Museums
See also Leicestershire & Rutland Museums Forum
| Museum | Location | Description | Opening Times |
|---|---|---|---|
| Abbey Pumping Station Museum Museum of Technology Abbey Pumping Station Corporation Road LEICESTER LE4 5PX Tel.: 0116 2995111 Email: museums@leicester.gov.uk www.leicestermuseums.ac.uk/museums/aps.html |
Abbey Lane | Abbey Pumping Station pumped Leicester's sewage. The grand Victorian building was preserved because of the four beautifully decorated magnificent Gimson steam engines which can be seen working at special steam events. The museum also has exhibition on light and optics, historic transport and public health. | Contact for opening times. |
| National Space Science Centre Exploration Drive LEICESTER LE4 5NS Tel.: 0116 2610261 Email: info@spacecentre.co.uk www.nssc.co.uk/ |
Abbey Lane | On your visit you will find yourself immersed in an awe-inspiring journey, taking in five differently themed galleries, seeing amazing space rockets, satellites and capsules, taking part in hundreds of interactive hands-on activities and experiencing the latest in audiovisual technology. The gallery themes cover many topics such as 'Exploring the universe: when and how did the universe begin and how might it end?' and 'Orbiting Earth: take a look at how we use space in a multitude of ways to enhance life here on Earth.' | Open Tuesdays to Sundays, plus some Mondays, see website for details. |
| Sir John Moore Heritage Centre Sir John Moore Foundation Top Street Appleby Magna SWADLINCOTE DE12 7AH Tel.: 01530 273629 www.sirjohnmoore.org.uk |
Appleby Magna | The Centre provides a unique insight into life in a rural Victorian School. Explore the authentic village boys classroom, boarder's dormitory, Latin master study, cloakroom and toilets. All in the historic setting of the Sir John Moore Foundation designed by Wren and built in 1697. Also discover the village trail around Appleby and the Community Gallery with local exhibitions. | Opening times by appointment. |
| Ashby de la Zouch Museum Ashby Museum North Street ASHBY-DE-LA-ZOUCH LE65 1HU Tel.: 01530 560090 www.ashbydelazouchmuseum.org.uk |
Ashby De La Zouch | The Zouch and Hastings Gallery tells the story of this historic market town from prehistoric times to the early 20th century, whilst the Loudoun Room concentrates on the last 100 years and the surrounding villages. Facilities for research are also available. Booking of school and other parties welcome. | Every day Easter to September. See website for details. |
| Discovering Cricket at Grace Road Leicestershire County Cricket Club Grace Road LEICESTER LE2 8AD Tel.: 0116 283 2128 Email: enquiries@leicestershireccc.co.uk www.leicestershireccc.co.uk |
Aylestone | The museum in its current format was opened in April 1996 and is situated in the Charles Palmer Pavilion Suite at the County Ground. The museum is built around the Club's extensive collection of cricket memorabilia and provides displays about the history of the game, the evolution of cricket equipment and life size cut-outs of some of Leicestershire's great players. | Contact for details. |
| The National Gas Museum Trust 195, Aylestone Road LEICESTER LE2 7QH Tel.: 0116 250 3190 www.gasmuseum.co.uk |
Aylestone | Housed in the Victorian gatehouse of Leicester's biggest gas works, this museum has the largest collection of gas related artefacts in the world and traces the story of gas from the production of coal gas to the discovery of natural gas. Exhibits include working lights from 1820, fires and cookers from 1880, washing appliances from 1890, even oven gas powered radio and hairdryers, together with a 1920's kitchen. Guided tours by appointment. | Open all year Tuesdays to Thursdays, please telephone for details. |
| Belgrave Hall and Gardens Church Road Belgrave LEICESTER LE4 5PE Tel.: 0116 266 6590 Email: museums@leicester.gov.uk www.leicestermuseums.ac.uk/museums/belgravehall.html |
