Abbey Park

Abbey Park is just outside the centre of Leicester, where the River Soar divides this beautiful park into two distinct areas:

• On the western side of the river are the fascinating Abbey Grounds, with the remains of the twelfth-century Leicester Abbey and the ruins of Cavendish House, a seventeenth-century mansion. Abbey Park Café, which allows well-behaved dogs and pets corner, are also on this side of the park.
• To the east of the river lies the highly decorative Victorian part of the park with its evergreen shrubberies, trees, boating lake, miniature railway, and formally planted flower displays.