[1] Walk out of the car park to the right into Peacock Lane, turn to the left and and continue into St Martins beyond New Street on your right. (The former school which will be converted into the King Richard III Museum is on your right just after New Street).
[2] Take the first turning on the right, Greyfriars, cross Friar Lane and keep walking straight ahead into Berridge Street. Cross Millstone Lane and continue straight along Pocklington's Walk.
(A) King Richard III, who is reputed to have murdered the princes in the Tower, was killed in the Battle of Bosworth in 1485. His body was brought back to Leicester and buried at Greyfriars. The Monastery ceased to exist with the dissolution of the monasteries and knowledge of Richard's burial place was lost. The skeleton was found in the summer of 2012 and confirmed to be Richard III a few months later.
[3] Continue along Pocklington's Walk point out the Magistrates Courts on your right.
(B) Magistrates Courts: there was a courtroom in the Guildhall until 1876 when the Magistrates moved to the Town Hall and to Leicester Castle which also had court rooms. In 1992 all the magistrates courts were transferred to the ten purpose-built magistrates courts in Pocklington's Walk. The magistrates hear all criminal cases, the most serious being referred up to the Crown Court. There are 300 magistrates in Leicester who work voluntarily.
[4] Cross Welford Place at the traffic lights and continuing walking in the same direction going up New Walk with the City Council offices on your right. The City Council offices are due to be demolished in 2014.
There are occasional cyclists in New Walk who may come up behind you without warning.
[5] Cross King Street and continue up New Walk. The Employment Tribunal offices are on your right and Holy Cross Catholic Church on your left. New Walk is a pedestrian way originally laid out in 1785.
(C) Leicester City Council is a unitary authority so runs all the local authority services in the city. These include education, council housing, roads, waste disposal, street cleaning, swimming baths and leisure centres, museums and libraries.
[6] Continue up New Walk passing Museum Square on your right. You will come to New Walk Museum and Art Gallery on your right.
(D) The Museum was built in 1836 as a non-conformist school. It was designed by J.A. Hansom who also designed the famous Hansom cab. It was taken over for use as a museum in 1849. It has free entry, there are galleries of dinosaurs, ancient Egypt, German Expressionist art , Picasso ceramics and temporary exhibitions. There is a cafe and a gift shop on the ground floor.
Additional walk if time....Continue up New Walk passing De Montfort Square on your right. Cross De Montfort Street at the traffic lights and continue up New Walk passing the Belmont Hotel on your left and St Stephen's, the United Reformed Church (formerly a Presbyterian church) on your right. Shortly after the church there is a pleasant little garden on your right called "The Oval". Continue up New Walk crossing University Road at the traffic lights. Point out the Seventh Day Adventist Church on your left. It is on the corner of University Road and London Road. Continue on Upper New Walk until you come to a T-junction turn right along Granville Road. Point out Victoria Park and De Montfort Hall, the main concert hall in the city. Take the next turning to the right which is Regent Road. Continue walking down Regent Road and turn right at University Road pointing out Regent College, one of the city's sixth-form colleges at the junction of Regent Road and University Road. Point out the main University of Leicester campus further down University Road on your left. Walk along University Road cross Princess Road East and turn left down New Walk and then take the path immediately to your left which leads round the other side of "The Oval". Turn right at the end of the Oval to get back on to New Walk just above the United Reformed Church. Walk down New Walk towards the city. After crossing the bridge over Waterloo Way turn right down a path parallel to Waterloo Way, join the main walk again at *.
[7] Turn left down a path before you come to the bridge over Waterloo Way. *Walk along the path for a short distance, point out the railway station at the end of Waterloo Way and then turn left down Wellington Street. The County Court and the Crown Court Building are on your right.
(E) The County Court deals with civil matters such as divorce, bankruptcy, personal injury and commercial disputes. The Crown Court hears serious criminal cases with a jury. The Probate Registry which deals with property matters after someone has died is also in this building.
[8] Continue walking down Wellington Street the second turning on the right is Dover Street, look down the street and point out the Little Theatre on the left hand side of the street. In Wellington Street opposite Dover Street is the Holy Cross Hall. Continue walking down Wellington Street until you come to the T-junction with Belvoir Street. The Adult Education College is on your right, the Leicester People's Photographic Gallery is on Belvoir Street just to the right.
(F) The Little Theatre has been the home of Leicester Drama Society for over 90 years. It does not receive any public funding and is run by volunteers. The actors and the producers are mainly amateurs.
(G) The Adult Education College offers part-time courses for adults to improve employment prospects or to develop leisure interests.
(H) The Leicester People's Photographic Gallery is in the former Central Lending Library and there is free entry to its exhibitions.
[9] Walk down Belvoir Street as far as the traffic lights and turn left up Bowling Green Street. At the junction with Bishop Street point out the Central Lending and Reference Library.
(I) It is free to use both the main lending and the reference library. Anyone can use the reference library, but to borrow books you must become a member of the library. Andrew Carnegie, a multi-millionaire who owned iron and steel works in America, donated £12,000 to build the library which was opened in 1905. Carnegie funded many libraries in the UK and in the States.
[10] Walk to the end of Bowling Green Street and turn left into Horsefair Street and take the first right which is Hotel Street. You pass a Georgian building which is now a hotel on your right and the statue of a seamstress.
(J) The sculpture is of an eighteenth century seamstress sewing the seam on a stocking. It was unveiled in 1990 and the sculptor was James Walter Butler. Behind is, what is said to be, the finest Georgian building in the city and is now a hotel. It was built in 1792 and has a particularly fine ballroom on the first floor.
[11] Turn right down Market Place South and pass by the indoor market on your left (soon to be demolished) and the outdoor market. Look at the Corn Exchange Building in the middle of the market. .
(K) The Market has been on this site since 1300. The Corn Exchange was built in the 1850s and has an attractive double staircase on the outside.
[12] Continue walking round the market by turning left along Market Place and continue straight into the pedestrianised Cheapside.
[13] Turn left at Cank Street. If the Silver Arcade is open point it out on your right. The entrance to St Martin's Square is a little further along on your right, walk as far as Loseby Lane and turn right. This area of small shops is known as "The Lanes".
[14] At the junction with Silver Street and Guildhall Lane by The Globe public house turn left into Guildhall Lane.
(L) The Globe dates from 1720 and is one of the best pubs in the city.
[15] Just before the Guildhall turn left into St Martin's West and take the right turning into the St Martin's House car park.