Welcome to Visit Beaumont Leys Places The Walkfo guide to things to do & explore in Beaumont Leys
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Visiting Beaumont Leys Walkfo Preview Beaumont Leys is a suburb and electoral ward in north-western Leicester. The population of the ward at the 2011 census was 16,480. Locally used in reference to the large housing estate, built within the administrative division. When you visit Beaumont Leys, Walkfo brings Beaumont Leys places to life as you travel by foot, bike, bus or car with a mobile phone & headphones.
Visit Beaumont Leys – Walkfo’s stats for the places to visit
With 93 audio plaques & Beaumont Leys places for you to explore in the Beaumont Leys area, Walkfo is the world’s largest heritage & history digital plaque provider. The AI continually learns & refines facts about the best Beaumont Leys places to visit from travel & tourism authorities (like Wikipedia), converting history into an interactive audio experience.
Beaumont Leys history
The word ‘Beaumont’ means ‘beautiful hill/mountain’ The area was largely developed from the 1970s onwards. Newer areas of Beaumont Leys include the Anstey Heights and the Thurcaston Park development.
Beaumont Leys geography / climate
Beaumont Leys is located within the city boundary of Leicester. The area is bordered by the wards of Abbey to the east, Fosse to the south-east and New Parks. North and west of the area are the Leicestershire villages of Anstey and Glenfield.
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You can visit Beaumont Leys places with Walkfo Beaumont Leys to hear history at Beaumont Leys’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo Beaumont Leys has 93 places to visit in our interactive Beaumont Leys 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 Beaumont Leys, 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 Beaumont Leys places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to Beaumont Leys & the surrounding areas.
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Best Beaumont Leys places to visit
Beaumont Leys has places to explore by foot, bike or bus. Below are a selection of the varied Beaumont Leys’s destinations you can visit with additional content available at the Walkfo Beaumont Leys’s information audio spots:
Beaumont Leys Beaumont Leys is a suburb and electoral ward in north-western Leicester. The population of the ward at the 2011 census was 16,480. Locally used in reference to the large housing estate, built within the administrative division.
Beaumont Shopping Centre The 301,099 sq ft (27,973.0 m) shopping centre is owned by British Land and managed by GVA. Beaumont Shopping Centre is in Beaumon Leys, on the edge of Leicester.
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.
Frog Island, Leicester Frog Island is an inner city area of Leicester, England. It lies between the River Soar and the Soar Navigation (a continuation of the Grand Union Canal) The population of the island was at the 2011 census in the Abbey ward of Leicester City Council.
St Mary’s Church, Anstey St Mary’s Church is the Church of England parish church in Anstey, Leicestershire, in the Diocese of Leicester.
Thurcaston Thurcaston is best known as the home to Bishop Hugh Latimer. It borders the villages of Anstey and Cropston, as well as the Leicester suburb of Beaumont Leys. The Rothley Brook flows through the village, separating it from the A46 Leicester Western Bypass.
St Margaret’s Church, Leicester St Margaret’s Church is an ancient Anglican parish church situated in Leicester, England. It is a Grade I listed building and is situated on St Margaret’s Way in Leicester.
Anstey, Leicestershire Anstey is a large village in Leicestershire, located north west of Leicester in the borough of Charnwood. Its population was 6,528 at the 2011 census. It is a combination of traditional English village (with two village greens) and industrial town.
Blackfriars, Leicester Blackfriars Leicester is a former Dominican Friary in Leicester, England. It is located on the outskirts of the city of Leicester.
Visit Beaumont Leys plaques
17 plaques hereBeaumont Leys has 17 physical plaques in tourist plaque schemes for you to explore via Walkfo Beaumont Leys plaques audio map when visiting. Plaques like National Heritage’s “Blue Plaques” provide visual geo-markers to highlight points-of-interest at the places where they happened – and Walkfo’s AI has researched additional, deeper content when you visit Beaumont Leys using the app. Experience the history of a location when Walkfo local tourist guide app triggers audio close to each Beaumont Leys plaque. Explore Plaques & History has a complete list of Hartlepool’s plaques & Hartlepool history plaque map.
