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15. Leicester (9) The New Walk and Leicester Museum

The lower end of New Walk (dated 1785), a promenade free from road traffic for over two hundred years! The iron lamp standards (lampposts!) date from the early 19th century.

The lower end of New Walk (dated 1785), a promenade free from road traffic for over two hundred years! The iron lamp standards (lampposts!) date from the early 19th century.

The lower end of New Walk (dated 1785), a promenade free from road traffic for over two hundred years! The iron lamp standards (lampposts!) date from the early 19th century.

 

 

As the blue plaque on the right reads, the museum was started in 1849, but the building was originally built in 1836-1837 as the Proprietary School. It was designed by Joseph Aloysius Hansom (1803-1882), inventor and architect.

 

Well up the New Walk promenade is the Leicester Museum.

It is a pleasant walk up 'New Walk' promenade for the tourist-visitor to the New Walk Leicester Museum which is a good attraction and well worth a visit and it has regular changes of features-displays.

 

A cetiosaurus dinosaur greets the visitor on the ground floor gallery!

A cetiosaurus dinosaur greets the visitor on the ground floor gallery!

 

A very good display of minerals, most found locally.

A very good display of minerals, most found locally.

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