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NATIONAL SPACE CENTRE
A wonderful exhibition, state of the art "Space Theatre", real rockets and more! Just a short distance north of Abbey Park and beside the River Soar. ABBEY PUMPING STATION Truly awe inspiring working steam beam engines within a science and technology museum. Host to steam power and vintage vehicle open days. Next door to the National Space Centre! LEICESTER COLLEGE An establishment of further and higher education. One of its four campuses lies across the Grand Union Canal from Abbey Park. ENVIRONMENT CITY Find out how and why Leicester is Britain's first Environment City. LEICESTER CITY COUNCIL The local authority responsible for Abbey Park and, of course, very many other matters in the City of Leicester. |
FRIENDS OF MUNTZ PARK
A fellow Friends society. Muntz Park is in Selly Oak, Birmingham and is situated between Umberslade and Gristhorpe Roads, overlooked by houses on three sides. On the fourth side is Raddlebarn Primary School. LEICESTER SOCIETY OF MODEL ENGINEERS Proprietors of the miniature railway in Abbey Park. Passengers welcomed on many weekends from spring through to autumn. LEICESTER & DISTRICT SCALE MODEL BOAT CLUB The Club meets every Sunday afternoon throughout the year at Abbey Park Boating Lake and holds various competitions including Yacht raising, Scale Steering events and Fun Fast Electrics. |
B&Q WAREHOUSE
Sponsor of the new Goat House at Abbey Park Pets Corner! Just across St. Margaret's Way from Abbey Park. SAINSBURY'S Their Belgrave Road store is a short walk from Abbey Park. Do your weekly shop or fill your petrol tank after visiting Abbey Park! HALFORDS Everything for your car and bicycles too. There's a store on St. Margaret's Way, opposite Abbey Park. GREENS HEALTH & FITNESS At the corner of Blackbird Road and Abbey Lane, diagonally opposite Abbey Park. For those of you for whom a brisk walk around a park in the open air just isn't enough! |