Best Places to Visit Near Leicester
Visit some of the best attractions in the vicinity of Leicester with hundreds to choose from to make your perfect day out or weekend break away. Browse the below list featuring some of the best destinations (such as Nottingham, Coventry, Loughborough) or select map view to search geographically.
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Cities and Localities Near Leicester
Where to go for a weekend trip near Leicester? A list of surrounding cities, towns and villages nearby or close to the suburbs of Leicester within a 50 mile radius.
City
![nottingham](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/gb/place/420/cb6a5ab144b3f7ac243db04e1fae23ef.jpg?1582270511)
City
![coventry](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/gb/place/420/c0fbe577d4ad316e587718a4648fb3b0.jpg?1594312183)
Town
![loughborough](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/gb/place/420/d508847891ee755d6a402824d04abf31.jpg?1582270511)
Town
![tamworth](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/gb/place/420/eb74ccda6402870e6b25f7f0315e2d93.jpg?1609695181)
Town
![melton mowbray](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/gb/place/420/e59c012b290f593f24ad7d8b1bed8331.jpg?1582270511)
Town
![corby](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/gb/place/420/c4dcddd197a166014e6fc3f406ef5941.jpg?1638701482)
Town
![rugby](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/gb/place/420/a579ce35d4ee0cb274e8f1df5cc3cad4.jpg?1582270511)
Town
![oakham](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/gb/place/420/7ad87d94914547aeb3a55b0672fd62ee.jpg?1582270511)
Town
![nuneaton](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/gb/place/420/cc33789aba535ce5f79d17713440260d.jpg?1582270511)
Town
![kettering](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/gb/place/420/c9faf5f9eb4ece8d24e9af3b51d20a5a.jpg?1582270511)
Town
![coalville](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/gb/place/420/dc5a3d14b6155682305aa066cb5bb305.jpg?1582270511)
Town
![market harborough](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/gb/place/420/8902bdc638f7068676712fb38da6dc50.jpg?1582270511)
Town
![hinckley](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/gb/place/420/e0dc660d67e703f9a868399d2167ffcd.jpg?1582270511)
Town
![ashby de la zouch](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/gb/place/420/f4b54de9f6ba7ca55ababf9c91ebe685.jpg?1582270511)
Town
![castle donington](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/gb/place/420/40a4a008616928f87eb6db7f71a06c7e.jpg?1582270511)
Town
![melbourne](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/gb/place/420/80433cb4e5fbead69b530982aa4f1acd.jpg?1582270511)
Town
![swadlincote](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/gb/place/420/d1998125bc2b17ab6e33992c561913d8.jpg?1582270511)
Village
![repton](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/gb/place/420/e0b5a63be7d09d5b54fe2a40c09923e7.jpg?1582270511)
Village
![appleby magna](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/gb/place/420/ca44296dc98c9cd92fcb46a61933e33c.jpg?1583424619)
Town
![atherstone](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/gb/place/420/bf5413958cf5f82dc8c3e819128286ee.jpg?1582270511)
Town
![lutterworth](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/gb/place/420/baaa7d2156a6c65cfc6772f63aeaeef6.jpg?1582270511)
Town
![cotgrave](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/gb/place/420/5c40c2d4089b6e9182966e5c8d547fc4.jpg?1582270511)
Village
![quorn](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/gb/place/420/a2045b3a623d4ab6242a2ffa1c29f193.jpg?1582270511)
Town
![uppingham](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/gb/place/420/4de9159003a2247a494e43b9a0e36607.jpg?1582270511)
Town
![bingham](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/gb/place/420/932d5dee35497b1e061c5879e4178453.jpg?1582270511)
Village
![mountsorrel](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/gb/place/420/a3cbea530b46d2d3539f842f5db37537.jpg?1582270511)
Village
![shardlow](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/gb/place/420/1f6660482b21659bd9f7845837712a6e.jpg?1582270511)
Town
![market bosworth](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/gb/place/420/d2f065e3b0f1bb696562c0d11c183458.jpg?1582270511)
Town
![bedworth](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/gb/place/420/a40a78be1bf16a664ff3fa5230e58da8.jpg?1582270511)
Village
![brixworth](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/gb/place/420/26495aa47f0e7fe2f05bddb240ef9abc.jpg?1582270511)
Village
![desford](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/gb/place/420/a7d8aa29f8678b8139fba085663a02b0.jpg?1582270511)
Village
![hurley](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/gb/place/420/a64668668fa0bd09040ba3b29f403674.jpg?1582270511)
Village
![dunchurch](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/gb/place/420/495cb7062c398c8c3733d33f8f7ae63d.jpg?1582270511)
National park
![attenborough nature reserve](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/gb/place/420/043adc5953766816714bc58b27392fc1.jpg?1582270511)
Village
![kingsbury](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/gb/place/420/dc26daec54cf6fbc0cb35d88ff0f4a9a.jpg?1582270511)
