhibits include a Lightening jet fighter, Vulcan bomber, Canberra bomber, Argosy freighter and Whirlwind helicopter.

East Midland Airport, Castle Donnington  Tel: 01332 810621

Bradgate Park & Visitor Centre

Leicestershire's largest and most popular country park, with heath, bracken, grass, rocky outcrops, small woods, herds of Deer and River Lin

Deer Barn Buildings, Bradgate Park, Newtown Linford, LE6 0HE Tel: 01162 362713

Brocks Hill Country Park

Environment center built to demonstrate wind & solar power, photovoltaics, rainwater recycling and sewage composting.

Washbroke Lane, Oadby LE2 5JJ  Tel: 0116 271 4514   Email

Butterfly Farm & Aquatics Centre

Over 5,000 square feet of Jungle paradise with free flying beautifully coloured butterflies. Also home to parrots and other tropical birds,many other animals are free to roam in the lush vegetation, such as Iguana lizards and Giant African Land snails. Also featuring the Twilight Zone insect cave, home to many interesting mini-beasts

Empingham,  Oakham,  LE15 8PX Tel: 01780 460515   Email

Donington Park

At the centre of the UK Donington Park is a major international Grand Prix class motor racing venue and home to the Donington Grand Prix Collection, the largest collection of Grand Prix cars in the World.

Donington Park Grand Prix Circuit Castle Donington DE74 2RP  Tel: 01332 810 048  Email

Foxton Locks & Incline Plane & Museum

The canal at Foxton is part of a north south link stretching from London to the river Trent. Foxton Locks opened in August 1814 lifted boats 75 feet 2 inches. The narrow (7 feet wide) locks worked well, with only horse drawn vehicles for competition. The museum records details of this achievement.

Middle Lock, Gumley Road, Foxton, Market Harborough  LE16 7RA Tel: 0116 2792657  Email

Gorse Hill City Farm

Voluntary community project with small scale humane farming and organic horticulture. Rare breeds, picnic area etc. New cafe facilities. Bookings for children's parties. New education building

Anstey Lane, Leicester LE4 0FL Tel: 0116 253 7582   Email

Mallory Park

Mallory Park is a great place, a special place to many people. Spectators, competitors, officials and more. Mallory Park offers spectators a great variety of exciting Motorsport events every weekend during the racing season. Motorbikes or cars, new or old. something for every true Motorsport enthusiast. Plenty of places for spectators to get really close to the action... plenty of places for competitors to overtake.

Mallory Park Circuit, Kirkby Mallory,  LE9 7QE   Tel: 01455 842931  Email

Melton Country Park

140 acres of parkland, easily accessible from the town. A section of the ‘Jubilee Way’ (a fifteen mile footpath that leads to Belvoir Castle) passes through the park. Contains a Visitor Centre, nature & sculpture trails, large lake and an abundance of wildlife

Wymondham Way   Melton Mowbray   LE13 1HP. Tel:  01664 480164.

Moira Furnace

Early 19 century blast furnace which has been expertly preserved by English Heritage as a scheduled monument. The building itself houses touchscreens, hands-on interactives and displays showing how the furnace worked and the history of the buildings on the site

Furnace Lane, Moira, Ashby de la Zouch, DE12 6AT  Tel: 01283 224667   Email

National Space Centre

Britain’s first attraction dedicated to space. Interactive challenges, stunning images and sounds space harware.

Exploration Drive, Leicester LE4 5NS Tel: 0870 6077223   Email

Snibston Discovery Park

Leicestershire’s award winning all-weather museum. Snibston is one of the largest and most dynamic museums in the Midlands. Discover science and industry, fashion and textiles and the environment with popular "hands-on" exhibits interpreting real objects that tell the story of the working lives of Leicestershire people

Ashby Road  Coalville  LE67 3LN  Tel: 01530 278 444   Email

Stonehurst Family Farm

The farm has a wide range of animals all available to be stroked and handled by children. Ranging from its 100+ collection of Guinea Pigs and Rabbit in the small animal farm , to its Pot Bellied Pigs roaming free around the main farm. The farm also has horses , donkeys , chickens , goats, sheep, cows, and many more animals all to be seen on a real working farm. With rides, tea room, shop and motor museum

Loughborough Road, Mountsorrel ,  LE12 7AR  Tel: 01509 413216.  Email

Swannington Heritage Trail

Swannington Village Trail includes part of one of the world’s earliest railways, sites showing the routes of ancient horse-drawn tramways and of mining activities going back 800 years. Hough Mill is an early nineteenth-century tower mill, which fell into disrepair after 1910 but has recently been restored. Inside, its displays show how the mill was once used.

7 Hospital Lane  Swannington  LE67 8QD  Tel: 01530 222330

Swannington Windmill

A tower mill, built by Mr. Griffin at the end of the 18th century, on the boundary between Swannington and Thringstone, replaced an earlier post mill sited nearby. Recently restored the mill became winners of Leicestershire County Council's Award for Independent Museums 2000.

Off St George's Hill, Swannington, Coalville, LE67 8HH  Tel: 01530 832704

Tropical Bird Gardens

See hundreds of beautiful and exotic birds. Wander around the "walk-through" aviary. Sit with friendly free-to-fly birds at the café. And more

Lindridge Lane Desford  LE9 9GN  Tel: 0145582 4603   Email

Twinlakes Park

10 sparkling Playzones, massive indoor Labyrinth with multi venture challenges, slides and soaring net climbs, heady Trauma Tower and the whirling fun of the new Spinning Spiders.  Blast buddies in the Master Blaster while Toddlers play in Dolphins Bay and joggle happily round the Barrel Ride. Outside there are Assault courses, Bumper boats, and go dizzy on the Dune buggies and pedal like mad on the Indy karts.  In Red Rooster Farm everyone loves the hundreds of fascinating animals and birds

Melton Spinney Road, Melton Mowbray,  LE14 4SB Tel: 01664 567777   Email

Watermead Country Park

The Country Park is nearly two miles long and as its name suggests it is a wetland area with lakes and smaller ponds. It is an ideal spot for walking, cycling, picnics, birdwatching, fishing or more active watersports

Fillingate, Wanlip   LE7 8PE  Tel: 0116 267 1944   Email

Ye Olde Pork Pie Shoppe

Dickinson & Morris have been baking pork pies at Ye Olde Pork Pie Shoppe in Melton Mowbray since 1851. Now they have the dual acclaim of being the oldest pork pie bakery and the last remaining producer of authentic Melton Mowbray pork pies based in the town.