Leicester

E47527

city

Leicester is a historic and culturally diverse city in the East Midlands of England, known for its Roman origins, vibrant multicultural community, and the rediscovery and reburial of King Richard III.

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All labels observed (9)

Label	Occurrences
Leicester canonical	164
City of Leicester	10
Leicester, England	9
Leicester city centre	7
Leicester urban area	4
Leicester, Leicestershire, England	2
Leicester area	1
Leicester is a major city in the East Midlands	1
Leics	1

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	city ⓘ
country	England ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ
governingBody	Leicester City Council ⓘ
hasApproximatePopulation	over 300000 ⓘ
hasCathedral	Leicester Cathedral ⓘ
hasCricketClub	Leicestershire County Cricket Club ⓘ
hasEthnicDiversity	high proportion of Asian British population ⓘ one of the most ethnically diverse cities in the UK ⓘ
hasFestival	Carnival ⓘ surface form: Caribbean Carnival Diwali celebrations on Belgrave Road ⓘ Leicester Comedy Festival ⓘ
hasFootballClub	Leicester City F.C. ⓘ
hasHistoricalPeriod	Roman settlement ⓘ medieval market town ⓘ
hasIndustry	engineering ⓘ retail ⓘ textiles ⓘ
hasLandmark	Belgrave Road (Golden Mile) ⓘ Curve Theatre ⓘ Highcross Leicester ⓘ Jewry Wall ⓘ King Power Stadium ⓘ King Richard III Visitor Centre ⓘ Leicester Cathedral ⓘ Leicester Market ⓘ National Space Centre ⓘ
hasMajorRoad	A46 road ⓘ A47 road ⓘ A6 road ⓘ
hasMotorwayAccess	M1 motorway ⓘ
hasPostcodeArea	LE ⓘ
hasReligiousDiversity	Christian community ⓘ significant Hindu community ⓘ significant Muslim community ⓘ significant Sikh community ⓘ
hasRomanName	Ratae Corieltauvorum ⓘ
hasRugbyUnionClub	Leicester Tigers ⓘ
hasSettlementType	ceremonial county city ⓘ unitary authority ⓘ
hasSignificantEvent	reburial of King Richard III in Leicester Cathedral ⓘ rediscovery of King Richard III’s remains ⓘ
hasTransportFacility	Leicester railway station ⓘ
hasUniversity	De Montfort University ⓘ University of Leicester ⓘ
isCountyTownOf	Leicestershire ⓘ
isHistoricCity	true ⓘ
isMulticulturalCity	true ⓘ
locatedIn	East Midlands ⓘ Leicestershire ⓘ
locatedOnRiver	River Soar ⓘ

Referenced by (199)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Strasbourg is seat of the Council of Europe → twinCity → Leicester ⓘ

subject surface form: Strasbourg

Birmingham New Street → connectsTo → Leicester ⓘ

Strasbourg → twinCity → Leicester ⓘ

Graham Chapman → placeOfBirth → Leicester ⓘ

East Midlands → hasMajorCity → Leicester ⓘ

East Midlands → hasLargestCity → Leicester ⓘ

Midlands → majorCity → Leicester ⓘ

Diocese of Leicester → seeCity → Leicester ⓘ

Diocese of Leicester → cathedralCity → Leicester ⓘ

Diocese of Leicester → territoryIncludes → Leicester ⓘ

this entity surface form: City of Leicester

Diocese of Leicester → region → Leicester ⓘ

this entity surface form: City of Leicester

Wyggeston Grammar School for Boys → locatedIn → Leicester ⓘ

Wyggeston Grammar School for Boys → city → Leicester ⓘ

A47 road → passesThrough → Leicester ⓘ

A47 road → serves → Leicester ⓘ

this entity surface form: Leicester urban area

Fosse Way → passesThrough → Leicester ⓘ

Leicester City F.C. → homeCity → Leicester ⓘ

A46 road → connectsCity → Leicester ⓘ

Midland Main Line → terminus → Leicester ⓘ

Midland Main Line → connectsCity → Leicester ⓘ

Midland Main Line → connectsStation → Leicester ⓘ

East Midlands Airport → serves → Leicester ⓘ

East Midlands Airport → servesMetropolitanArea → Leicester ⓘ

this entity surface form: Leicester urban area

Derby → nearbyCity → Leicester ⓘ

Ramsay MacDonald → constituencyRepresented → Leicester ⓘ

Stanstead Airport → providesServiceTo → Leicester ⓘ

subject surface form: Stansted Airport railway station

central England → includes → Leicester ⓘ

subject surface form: Central England

Grand Union Canal → passesThrough → Leicester ⓘ

A6 road → passesThrough → Leicester ⓘ

Chapman → placeOfBirth → Leicester ⓘ

subject surface form: Graham Chapman

Andrew Bailey → birthPlace → Leicester ⓘ

M1 motorway → passesNear → Leicester ⓘ

Lincoln railway station → hasServiceTo → Leicester ⓘ

Grantham railway station → connectsTo → Leicester ⓘ

Royalist capture of Leicester (1645) → location → Leicester ⓘ

River Soar → flowsThrough → Leicester ⓘ

River Soar → crosses → Leicester ⓘ

this entity surface form: Leicester city centre

River Soar → nearbyCity → Leicester ⓘ

University of Leicester → locatedIn → Leicester ⓘ

University of Leicester → city → Leicester ⓘ

De Montfort University → locatedIn → Leicester ⓘ

De Montfort University → city → Leicester ⓘ

Philippa of Lancaster → birthPlace → Leicester ⓘ

this entity surface form: Leicester, England

Julian Barnes → placeOfBirth → Leicester ⓘ

this entity surface form: Leicester, England

Henry of Grosmont → placeOfDeath → Leicester ⓘ

this entity surface form: Leicester, England

Derwent Reservoir → waterSourceFor → Leicester ⓘ

Markfield, Leicestershire, England → nearbySettlement → Leicester ⓘ

subject surface form: Markfield

London St Pancras to Sheffield → typicalIntermediateStop → Leicester ⓘ

Leicester to Lincoln → connectsCity → Leicester ⓘ

Leicester to Lincoln → notableDestinationFeature → Leicester ⓘ

this entity surface form: Leicester is a major city in the East Midlands