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Places worth the detour in Leicester

8 places worth going out of your way for lie within 20 km of Leicester, United Kingdom, across 1 kind of detour; archaeological & historic sites are the largest group (8). Best known: Ratae Corieltauvorum. 8 of them rank as little-known. Click any card to open it on the map.

Archaeological8
Within 20 km
8
Oldest
Burrough Hill 500
Little known
8 of 8
Most from
18th century
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Ratae Corieltauvorum
Ratae Corieltauvorum · Photo: Richard Croft · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons

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Ranked by how many Wikipedia editions cover them.

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Within reach of Leicester

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Questions about this page

What is worth seeing near Leicester?

8 places within 20 km: 8 archaeological & historic sites. The best known is Ratae Corieltauvorum.

Is there anything near Leicester that most visitors miss?

8 of these 8 places rank as little known — they carry a Wikipedia article in only a handful of languages, which is usually the difference between a queue and an empty path. They are in the ranked list below, furthest down.

What is the oldest thing near Leicester?

Burrough Hill, dated to 500.

How is the 20 km radius measured?

As the crow flies from the centre of Leicester, not by driving time. A place inside the circle can still be a long way round by road, and the distance to each is on its card on the map.

Where does this information come from?

Every place is drawn from Wikidata (CC0), with photographs from Wikimedia Commons and a link to its English Wikipedia article. Selection is deterministic: a place is here because Wikidata files it under one of the classes this atlas carries and it has coordinates, a photo and an article. Nothing is written or chosen by an AI, and the ranking is simply how many Wikipedia language editions cover a place.