Belgrave | An early 18th century Queen Anne house famed for its ghost story. The period rooms showing the contrasting lifestyles of an upper middle class family and domestic servants in Victoria times. Belgrave Hall has two acres of serene walled gardens that are open to the public. In the 19th century Belgrave was a village surrounded by fields. The Hall and Gardens provide an oasis of peace and quiet in a busy suburb of Leicester | Contact for details. |
| Queen's Royal Lancers Museum Belvoir Castle Belvoir GRANTHAM NG32 1PD |
Belvoir | This historical setting houses the collections of the 16th/5th Lancers, 17th/21st Lancers and the Queens Royal Lancers. These tell the story of two fine cavalry regiments from formation to the present day through arms, uniforms, silver paintings, with personal accounts and artefacts. The regimental archive is held at Lancer House, Prince William of Gloucester Barracks, Grantham and can be viewed by appointment. | March to October. Please contact for details. |
| Environmental Resources Centre 216, Birstall Road Birstall LEICESTER LE4 4DG Tel.: 0116 267 1950 |
Birstall | A unique databank of resources to help you discover more about the County and its history and wildlife. Specialist staff can provide access to records of wildlife sites and species, of archaeology and geology. They can help you with your enquiries and can identify specimens. The Centre helps to conserve and protect Leicestershire's rich natural and historic heritage. It also offers the opportunity to community members to volunteer through Heritage Watch. | Monday to Friday 10am to 4.30pm by appointment. Closed Bank Holidays. |
| Cold War Jets Bruntingthorpe Airfield & Proving Ground Bruntingthorpe LUTTERWORTH LE17 5QS Tel.: 0116 247 8030 www.lightnings.org.uk |
Bruntingthorpe | Bruntingthorpe Airfield houses a collection of British cold war jets, some of which are in serviceable condition and make simulated take-offs down the two mile long runway in May and September each year. The collection includes Vulcan and Victor nuclear bombers, a Canberra, 2 Hunters, 2 Lightnings, 3 Buccaneers, 3 Jet Provosts and a Comet. | Open Sundays 10am to 4pm. |
| Castle Donington Museum Castle Donnington Museum Trust 4, Apiary Gate Castle Donington DERBY DE74 2JA Tel.: 01332 811549 / 811944 www.castledoningtonmuseum.org.uk |
Castle Donington | Occupying the ground floor of a 17th century farmhouse in the former market town, the museum stages a series of exhibitions featuring various aspects of the history of the area, describing the lifestyles, occupations, homes and leisure activities of the inhabitants. Hands-on computer displays and exhibits ouline the history of the village from prehistoric to modern times, there is also a garden. | Open Easter to end September. Contact for details. |
| Donington Grand Prix Collection Donington Park Castle Donington DERBY DE74 2RP Tel.: 01332 811027 Email: enquiries@doningtoncollection.co.uk www.donington-park.co.uk/gpcollection/ |
Castle Donington | The world's largest collection of Grand Prix racing cars. Five halls containing over 130 exhibits depicting motor sport history from the turn of the 20th century to the present day. Features the largest collection of McLarens in the world. Also on display Mansell's Williams; Senna's McLaren; BRM Lotus; Vanwall and cars drive by such greats as Moss, Nuvolari and Clark. | Contact for details. |
| Snibston Discovery Park Snibston Discovery Park Ashby Road COALVILLE LE67 3LN Tel.: 01530 278444 www.leics.gov.uk/snibston.htm |
Coalville | Snibston Discovery Park is set in the heart of the National Forest on the site of a former colliery. , Snibston is Leicestershire's all-weather science and industry museum, where visitors can get their "hands-on" loads of fun in the popular Science Alive! Gallery, or explore the County's rich heritage in the Transport, Extractives, Engineering and Textiles and Fashion Galleries. Other attractions are The Toy Box, an area for the under eights and see the toys of yesteryear, guided colliery tours, outdoor science and water playgrounds, sculptures and Nature Reserve. | Open every day, please see website for details. |