Experience Beaumont Leys audio walks & tours
Walkfo guides for things to do / places to visit in Beaumont Leys allows exploration as you would do an art gallery or museum. Walk close to one of Beaumont Leys’s 93 historic places & our digital tour guide will create an audio story for that spot. With headphone connected, you can explore Beaumont Leys freely by foot, bike or bus – with your own personal tour guide in your pocket.
Explore Beaumont Leys Map App
Our visit Beaumont Leys map shows you things-to-do & places you can visit in Beaumont Leys & surrounding areas using the Walkfo digital audio tour guide app. Each spot has plaque, building, street or area information on history, culture or tourism.
You can set your Walkfo’s Beaumont Leys tourist map to find historic & tourism spots within 1km, 3km & 5km of the Beaumont Leys centre, depending on how far you plan to explore whilst you visit Beaumont Leys area at LONG:-1.154, LAT:52.666.
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Things to do & visit in Beaumont Leys / surrounding areas
● Western Park, Leicester ● Birstall Meadows ● Wanlip Meadows ● Thurmaston ● Wanlip ● Beaumont Leys ● Goss Meadows ● Beaumont Shopping Centre ● St Patrick’s Catholic Church, Leicester ● The Orchards Nature Reserve ● Glenfield Hospital ● National Space Centre ● New Parks ● Leicester Abbey ● Abbey Pumping Station ● Woodgate, Leicester ● Abbey Park, Leicester ● Belgrave, Leicester ● County Hall, Glenfield ● Anstey Nomads F.C. ● Belgrave Hall ● Newfoundpool ● Frog Island, Leicester ● St Mary’s Church, Anstey ● Dane Hills ● Thurcaston ● Golden Mile (Leicester) ● St Margaret’s Church, Leicester ● Anstey, Leicestershire ● All Saints Church, Leicester
● Blackfriars, Leicester ● St Mark’s Church, Leicester ● Birstall, Leicestershire ● St Paul’s Church, Leicester ● Latimer, Leicester ● Highfield Rangers F.C. ● Glenfield, Leicestershire ● 2018 Leicester explosion ● Castle Mead Radio ● Rushey Mead ● Birstall United F.C. ● Peepul Centre ● Grand Hotel (Leicester) ● Phoenix Square ● Leicester Athena ● ISKCON Leicester ● Turkey Cafe ● Curve (theatre) ● Leicester Town Hall ● Timeline of Leicester ● Leicester ● Leicester Bike Park ● The City Rooms, Leicester ● Leicester Secular Hall ● Leicester Corn Exchange ● Magazine Gateway ● Statue of Alice Hawkins ● Newarke Houses Museum ● Greyfriars, Leicester ● King Richard III Visitor Centre ● Leicester City Centre ● Silver Arcade ● Haymarket Shopping Centre ● Haymarket Memorial Clock Tower ● Barker’s Ground ● Leicester Cathedral ● Diocese of Leicester ● Church of St Mary de Castro, Leicester ● Leicester Haymarket Theatre ● Leicester Guildhall ● Leicester Castle ● Highcross Leicester ● BBC Radio Leicester ● St Matthew’s, Leicester ● Black Friars, Leicester ● Leicester Friars of the Sack ● Braunstone Gate Bridge ● Bromkinsthorpe ● St Nicholas Church, Leicester ● Jewry Wall ● Jewry Wall Museum ● Leicester Austin Friary ● Thurcaston and Cropston ● Cropston ● Leicester Arena ● Leicester Market ● Exhumation and reburial of Richard III of England ● Ratae Corieltauvorum ● St Margaret’s Bus Station ● St Peter’s Church, Belgrave ● Church of St James the Great, Birstall
Getting to / around Beaumont Leys – transport link, station & street map
Getting around in Beaumont Leys using public transportation may include road, street, train, underground, bus or tram transport options. Walkfo has identified the following Beaumont Leys places with historic / cultural / factual content when you visit:
Local Beaumont Leys Public Transport Stations
Beaumont Leys Notable Streets & Road Destinations
Belgrave and Birstall railway station
Red Hill filling station
Leicester Central railway station
Leicester Belgrave Road railway station
Humberstone Road railway station
Leicester West Bridge railway station
A563 road
Granby Street, Leicester
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Local Beaumont Leys historians & Beaumont Leys tour guides
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