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Discovery of the King under the Car Park

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3 day tour
From £172 per person - minimum 20 passengers

The remarkable discovery of the remains of King Richard III under a car park in the centre of Leicester captivated the nation. On this tour we discover the real story, with a visit to the King Richard III Visitor Centre. We step back in time to 1485 at the Bosworth Battlefield Heritage Centre and take a walking tour of the historic centre of Leicester and visit Leicester Botanical Gardens.

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Dates

Dates throughout 2024 & 2025


Suggested itinerary by coach

Day 1

Travel to Leicestershire, Bosworth Battlefield Heritage Centre

Enjoy a relaxing journey to Leicestershire. In the afternoon we visit the Bosworth Battlefield Heritage Centre.

Day 2

Leicester Walking Tour, King Richard III Visitor Centre and Leicester Botanical Gardens.

This morning, we meet our Blue Badge Tourist Guide for a 90-minute walking tour of Leicester’s historic city centre. We then visit the King Richard III Visitor Centre where the remarkable story of the search for the king is told. The centre is built over the actual location in the council car park where the remains were found. There’s free time to have lunch and explore the city centre.

In the afternoon, we visit the Leicester Botanical Gardens where you can see and learn about a wide range of plants that grow in the extensive collections from around the world. Founded in 1921 with the assistance of the Leicester Literary and Philosophical Society, the University of Leicester Botanic Garden was established on its present site in Oadby in 1947.

Day 3

Return home

We leave Leicester and start our journey home. Depending on the route why not include a visit to Foxton Locks, Rockingham Castle, Calke Abbey, Donington Le Heath Manor House or the National Memorial Arboretum.

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Dates 3 days / 2 nights
2024 dates  From £172.00 per person
2025 dates From £199.00 per person
All prices are per person based on sharing a double or twin room and with one free place for a coach driver or group organiser in a single room, both are based on a minimum 20 full fare paying passengers. Prices do not include coach hire or travel insurance. Dates are subject to availability. Smaller groups can be quoted for on request. Pictures are for illustrative purposes only. Our website policy is to use only copyright free images or images which have been authorised to us for free use by the owner. If you consider an image to be unauthorised or to be your property, please contact us immediately and if invalid we will have the image removed. If your image requires crediting or is missing a copyright statement then we will be pleased to add this to the webpage, contact us at info@greatdays.co.uk

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