The Newarke
The Newarke, Leicester, LE2 7BY
Email: museums@leicester.gov.uk


Costume drama played out in ancient quarter
In the heart of Leicester’s oldest area, The Newarke’s story includes Romans, Saxons, Kings, playwrights, Cavaliers and Roundheads. It was where Geoffrey Chaucer was married, Henry VI was knighted, where the first English Parliament was held and where King Richard III’s body laid after his death at Bosworth Field.

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