[1] From outside the Highcross Shopping Centre on High Street turn into Carts Lane then Loseby Lane. Cross over St Martins and go straight on, along Grey Friars. Keep going straight on, along Pocklingtons Walk until you come to the junction with Welford Place.
[2] Cross over Welford Place on the pedestrian crossings and go straight on into the first section of New Walk. Cross straight over Kings Street and follow the New Walk until you reach the New Walk Museum and Art Gallery on the right.
(A) Originally known as Queens Walk, the New Walk was created in the late 18th Century to provide a pedestrian walkway between the town centre and the racecourse on Victoria Park. New Walk was created on the Roman Road which ran from Colchester to Leicester.
The New Walk Museum and Art Gallery originated in 1849 thanks to the Literary and Philosophical Society who presented its collections to the town. The Museum also houses the famous Rutland Dinosaur in the Dinosaur Gallery.
[3] Just beyond the Museum turn left onto a footpath that runs to the side of Waterloo Way. Take the first left onto Wellington Street (follow signs to City Centre and Law Courts). Turn right into Dunkirk Street and follow it around to right (following signs to The Y Theatre and Train Station). Turn left into East Street. You should go past the Y Theatre just before reaching the main road (Leicester Station to your right).
The Y Theatre is Leicester's oldest surviving theatre. It was originally designed by Alderman Sawday in 1896 and was built to be a Christian Lecture Hall for the YMCA.
[4] At the end of East Street, turn left and immediately cross Granby Street. Continue on the main road, crossing Charles Street on the sets of pedestrian lights and turn into St George Street on the left (Leicester Mercury Building to your right).
[5] Take the footpath to the left off St Georges Street, just opposite the near end of the Mercury building. The footpath will take you through the church grounds of the Serbian Orthodox Church of St George the Great Martyr.
[6] The end of the church footpath leads to Orton Square. You should now be facing the Curve Theatre in the heart of Leicester's Cultural Quarter.
Orton Square is named after Joe Orton, one of Leicester's most celebrated playwright. Orton Square is a Cultural Quarter landmark and performance area.
Walk over to the Curve Theatre and turn left onto Halford Street. Cross over Charles Street on pedestrian lights and continue along Halford Street. Turn right into Gallowtree Gate.
[7] At the Clock Tower, turn left into High Street to return to the start