Take a tour of the King Power stadium, home of 2016 Premier League champions Leicester City, watch top-flight rugby at Welford Road – home of the Leicester Tigers – or visit Leicester’s newest sporting arena, home to the Leicester Riders basketball team. There’s also cricket, speedway and racing – and you can even watch elite cyclists in the Leicester Castle Classic each August.
Leicester City Football Club, also known as the Foxes, is a professional football team based in the city. Founded in 1884 as Leicester Fosse, the club played in their historic home Filbert Street for 111 years before moving to the King Power Stadium in 2002.
Home to the formidable Leicester Tigers, Welford Road Stadium has been hosting rugby matches since 1892. The 26,000 capacity venue is home to one of the best atmospheres in English rugby.
Hugging the banks of the River Soar in the north of the city is Abbey Park – a beautiful green space to relax and admire Leicester’s riverside scenery.
Bradgate Park, renowned for its fine herds of deer, is the only remaining enclosed medieval deer park in the East Midlands and contains the oldest rocks in England.
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