| Leicester is one of the ten largest English cities and the biggest in the East Midlands. It is a thriving multi-cultural city located on the River Soar in Leicestershire.
Postcodes for Leicester begin with the letters LE and as well as Leicester itself the LE postcode includes Melton Mowbray, Loughborough, Ashby-De-La-Zouch, Market Harborough, Ibstock, Hinckley, Lutterworth, Wigston, Oakham, Markfield, and Coalville.
The city of Leicester prides itself on being a multi-cultural area and all the diversity that brings. It is partly because of this diversity that Leicester came joint second in the Boho Britain Creativity Index, which used specially commissioned data to find the creative potential of the UK's major cities.
This diversity partly manifests itself in the range of religions practiced in the area, and it is estimated that Leicester is home to two synagogues, 40 churches, 14 mosques, five Sikh temples, 17 Hindu temples and one Jain temple. However the variety of employment available is also a key factor with clothing and textiles being a major employer, but engineering, manufacturing, finance, the health service, telecommunications and wholesale distribution also playing their part in the local economy.
With variety being the spice of life in Leicester you can expect a great mix of attractions and distractions to keep both locals and visitors entertained. One of the main reasons people venture to Leicester from the surrounding areas is to shop and the city boasts a variety of shops and places to shop. There's the half million square feet of the Shire Shopping centre that's home to more than 80 top name stores and at the other end of the scale there's the city centre's open air market, the largest in Europe.
Other local attractions include the Haymarket Theatre for delightful drama, Phoenix Arts Centre for film, drama, dance and divine comedy, the Victorian clocktower at the heart of the city centre, and the medieval castle at Ashby-de-la-Zouch.
If you're one of the quarter of a million people who live in and around Leicester or if you're just visiting, you can use the City Visitor directory to find exactly what you want as there are listings for subjects as diverse as cinema information, plumbers, speed dating agencies, car accessories and childcare services. |