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Westcotes Places Overview: History, Culture & Facts about Westcotes

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Westcotes history

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Roman

Two Roman roads crossed the West End at a place close to where the West Bridge stands today. The Fosse Way ran from Exeter to Lincolnshire, passing through Leicester. A second road ran directly westwards to join Watling Street, another important Roman Road, at Mancetter in Warwickshire.

Medieval and early modern periods

Roman mosaics were found at Danet’s Hall in the early 1780s. The West End formed part of what was known as Bromkinsthorpe during the Domesday book of 1086. The land was then divided into two areas under the Enclosure Acts during the reign of Charles I in 1626.

The Victorian era

In 1861, Dr Noble died of cholera in Spain, the Danet’s Hall estate passed to the Leicester Freehold Land Society, and building soon followed. Much of the area belonged to the Westcotes Estate, formerly in the possession of the Ruding family since 1558, was sold, in 1821, to Thomas Freer, Clerk of the Peace, with office in New Street. More new streets were laid out towards the end of the 19th century, and much of area to the east was built up by 1900.

Twentieth century

The West End area, together with the Walnut Street district on the other side of the River Soar, was an important residential area in the early twentieth century. The 1951 Census recorded 1,029 people born in the USSR, mainly Ukrainians, in the West End. Orthodox Ukrainians held services at the Church of the Martyrs on Westcotes Drive.

You can visit Westcotes places with Walkfo Westcotes to hear history at Westcotes’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo Westcotes has 144 places to visit in our interactive Westcotes map, with amazing history, culture & travel facts you can explore the same way you would at a museum or art gallery with information audio headset. With Walkfo, you can travel by foot, bike or bus throughout Westcotes, being in the moment, without digital distraction or limits to a specific walking route. Our historic audio walks, National Trust interactive audio experiences, digital tour guides for English Heritage locations are available at Westcotes places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to Westcotes & the surrounding areas.

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144 tourist, history, culture & geography spots

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Best Westcotes places to visit

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Westcotes has places to explore by foot, bike or bus. Below are a selection of the varied Westcotes’s destinations you can visit with additional content available at the Walkfo Westcotes’s information audio spots:

Winstanley House Winstanley House in Leicestershire is Grade II listed on the English Heritage Register . It was built in 1775 and remained in this family for the next 150 years before being bought by Leicester City Council in 1925 . Today it has been converted into a hotel and restaurant .

GNG F.C. Guru Nanak Gurdwara Football Club is a football club based in Leicester, East Midlands . They are currently members of the Leicestershire Senior League Premier Division .

Braunstone Park & Rowley Fields Braunstone Park & Rowley Fields is an electoral ward and administrative division of the city of Leicester, England . It comprises the western Leicester suburbs of Braunstone Frith, Braunstone .

Aylestone Meadows Aylestone Meadows is an 8.8-hectare (22-acre) Local Nature Reserve in Leicester . It is Leicester’s largest nature reserve situated on the floodplains of the River Soar and River Biam along with several locks of the Grand Union Canal . A medieval packhorse bridge provides evidence of trade and previous settlement .

St Andrews F.C. (England) St Andrews Football Club are a football club based in Aylestone, a suburb of Leicester, England . They play in the United Counties League Division One, having been relegated from the Premier Division at the end of the 2017–18 season .

Friar Lane & Epworth F.C. Friar Lane & Epworth F.C. are a football club based in Aylestone, a suburb of Leicester. They currently play in the Leicestershire Senior League Premier Division. They have reached the second round of the FA Cup twice in their short history.

Grace Road Grace Road is the home ground and administrative base of Leicestershire County Cricket Club. It is known for sponsorship reasons as the Uptonsteel County Ground, Grace Road.

St Saviour’s Church, Leicester St Saviour’s Church, Leicester is a Grade II* listed former parish church in the Church of England in Leicester, Leicestershire.

Woodgate, Leicester Woodgate is an area in Leicester in Fosse Ward. It lies west of the River Soar and is an important entrance to the city leading on to Frog Island. The Rally Park was formerly the goods yard of the London Midland Railway.

County Hall, Glenfield Leicestershire County Hall is a municipal building on Leicester Road (the A50) in Glenfield. It is the headquarters of Leicesterhire County Council. The building is located in the centre of Glenfield on the A50 in the area.

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