Leicester Cathedral
Church Landmark and historical place
The Cathedral Church of St Martin, Leicester, usually known as Leicester Cathedral, is a Church of England cathedral in the English city of Leicester and the seat of the Bishop of Leicester. The church was elevated to a collegiate church in 1922 and made a cathedral in 1927 following the establishment of a new Diocese of Leicester in 1926.The remains of King Richard III were buried in the cathedral in 2015 after being discovered nearby. Read more
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2016-05-11It was very interesting to see the final resting place of Richard 111 having seen the ceremony on TV. All the volunteers helping were very friendly...
2016-05-15Enjoyed looking around, came especially to see King Richard's tomb,but the whole cathedral is great.
2016-05-05Beautiful, peacefull place with helpful and informative staff
2015-09-26Most welcoming a most interesting tranquil place to visit staff very knowledgeable.
2015-09-08S/heas robb'd me of my sword.
2015-09-02Wonderful friendly cathedral which is so refreshing! Great to see they also make use of the space by supporting local people with the sale of their...
2015-07-05A wonderful place of worship, peace, proclamation, and pilgrimage.
2015-04-04Beautiful church and very welcoming people we met with the dean ... David monteith and he was lovely I can't wait to get married here next year
2015-03-28I can only reiterate the accolades given this week. Thank you to everyone, I am so proud of our city, county and people.
2015-03-28I certainly thought it was worth a visit to see the permanent tomb of Richard III. How remarkable is may seem that his reinternment even took place in...
2015-03-26Well done Leicester. Very poignant and moving service.
2015-03-26I would like to thank the Cathedral and all those who have been involved this week in the amazing scenes we have witnessed during the process of...
2015-03-25Spent 2.5 hours in line yesterday and paid my respects. It was a cold but good humoured crowd who were there and the volunteers were helpful and...
2015-03-25Well done Leicester! You've got thousands of people through the doors to see King Richard III. Unfortunately, some people will always complain, but...
2015-03-25Cathedral was really good and staff and events people were really nice and welcoming today, while we were in the queue to see king Richard lll coffin.
2015-03-25Travelled a long way to be told it was closed!!! Poor show guys!! What a let down!
2015-03-25Went to see King Richard III yesterday morning. The queue was very long, as we expected, and took 2hrs or so. The cathedral supplied bottles of water,...
2015-03-25Just been to visit King Richard III in repose at Leicester Cathedral. Wonderful atmosphere!
2015-03-24Marvellous visit today to see Richard III in repose. My husband is terminally ill so we were allowed to go straight in ..a great kindness. We wanted...
2015-03-23To be honest I wasn't that bothered about Richard 111 , but I tuned in to C4 and was so immensely proud and over joyed to see uncle Peter
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