Victoria Park, Leicester, Leicestershire, England

The following is from the English Heritage Register of Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest.

Late 19th-century public park, considerably developed during the 20th century.

LOCATION, AREA, BOUNDARIES, LANDFORM, SETTING

The park lies south-east of the city centre. To the north-east the park is bounded by London Road, the A6 to Market Harborough, and to the south-east by Victoria Park Road, the B6416, which leads off it. To the west the park abuts Granville Road and the campus of Leicester University, and the registered area extends west to include the grounds of De Montfort Hall. The area here registered is roughly 35 hectares.

REFERENCES Used by English Heritage

The Victoria History of the County of Leicestershire 4, (1958), p 294

M Elliott, Victorian Leicester (1979), pp 155-6

M Taylor and G Wilson, The Quality of Leicester (2nd edition 1997), pp 142-7

Maps

OS 25" to 1 mile: Leicestershire sheet 31.15, 1st edition 1888; 2nd edition 1904
 

Description written: April 1998

Amended: May 1999

Edited: July 1999