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Richard III's Leicester: A History Hit Audio Tour
Important Information
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Public transportation options are available nearby
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Suitable for all physical fitness levels
Cancellation policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
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For a full refund, you must cancel at least 24 hours before the experience’s start time.
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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 Bridg...
Highlights
From 45 minutes to 1 hour and 15 minutes
Offered in English
Free Cancellation
Mobile Ticket
From 45 minutes to 1 hour and 15 minutes
Offered in English
Free Cancellation
Mobile Ticket
What's Included
Directions to the starting point so that when you're in the right place, the tour will start
Lifetime access to this tour in English before your booking date and after it
Offline access to audio, maps, and geodata
App for Android and iOS
Flexibility to explore at your own pace with a self-guided GPS tour
Smartphone and headphones
Personal expenses for admission fees not included during the tour
Food and drink
Transportation
Meeting Points
Departure
This tour starts at Visit Leicester Information Centre. Before arrival, please install the mobile app and use the code provided on your confirmation ticket. Detailed starting point instructions are available after downloading.
Return
Richard III's Leicester: A History Hit Audio Tour
About
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 Bridg...
Highlights
From 45 minutes to 1 hour and 15 minutes
Offered in English
Free Cancellation
Mobile Ticket
From 45 minutes to 1 hour and 15 minutes
Offered in English
Free Cancellation
Mobile Ticket
What's Included
Directions to the starting point so that when you're in the right place, the tour will start
Lifetime access to this tour in English before your booking date and after it
Offline access to audio, maps, and geodata
App for Android and iOS
Flexibility to explore at your own pace with a self-guided GPS tour
Smartphone and headphones
Personal expenses for admission fees not included during the tour
Food and drink
Transportation
Meeting Points
Departure
This tour starts at Visit Leicester Information Centre. Before arrival, please install the mobile app and use the code provided on your confirmation ticket. Detailed starting point instructions are available after downloading.
Return
Itinerary
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King Richard III Visitor Centre
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.
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Leicester Cathedral
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".
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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.
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Turret Gateway
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.
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Leicester Castle
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 aging castle had become incredibly cold and drafty.
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On this historical walking tour, you'll be treated to the story of the Leicester Town Wall, which contains some of the oldest Roman brickwork in the UK.
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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.
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On this GPS-guided walk, you'll tune into how medieval builders recycled ancient infrastructure to build the church, utilizing bricks scavenged directly from neighboring Roman ruins.
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Leicester Guildhall
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.
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King Richard Ⅲ
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.
