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Leicester’s once proud tramway system

The first tram route in Leicester was in 1874 from the Clock Tower to Belgrave.

• 6 mins

Leicester's secret railway tunnel beneath Glenfield

Designed by railway engineer George Stephenson Glenfield Tunnel is just over a mile long.

• 6 mins

The bed in which Richard III spent his final night

The bed in which Richard III slept the night before the Battle of Bosworth exists today.

• 6 mins

Grace Dieu Priory’s link with William Wordsworth

Grace Dieu Priory was used as a private house after the dissolution of the monasteries.

• 6 mins

The Leper Hospital founded in Burton Lazars

St Mary and St Lazarus Hospital was one of the most important leper hospitals in England.

• 6 mins

The secret RAF base which foiled the Nazis

The ‘Beambender’ was a vital WW2 RAF unit designed to foil Nazi bombing raids.

• 6 mins

‘Tanky’ Smith: Leicester’s first private detective

Francis ‘Tanky’ Smith was in Borough Police Force before becoming a private detective.

• 5 mins