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Things to do in Leicestershire

If you are thinking of visiting Leicestershire or are considering holidays in the UK, you can find the best tourist attractions, what to do and where, and browse for places to visit or things to do, that your family, friends and children will enjoy, when visiting places such as Leicester, Derby, Loughborough, Coalville and Swadlincote.

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The National Space Centre - Leicester is an all weather family attraction. The National Space Centre has six hands-on galleries, over 150 interactive experiences, a 42m high Rocket tower and the UK's largest planetarium. Snibston Discovery Park - Coalville is an interactive museum located on the site of the former Snibston Colliery. The site includes a discovery centre for kids, a historic colliery railway and outside play areas in a Country Park and nature reserve setting. Twycross Zoo - Atherstone has over 1,000 animals including Orangutans, Elephants, lizards, birds, snakes and creepy crawlies. Tropical Birdland - Desford Manor Farm Animal Centre and Donkey Sanctuary - Loughborough Mill on the soar Falconry Centre - Leicester Stonehurst Family Farm & Motor Museum - Loughborough Theatre Melton Theatre - Melton Mowbray De Montfort Hall - Leicester Leicester Haymarket Theatre - Leicester The 'Y' - Leicester Little Theatre - Leicester Hinckley Concordia Theatre - Hinckley Loughborough Town Hall Venture Theatre - Ashby de la Zouch Abbey Theatre & Arts Centre Sparken Hoe Theatre - Leicester Peepul Arts - Leicester Museums & Exhibitions Charnwood Museum - Loughborough Melton Carnegie Museum - Melton Mowbray Foxton Canal Museum - Market Harborough Stapleford Miniature Railway - Melton Mowbray Wymondham Windmill & Craft Centre - Melton Mowbray Hough Mill - Leicester Hinckley and District Museum - Hinckley Ferrers Centre for Arts & Crafts - Ashby-de-la-Zouch City Gallery - Leicester New Walk Museum and Art Gallery - Leicester	Twinlakes Park - Melton Mowbray offers the very best in family entertainment and is filled with a breath-taking family Rides and Attractions. Twinlakes is set in 70 acres of countryside divided into themed areas and play zones. Twinlakes also boasts a massive 125,000sqft of indoor attractions. Twinlakes is a great family theme park. Gokidsgo - Leicester Boat & Train trips Great Central Railway - Loughborough Voted number 12 on the list of the 50 greatest railway journeys in the world. The Great Central Railway is the UK's only double track, main line heritage railway. Sileby Mill Boatyard - Loughborough Foxton Boat Services Limited - Market Harborough Battlefield Line - Shackerstone Pillingslock Marina - Quorn Ashby boat company - Nuneaton Barrow Boating - Loughborough Sports & Leisure Golf courses in Leicestershire Cycle routes in Leicestershire Mallory Park (Motor Sports) - Leicester Located in a natural amphitheatre, the grassy banks that overlook the circuit enable you to see all of the action. This is especially true when the oval Mallory Mile circuit is in use. Bosworth Water Trust - Nuneaton Hollywood Bowl - Leicester Formula 1 Karting Formula ONE Indoor Karting - Loughborough - race along a 450m track that includes a 150ft bridge at speeds up to 40mph in 200cc karts. Swimming / Fun Pools Waterfield Leisure Pools - Melton Mowbray	Ashby de la Zouch Castle Rockingham Castle - Market Harborough Belvoir Castle - Belvoir The Castle contains many notable pieces of art and includes paintings by Gainsborough, Reynolds, Holbein and Poussin. It houses outstanding collections of furniture, porcelain, silks, tapestries, French furniture and Italian sculpture. Sculpture extends outside into the Rose and Statue Gardens which are elegantly laid out round a central fountain. The Statue Collection terraced into the hillside includes work by Caius, Cibber - Sculptor to Charles II. Kirby Muxloe Castle - Leicester Leicester Cathedral - Leicester Bosworth Battlefield Visitor Centre and Country Park - Sutton Cheney Parks / Houses/ Gardens / Nature Country Parks in Leicestershire Whatton Gardens - Loughborough Stanford Hall - Lutterworth Botanic Gardens - Leicester - There are courses, workshops, family events and entertainments held at the Botanic Gardens. Choose from botany, horticulture and gardening, art, sculpture, wildlife events, performances and family days. Donington-Le-Heath Manor House - Coalville Guided Tours / Walks Memory Lane Horse Drawn Tours - Hinkley Swannington Heritage Trail & Mill - Swannington Foxton locks - Market Harborough