| Rutland Railway Museum Cottesmore Iron Ore Mine Sidings Ashwell Road Cottesmore OAKHAM LE15 7BX Tel.: 01572 813203 www.rutlandrailwaymuseum.org.uk |
Cottesmore | The open air museum houses a unique collection of exhibits demonstrating the rich heritage of iron ore mining in the East Midlands. A feature of the museum is the quarry recreation with authentic railway system operated on specific days. Quarry tours and an extensive static collection of interesting artefacts. | Contact for details. |
| Donington-le-Heath Manor House Manor House Museum Manor Road Donington Le Heath COALVILLE LE67 2FW Tel.: 01530 831259 www.leics.gov.uk/donington_le_heath.htm |
Donington Le Heath | The Manor House was built in the late 13th century and was renovated early in the 17th century. Visitors to the house can now see restored rooms and displays on medieval life as well as a series of temporary exhibitions on a wide range of subjects. The house is set in recently recreated 17th century style gardens with flower gardens, an orchard, herb gardens and a maze. The site is noted for its lively series of monthly events that use re-enactment, crafts, hands-on activities and specialist demonstrations to interpret Leicestershire's history and archaeology to visitors of all ages | Open daily. See website for details. |
| Normanton Church Museum Normanton Church Museum Normanton OAKHAM LE15 8RP Tel.: 01572 653026 Email: tic@anglianwater.co.uk www.anglianwaterleisure.co.uk |
Edith Weston | Normanton Church, Rutland Water's most famous landmark, sits half-submerged on the edge of Rutland Water. Originally part of the Normanton Estate, it now houses pre-historic remains and an Anglo-Saxon female skeleton. There is also an exhibition showing the history of 'what the papers said' about the development of the reservoir and video presentation. | Call the Tourist Information Centre for opening times on 01572 653026. |
| Fleckney Museum Fleckney Library School Street Fleckney LEICESTER LE8 8AS Tel.: 0116 240 4221 or 240 2123 www.leicestershirevillages.co.uk/fleckney |
Fleckney | Fleckney Museum's collection of photographs and documents relating to the village. Access is available through the Leicestershire Villages website on a designated computer in the library. | Library opening times. Contact for details. |
| Foxton Canal Museum Middle Lock Gumley Road Foxton MARKET HARBOROUGH LE16 7RA Tel.: 0116 279 2657 Email: info@fipt.org.uk www.fipt.org.uk |
Foxton | Situated at one of Leicestershire's most popular tourist attractions, this award winnimg museum is located in the reconstructed boiler house of the Foxton Boat Lift. Displays tell the story of the Lift, a masterpiece of Victorian engineering designed to replace the ten locks, the locks themselves and the local canals. Interactive computer displays, working models and playboat. | Summer every day 10am to 5pm. Winter open weekends and some days. Contact for details. |
| Hallaton Village Museum Hogg Lane Hallaton MARKET HARBOROUGH LE16 8UE Tel.: 01858 555305 www.hallaton.org |
Hallaton | Small museum situated in the heart of the village, just off High Street. Exhibition on hare pie scrambling and bottle kicking. Tours of the village can be arranged also group visits to museum. | Easter to end September, Saturdays / Sundays & bank holidays. |
| Hinckley and District Museum 18, Lower Bond Street HINCKLEY LE10 1QU Tel.: 01455 251218 (635106 day) Email: hinckleymuseum@myway.com www.hinckleydistrictmuseum.org.uk |
Hinckley | Housed in a row of 17th century thatched cottages once used for framework knitting, the museum illustrates the history of the Hinckley area from pre-historic to modern times with new displays each season. Delightful cottage garden and tea room. Near to the town centre on B4667. | Easter Monday to end October, Sats & Bank Hol.Mon 10 to 4, Sun 2 to 5pm. |
| Kegworth Museum 52, High Street Kegworth DERBY DE74 2DA Tel.: 01509 214460 or 672886 Email: info@kegworthmuseum.org.uk www.kegworthmuseum.org.uk |