Locality
![erewash](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/gb/place/420/125c8b044d86dc4d043b2614e0421050.jpg?1582270511)
Locality
![rutland water](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/gb/place/420/442d3954adeae06ba698efbd6d088127.jpg?1582270511)
Village
![barrow upon soar](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/gb/place/420/c08ec5da2bf72268166473f5a15309ad.jpg?1582270511)
Village
![long buckby](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/gb/place/420/7241fa30c5250d98013d23d2a7c63cce.jpg?1582270511)
Village
![markfield](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/gb/place/420/14755c43bddab720008dc52d06eaad60.jpg?1582270511)
Town
![shepshed](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/gb/place/420/d810773df92629aa479c8c596006d9cb.jpg?1582270511)
Village
![kibworth](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/gb/place/420/a8d7a6f021c749d9164a6bdb210cd90c.jpg?1582270511)
Town
![desborough](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/gb/place/420/280410fec3f25bd0194ec0946a370ffa.jpg?1582270511)
Village
![stoney stanton](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/gb/place/420/0bc3aa8ff8c0b5fdfbbc4de970b8cf0e.jpg?1582270511)
Village
![great glen](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/gb/place/420/2548e9404bc7bee2bc58d94ec9eb4d2a.jpg?1582270511)
Village
![empingham](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/gb/place/420/b2eaed19d22f88b7d40df37c690ab2fc.jpg?1582270511)
Village
![polesworth](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/gb/place/420/2f1a5dbc60b849c3df682a68662e7c03.jpg?1582270511)
Village
![ibstock](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/gb/place/420/aa28bbe4337ec276e72c9549de2c7954.jpg?1582270511)
Village
![narborough](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/gb/place/420/4c1b965958967550a51ab70da89d2148.jpg?1582270511)
Village
![stoke golding](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/gb/place/420/5791d5da49e8c4cb8778f34000d91219.jpg?1582270511)
TOP Attractions
Best Day Trips from Leicester
Best Day Trips from Leicester
![Stowe House](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/gb/place/420/994c2eeee62cee58d4a656f429dd86f6.jpg?1587561483)
18th-century garden with lakes and temples
![Calke Abbey](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/gb/place/420/3a5ddc7658bd03cd028c462a6296677d.jpg?1582270511)
![Coventry Cathedral](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/gb/place/420/daf31bdc40dde348de6e2f9d0db4a2e8.jpg?1594312238)
![Coventry Building Society Arena](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/gb/place/420/8be16e419b84cfdc15a7b3fc62e3c9df.jpg?1600424738)
![The Belfry](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/gb/place/420/30f0c3b0d82b5a230535d61900404466.jpg?1605196452)
![Snowdome](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/gb/place/420/10857a95e6377cb9502988577d8d286a.jpg?1609695646)
![Dale Abbey](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/gb/place/420/46d5b2ff27c90444aa79d0378f71572b.jpg?1641567831)
![Wollaton Hall](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/gb/place/420/4dd3617210edd9c3b777e3526190cdd4.jpg?1613925725)
![Butts Park Arena](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/gb/place/420/58387d011ff806a24a0b2800a008ca70.jpg?1582270511)
![Nottingham Castle](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/gb/place/420/2a645c5caa6678ad6253d24b3d053831.jpg?1614796696)
![Newstead Abbey](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/gb/place/420/693b388af79673b1d3f2eca171f6edbe.jpg?1614874436)
Converted medieval abbey-house and grounds
![Lindrick Golf Club](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/gb/place/420/a2f89962718ad166d1e11b8623fb8cc0.jpg?1616499872)
![Northampton Golf Club](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/gb/place/420/c94f9c74eff189da5d8dfe3b64ad9772.jpg?1618161089)
![Wollaton Park](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/gb/place/420/e79ef49db1f0660d9b13e69ed2ea43fa.jpg?1625410308)
![Nottingham Council House](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/gb/place/420/2c65a5b6bb34ab3e8a774b5b235d087a.jpg?1629277483)
![Twycross Zoo](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/gb/place/420/f4388560c8cd2139a28ebf3f584d0d07.jpg?1630834878)
Home to 1000 animals, many endangered
![Wicksteed Park](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/gb/place/420/3fc6a81dac1665e3739fd691e478e990.jpg?1582270511)
![G Force Roller Coaster](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/gb/place/420/a67b403e25da46a535a7288333a67404.jpg?1582270511)
![Thomas Land](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/gb/place/420/55e1094e2c5369d4d007c536dcc173b5.jpg?1582270511)
![Nottingham Greyhound Stadium](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/gb/place/420/434707f3deca88fb7cd9bdde17b99a7e.jpg?1582270511)
![Stoney Cove](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/gb/place/420/e64b9396375ddd6b45a94ec589b1a777.jpg?1582270511)
![Herbert Art Gallery and Museum](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/gb/place/420/4910d563e16a9ea659c7ebbc78e2babc.jpg?1662033759)
Arts and local history and culture displays
