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Tourist Information:-
7-9 Every Street, Town Hall Square. Tel: 0116 265 0555
St Margarets Bus Station, Gravel Street. Tel: 0116 251 1301

Leicester

In 917, the ex-Roman Ratae Coritanorum was known as Ligera Ceaster after the people who dwelt here, the Ligora. Their name most likely relates to the nearby village of Leire which is on a tributary of the River Soar (flowing), having the same name.