Abbey Park Leicester

The River Soar divides this park that is beautiful two distinct areas: to the eastern of the river lies the highly ornamental Victorian part of the park having its evergreen shrubberies, trees, lakes and formally planted flower displays and to the west associated with river lies the fascinating Abbey Grounds, either side great for family exploring but in differing means!Within this area are the keeps of the twelfth century Leicester Abbey while the ruins of Cavendish House, a seventeenth century mansion, so a perfect educational end to have a rummage across the ruins when they've had enough of running about shrieking!The Pets Corner area for the park is open throughout the summer months and will be offering a variety of pets for people to enjoy from familiar family members pets such as for instance rabbits to your less familiar and expected& They're not going to let you know, so go along and work out some brand new friends, furry and otherwise!There is also a miniature railway for model engines on Abbey Park itself which will be a charming function very popular with young ones. The railway is open to the public most Sundays through the summer and is a pleasant option to expand your household jaunt.There will also be a household friendly cafe and a sizable play area ideal for children of most many years as well as grassed areas for ball games and so on, therefore have the young ones to pack the bats up, balls, frisbees, and anything else you'll think of this'll easily fit in the kit bag!