![Forest of Arden Hotel and Country Club](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/gb/place/420/4a957e68f1488f4ca075c032b65d107f.jpg?1659604392)
![Meadow Lane Stadium](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/gb/place/420/9c886c13b6ab43e621bd52b0d3afa872.jpg?1582270511)
![Drayton Manor Theme Park](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/gb/place/420/9e62b46b251904afdb5bd62d63ea1601.jpg?1582270511)
![Mallory Park](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/gb/place/420/39bfe384c822cc7958a7a55399556fe3.jpg?1582270511)
![Donnington park](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/gb/place/420/615ebd802675f8829613727346c0dbf3.jpg?1582270511)
![Old Market Square](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/gb/place/420/fdf536a063bee9ea422a2d39ab03804c.jpg?1582270511)
![St Michael's Victory over the Devil](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/gb/place/420/3ba568a85e1558bccdf15afe853e1349.jpg?1648524831)
![Highfields Park](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/gb/place/420/4a4f074d21b958043265fd1333ccc4a6.jpg?1582270511)
Large park with a boating lake and cafe
![Midland Air Museum](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/gb/place/420/457f1864715d86e2c42bf77b92fcc5ad.jpg?1582270511)
![City of Caves](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/gb/place/420/8575b8d8f7bc47ffa642329ba237d7d3.jpg?1582270511)
![Nottingham Industrial Museum](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/gb/place/420/59cdaf0a03047d9b7087232a7db51ece.jpg?1582270511)
![Snibston](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/gb/place/420/498be095cede0e47c1ccd8b06490d3a4.jpg?1582270511)
![Harvington Hall](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/gb/place/420/29f9d839163b2ab85cdc5b534d7e14b6.jpg?1582270511)
![Green's Mill](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/gb/place/420/9e62d6adb7f18318b98c0a0d2daf0e7d.jpg?1582270511)
![Lady Godiva Statue](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/gb/place/420/de8f5a2c8253e402ea41ede620367aa7.jpg?1641562377)
![Foxton Locks](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/gb/place/420/e4737617a73664dd61c985df61379bdc.jpg?1582270511)
![British Motor Museum](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/gb/place/420/191cf22b11882d68423a2df764d03345.jpg?1582270511)
![Beacon Hill](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/gb/place/420/f442853e02c823254d002c8ef0d24be6.jpg?1582270511)
![St Mary's Church](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/gb/place/420/fc30ddc1637e9410b98b1c7e0ef97d77.jpg?1582270511)
![War Memorial Park](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/gb/place/420/b89bd5c5ce1b5b43502b8f96f5ccfabd.jpg?1582270511)
![Kirby Hall](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/gb/place/420/a7c98daa1b3f339d7cb924b2b4be673c.jpg?1582270511)
Elizabethan stately home with gardens
![Mount St Bernard Abbey](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/gb/place/420/32df424107ee6ebed678b61e95ad9707.jpg?1582270511)
![Holy Trinity Church](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/gb/place/420/827e1b61c6db393294efa8c48d240435.jpg?1582270511)
![St Mary's Church](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/gb/place/420/65edd67181f9a0739745d2f756f4d4bd.jpg?1582270511)
![Stonehurst Family Farm and Motor Museum](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/gb/place/420/1e41188e4e939bcbf99a0d4dd22cbce6.jpg?1582270511)
![Oakham Castle](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/gb/place/420/dbbccd2df5a832e94102d2e6918a12db.jpg?1582270511)
![Ashby de la Zouch Castle](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/gb/place/420/4c3d99ad51f2af22b4c365195fa91e62.jpg?1582270511)
![Staffordshire Way](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/gb/place/420/cc8be14c887000a667823da44450090d.jpg?1582270511)
![St Mary and St Peter's Church](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/gb/place/420/5e9763f068ea4f8b4676479533e8e38e.jpg?1582270511)
![Coventry Transport Museum](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/gb/place/420/4f7803a8b635d30f18c2489d8bc432b1.jpg?1582270511)
![Rushcliffe Country Park](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/gb/place/420/81d37a40a336ee9722b70eb4ee165c14.jpg?1582270511)
![Beeston Town Hall](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/static-maps/gb/52_92711_-1_21861.jpg)
![Macready Theatre](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/gb/place/420/2e5efc97cd0da8fc7b30ad8bd7a44185.jpg?1648506630)
![St James' Church](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/gb/place/420/5a245e3bbb085604b6a64f357a07ab62.jpg?1582270511)
![All Saints' Church](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/gb/place/420/2249e4b05a59db61af999c7b42155b5e.jpg?1582270511)
![Kelmarsh Hall](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/gb/place/420/302b56839c63304acd8bb744a9664de5.jpg?1582270511)
![Billing Aquadrome](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/gb/place/420/f555825c4e2df8eb3e0356a662d5202d.jpg?1582270511)
![Tamworth Castle](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/gb/place/420/7a98193c9a6e105985456d5d72b0ed37.jpg?1582270511)