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Richard III's Leicester: A History Hit Audio Tour 2
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By VoiceMap Audio Tours
Free cancellation available
Price is CA $17 per adult
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  • Free cancellation available
  • 1h 15m
  • Mobile voucher
  • Instant confirmation

Overview

  • This self-guided audio walking tour through medieval Leicester is hosted by historian and History Hit podcaster Matt Lewis.

    On this walking tour, you'll discover the dramatic history hiding behind the 2012 discovery of King Richard III beneath a city car park. Over the next hour, your smartphone's GPS automatically plays Matt’s narration at exactly the right time and place, letting you safely explore at your own pace.

    Starting at the Richard III Visitor Centre, you'll track the final footsteps of England’s last Plantagenet king. You'll learn the secrets of the Newarke Gateway, pass the drafty remains of Leicester Castle, and look down at the ancient Roman wall.

    You'll walk to Bow Bridge to learn the grim legend of Richard's departure, explore St. Nicholas Church, and marvel at the architecture of Guildhall Lane. The tour finishes at the Cathedral Gardens by Richard's statue and final tomb.

    Download the app and step into history!

Activity location

  • Visit Leicester Information Centre
    • 4a Saint Martins
    • LE1 5DB, Leicester, England, United Kingdom

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • Visit Leicester Information Centre
    • 4a Saint Martins
    • LE1 5DB, Leicester, England, United Kingdom

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Richard III's Leicester: A History Hit Audio Tour in English

  • Activity duration is 1 hour and 15 minutes1h 15m
    1h 15m
  • Opening hours: Wed 12:00am-11:59pm
  • English
Language options: English
Price details
CA $16.91 x 1 AdultCA $16.91
Total
Price is CA $16.91

What's included, what's not

  • Inclusions
    Directions to the starting point so that when you're in the right place, the tour will start
  • Inclusions
    Lifetime access to this tour in English before your booking date and after it
  • Inclusions
    Offline access to audio, maps, and geodata
  • Inclusions
    App for Android and iOS
  • Inclusions
    Flexibility to explore at your own pace with a self-guided GPS tour
  • Exclusions
    Smartphone and headphones
  • Exclusions
    Personal expenses for admission fees not included during the tour
  • Exclusions
    Food and drink
  • Exclusions
    Transport

Know before you book

    • Public transport options are available nearby
    • Suitable for all physical fitness levels

Activity itinerary

King Richard III Visitor Centre (Pass by)

On this audio tour, you'll learn about how the 700-year-old remains of the lost king were discovered under a local car park in 2012, sparking a global fascination.

Leicester Cathedral (Pass by)

On this walking tour, you'll hear about how Richard III was finally reburied here in 2015 with dignity inside a tomb of Yorkshire fossil stone etched with his personal motto, "Loyalty Binds Me".

The Magazine Gateway (Pass by)

On this GPS-guided tour, you'll find out how this imposing three-story sandstone archway featured an upper-floor medieval toilet that emptied directly into the ditch below.

Turret Gateway (Pass by)

On this immersive smartphone tour, you'll discover the small gun loops carved into the medieval stone for muskets when Royalist forces stormed the town during the English Civil War.

Leicester Castle (Pass by)

On this self-guided audio tour, you'll learn how Richard III chose to sleep at a public inn instead of this historic royal residence because the ageing castle had become incredibly cold and drafty.

Roman Wall (Pass by)

On this historical walking tour, you'll be treated to the storey of the Leicester Town Wall, which contains some of the oldest Roman brickwork in the UK.

Bow Bridge (Pass by)

On this audio journey, you'll explore the site where a local wise woman supposedly predicted that the king's head would strike the bridge on his return from battle exactly where his spur hit it on the way out.

St Nicholas Church (Pass by)

On this GPS-guided walk, you'll tune into how medieval builders recycled ancient infrastructure to build the church, utilising bricks scavenged directly from neighbouring Roman ruins.

Leicester Guildhall (Pass by)

On this smartphone walking tour, you'll find out how the street once formed a dark tunnel of shadows lined with timber houses that leaned so far out they nearly touched across the cobbles.

King Richard Ⅲ Statue (Pass by)

On this final tour stop, you'll hear about how the victorious Tudors used real physical traits like Richard's scoliosis to spin centuries of villainous propaganda.

Location

Activity location

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    Visit Leicester Information Centre
    • 4a Saint Martins
    • LE1 5DB, Leicester, England, United Kingdom

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • PEOPLEPEOPLE
    Visit Leicester Information Centre
    • 4a Saint Martins
    • LE1 5DB, Leicester, England, United Kingdom

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