Kegworth | Housed in a 19th century barn, this award winning museum tells the story of Kegworth from earliest times to the present day. Displays include a Victorian parlour, the story of two hundred years of the local knitting industry, the history of the village school from slates to computers and a saddler's workshop. Memorabilia of the Royal British Legion, reflecting the war service of local people, is also on show. Open by arrangement for groups. | Weds and Sun and bank holiday afternoons. Contact for details. |
| EcoHouse Ecohouse Groundwork Leicester & Leicestershire Parkfield Western Park LEICESTER LE3 6HX Tel.: 0116 254 5489 Email: ecohouse@gwll.org.uk www.groundworkleicester.org.uk/ecohouse/ |
Leicester | Leicester's internationally renowned environmental showhome demonstrates hundreds of environmental features and ideas, inspiring and encouraging visitors to make green changes to their own homes and gardens. Situated just off the Hinckley Road in Western Park, the EcoHouse is easily accessible by public transport, bicycle or car. Audio guide, interactive displays, organic garden, café and EcoShop. Guided tours can be arranged and school visits are welcome. The EcoHouse staff are happy to give advice and information to visitors about being kinder to the environment. | Open all year, Wed, Thur, Fri 2 to 5pm, Sat & Sun & BH 10am to 5pm |
| William Carey Museum Central Baptist Church Charles Street LEICESTER LE1 1LA Tel.: 0116 287 3864 www.central-baptist.org.uk |
Leicester | This museum chronicles the life of William Carey, a founder of the Baptist Missionary Movement. Models, tableaux and an archive of letters and publications illustrate his life and work from his ministry in Leicester to his work as a missionary and social reformer in India. Also in the museum are mementoes of Robert Hall, the great preacher, who was a minister of Harvey Lane Baptist Church from 1808 to 1826. | Open Sundays and by appointment. Contact for details |
| Great Hall of Leicester Castle Leicester Castle Castle Yard LEICESTER LE1 5WH Tel.: 0116 253 2569 www.leicestermuseums.ac.uk/museums/castle.html |
Leicester City Centre | Built in the mid 12th century by Robert le Bossu, the second earl of Leicester and founder of Leicester Abbey. In 1425-6, and possibly on other occasions, Parliament met in the Great Hall. A fashionable brick front was added to the hall at the end of the 17th century. A medieval vaulted cellar is all that remains of a stone kitchen or chamber block at the south end of the hall. Used as a court for many years until the Courts moved to new premises in the City Centre. | Only open on event days. Please contact for details. |
| Guru Nanak Sikh Museum Guru Nanak Gurdwara Temple 9, Holy Bones LEICESTER LE1 4LJ Tel.: 0116 262 8606 Email: info@thesikhmuseum.com www.thesikhmuseum.com |
Leicester City Centre | The first registered Sikh musum in the UK is located in the city centre near St Nicholas Circle. Permanent displays include spectacular models of major Sikh shrines, a superb collection of paintings illustrating Sikh culture, hand written manuscripts, coins and many historic photographs which include portraits of Sikh army offers who fought for Britain in the two world wars. | Open all year. Contact for details. |
| Jewry Wall Museum and Site St. Nicholas Circle LEICESTER LE1 4LB Tel.: 0116 2254971 Email: museums@leicester.gov.uk www.leicestermuseums.ac.uk/museums/jewwall.html |
Leicester City Centre | Leicester's Museum of Archaeology is placed in the wonderful setting of the remains of the Roman town's public baths.Its centrepiece is the 2000 year old Jewry Wall, a rare example of Roman walling which is one of Leicester's major landmarks. The museum tells the story of Leicester from prehistory through to the end of the medieval period and holds Leicestershire's archaeological collections ranging in date from 300,000 years ago to the end of the Middle Ages. | Open weekends only, please see website for details. |
