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Glenfield's secret tunnel
Designed by railway engineer George Stephenson Glenfield Tunnel is just over a mile long.
The last trams of Leicester
The first tram route in Leicester was in 1874 from the Clock Tower to Belgrave.
The Leicestershire Mill saved from brink of ruin
Hough Mill was a ruin when the Swannington Heritage Trust took it over in 1994.
Paying rent with one sock a year
The workshop of Leicester’s last master hosier is a unique record of his working life
The oldest church in Leicester
St Nicholas Church is over 1000 years old
How Leicester became home to unique gas gadgets!
Leicester is home to the world’s largest collection of objects from the history of gas.
The ‘lost’ beacon on Beacon Hill
Beacon Hill is the home of an ancient beacon.
