Hidden Gems in Leicester & Leicestershire

Visit Leicester is launching a new campaign celebrating Hidden Gems around the city and the county.

These are the place that Leicester and Leicestershire locals love, the spots that you might not know about or have considered visiting before, but once you do, want to tell everyone!

We all know about the large attractions around Leicestershire, but what about those that are equally excellent but maybe not as well known or off the beaten track. That’s exactly why Visit Leicester have created this new campaign, to showcase the widest possible range of fantastic attractions to visit, places to go, things to see and food to eat.

These attractions can form part of a wider visit to Leicester and Leicestershire. So while you’re coming for Richard III, Belvoir Castle, Twycross Zoo or the National Space Centre you could fit in a visit to the Triumph Factory, or a tour of Leicester’s amazing Street Art, or an afternoon at the Retro Computer Museum. You could also fit in some retail therapy at the independent shops of Leicester’s Lanes, a film or performance at Leicester independent four screen cinema Phoenix or grab a meal from one of the many amazing restaurants in England’s Curry Capital!

Further afield, Melton Carnegie Museum and the 1620s House were named as Hidden Gems by Visit England for the quality of their welcome and historic storytelling, and Foxton Locks is one of the most underappreciated countryside days out that has to be seen to be believed.

A lot of the Hidden Gems are local favourites, places that people from the region love and celebrate, and Visit Leicester want to build upon the positivity of our local people about the family days out, childhood memories or new discoveries that have inspired this campaign.