| Leicester Royal Infirmary Museum Leicester Royal Infirmary Infirmary Square LEICESTER LE1 5WW Tel.: 0116 254 1414 |
Leicester City Centre | A fascinating collection of pictures, prints, manuscripts and memorabilia illustrating the history of the Royal Infirmary since its opening in 1771. The infirmary story is complemented by an extensive collection of medical equipment and artefacts, which illustrate the development of medicine during the last two hundred years. | Open all year Weds pm only. Contact for details. |
| New Walk Museum and Art Gallery Museum & Art Gallery 53, New Walk LEICESTER LE1 7EA Tel.: 0116 2254900 Email: museums@leicester.gov.uk www.leicestermuseums.ac.uk/museums/newwalk.html |
Leicester City Centre | This museum and art gallery is situated within the historic New Walk area of the city. Explore Wild Space, Leicestershire's rocks, the mighty Rutland dinosaur and Egyptian mummies, coffins, gods and treasures. Children aged 2-8 years make active links between people, other cultures, the natural world, and art, in Discover, a gallery of play learning and finding out. The museum is a major regional art gallery with notable collections of German Expressionist art and European art dating from the 15th century to the present day. | Please contact for details. |
| Newarke Houses Museum Newarke House Museum The Newarke LEICESTER LE2 7BY Tel.: 0116 225 4980 Email: museums@leics.gov.uk www.leicester.gov.uk/museums |
Leicester City Centre | The Museum focuses on Leicester's `ordinary people - extraordinary lives' and the history of the Royal Leicestershire Regiment. The new displays including shopping, entertainment, room sets for the 1950s and 70s, a cinema experience and the growth of Leicester's communities. A variety of different techniques including oral histories, archive film, computer interactives and newly acquired objects will bring these stories to life. | Contact for details. |
| The Guildhall The Guildhall Guildhall Lane LEICESTER LE1 5FQ Tel.: 0116 253 2569 www.leicestermuseums.ac.uk/museums/guild.html |
Leicester City Centre | One of the best preserved timber framed halls in the country, the Guildhall was built around 1390 as a meeting place for the Guild of Corpus Christi and was used as the Town Hall from the late 15th century to 1876. It houses a 17th century town library, which has many rare books, and the Great Hall. It is believed that Shakespeare performed here during Tudor times and Leicester's first police force was based here. | Contact for details. |
| The Magazine The Magazine Museum Magazine Walk LEICESTER LE1 5XT Tel.: 0116 253 2569 www.leicestermuseums.ac.uk/museums/magazine.html |
Leicester City Centre | The name Newarke means 'new works' and it was once a quiet religious precinct on the edge of medieval Leicester. The Magazine Gateway was the main entrance into this precinct and was built around 1400. In the 1600s the gateway was used to store the weapons and gunpowder of the town militia. It was its use as an armoury or 'magazine' that gave the gateway its name. In the 1890s a barracks and a drill hall were built alongside the Magazine for the Leicestershire Militia. These buildings were demolished in the 1960s as a result of new road scheme but fortunately protests saved the Magazine. | Open on event days only. |
| Bellfoundry Museum The Bellfoundry Freehold Street LOUGHBOROUGH LE11 1AR Tel.: 01509 233414 Email: museum@taylorbells.co.uk www.taylorbells.co.uk/pages/museum.html |
Loughborough | A unique museum showing the history of bells, bell founding and the Taylor Company's long history. Displays include the manufacturing and tuning of bells. You can even ring some yourself! The museum forms part of the largest working bell foundry in the world. Tours of works available by arrangement. | Contact for details. |
| Charnwood Museum Granby Street LOUGHBOROUGH LE11 3DU Tel.: 01509 233754 www.leics.gov.uk/charnwood_museum.htm |
Loughborough | Popular family-friendly museum featuring a wide range of exhibits which reflect the area's local history, wildlife, geology and archaeology. Many exhibits are interactive. Visitors can enjoy playing a computer game about Loughborough, handling rocks from Charnwood's volcanic past, walk below the giant oak or zoom in on a fly's eye. Regularly changing programme of temporary exhibitions and events, including school holiday activities and regular art and craft workshops for children and adults. | Open daily except Christmas and New Year. See website for details. |
| Great Central Railway Great Central Station Great Central Road LOUGHBOROUGH LE11 1RW Tel.: 01509 230726 www.gcrailway.co.uk/ |
Loughborough | Heritage railway forming a living museum with steam-hauled passenger trains operating between restored period stations. The history of the railway is captured in its own museum where historic photographs illustrate the building of the line, memorabilia, models and name plates reflect past glories and silverware hints at the luxury of railway travel in days gone by. | Contact for details. |
| Loughborough War Memorial Museum Carillon War Memorial Museum Queens Park Granby Street LOUGHBOROUGH LE11 3DU Tel.: 01509 231667 Email: Carillonmuseum@talktalk.net |
Loughborough | The unique tower was erected as a war memorial to the Loughborough men who died in the Great War. The ground floor contains a collection of wartime memorabilia donated by local people. The first floor displays the Leicestershire Yeomanry collection, while the second floor houses collections relating to the airborne forces. The tower contains a 47 bell carillon. Regular recitals are given throughout the year. | Open Easter to September. Contact for details. |
| Old Rectory Museum Steeple Row Rectory Place LOUGHBOROUGH LE11 1UW Tel.: 01509 232419 |
Loughborough | Housed in a preserved medieval manor house, later the local rectory, this small museum illustrates the history of Loughborough and its environs from the earliest times to the present day. Permanent displays feature local archaeology and history. Temporary exhibitions illustrate the lives and work of local people of the past. A fine collection of Swithland slate gravestones preserved in the Rectory's attractive grounds demonstrates the skill and artistry of local stonemasons. | Open Saturdays April to October, other times by appointment. Please telephone for details. |
| Lutterworth Museum One Stop Shop Wycliffe House Gilmorton Road LUTTERWORTH LE17 4DY Tel.: 01455 555585 www.thisislutterworth.com |
Lutterworth | General local history collections are complemented by a large archive of photographs from the town and local villages. Displays featuring John Wycliffe (first to translate the Bible); Frank Whittle, who developed the 'jet engine' in Lutterworth, 1937-45; working Lutterworth railway display; artefacts from the Tripontium Roman dig; a collection from the Lutterworth fieldwalkers; archive room for family history tracing including the 1901 Census - Leics on microfiche. | Contact for details. |
| Harborough Museum Harborough District Council Council Offices Adam & Eve Street MARKET HARBOROUGH LE16 7AG Tel.: 01858 821085 Email: museums@leics.gov.uk www.leics.gov.uk/harborough_museum.htm |
Market Harborough | The Harborough Museum illlustrates Market Harborough's role as a market, social centre and stagecoach post. Its displays include the Symington collection of corsetry, and reconstruction of a local bootmaker's workshop. | Open daily, see website for details. |
| Measham Museum 56, High Street Measham SWADLINCOTE DE12 7HZ Tel.: 01530 273 956 |
Measham | A small museum illustraing the history of Measham and its inhabitants through changing exhibitions. Permanent displays include examples of 19th century Measham ware pottery, a unique collection of local mining artefacts and the Hart collection. Gathered by father and son, local doctors, this collection provides an insight into local health care over a period of nearly 100 years. | Open Tuesdays and Saturdays. Contact for details. |
| Melton Carnegie Museum 34, Thorpe End MELTON MOWBRAY LE13 1RB Tel.: 01664 569946 Email: museums@leics.gov.uk www.leics.gov.uk/melton_carnegie.htm |
Melton Mowbray | This local museum explores the fascinating history and the environment of the Borough of Melton, including the famous Vale of Belvoir. There is a wonderful mixture of exhibits including local crafts, archaeology, geology and even a two headed calf! Programmes of temporary exhibitions, evening talks and children's activities. | Open daily, see website for details. |
| Moira Furnace Museum Furnace Lane Moira SWADLINCOTE DE12 6AT Tel.: 01283 224667 or 225682 Email: moira.furnace@nwleicestershire.gov.uk |
Moira | Operated by Moira Furnace Museum Trust. An impressive iron-making blast furnace built by the Earl of Moira in 1804. The Furnace has been fully restored and houses a new industrial history exhibition. The site also features lime kilns, a woodland, a group of small workshops and the restored Ashby Canal complete with narrowboats. Guided tours and boat trips are available. | Contact for details. |
| Stonehouse Family Farm and Motor Museum Stonehurst Farm 139, Loughborough Road Mountsorrel LOUGHBOROUGH LE12 7AR Tel.: 01509 413216 |
Mountsorrel | A collection of vintage cars, motorbikes, bicycles and children's pedal cars, supported by an extensive collection of motoring memorabilia. An early 1900s omnibus has been restored and the development of a period village garage can be seen together with farm implements, vintage tractors and a turn of the century blacksmith's forge. | Open all year, please telephone for details. |
| Oakham Castle Oakham Castle Market Place OAKHAM LE15 6HW Tel.: 01572 758440 www.rutland.gov.uk/castle |
Oakham | Great Hall of Norman castle dating from 12th century in castle grounds with earlier moat. Unique collection of horseshoes presented by peers of the realm. | See website for details. |
| Rutland County Museum Rutland County Museum Catmose Street OAKHAM LE15 6HW Tel.: 01572 758440 www.rutland.gov.uk/museum |
Oakham | The museum of Rutland life including agricultural equipment, implements and wagons, local crafts and domestic items, local archaeology. | See website for details. |
| The Battlefield Line Shackerstone Railway Society Ltd Shackerstone Station Shackerstone NUNEATON CV13 6NW Tel.: 01827 880754 www.battlefield-line-railway.co.uk/ |
Shackerstone | Relive a country railway experience on a journey from Shackerstone, through rural south west Leicestershire, to Shenton and the Bosworth Battlefield Country Park. Free parking at Shackerstone. Educational visits on request. | Please see website for details of opening times. |
| Stanford Hall and Motorcycle Museum Stanford Hall LUTTERWORTH LE17 6DH Tel.: 01788 860 250 Email: enquiries@stanfordhall.co.uk www.stanfordhall.co.uk/ |
Stanford On Avon | Stanford has been the home of the Cave family since 1430. In the 1690s Sir Roger Cave commissioned the Smiths of Warwick to pull down the old manor house and build the present Hall, which is a fine example of their work and of the William and Mary period. The house contains antique furniture, fine pictures and family costumes. A craft centre and pottery are open most Sundays. | Contact for details or see website. |
| Swannington Heritage Trust 7, Hospital Lane Swannington COALVILLE LE67 8QD Tel.: 01530 222330 www.swannington-heritage.co.uk |
Swannington | The Heritage Trust has prepared village walks along the Swannington trail. You can see early railway history, evidence of 800 years of coalmining and a refurbished windmill. A full size gin engine can be examined. | Contact for details. |
| Wigston Framework Knitters Museum Wigston Framework Knitters Museum 42-44, Bushloe End WIGSTON LE18 2BA Tel.: 0116 288 3396 |
Wigston | An 18th century master hosier's house with adjoining 19th century workshop. The house is furnished in the 1920s-30s style while the workshop contains eight original hand knitting frames together with all the equipment once used to produce stockings and gloves. A cobbled rear yard and period garden complete the setting. | Contact for details. |