[1] Walk out of the car park straight ahead, turn right at St Martin's Lane West and then left along Peacock Lane which becomes St Martin's. Stop at New Street, which is the first turning right, and look at the former school building which will be converted into the King Richard III Museum (just beyond New Street in St Martins). Walk down New Street.
(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.
[2] At the first junction turn left into Friar Lane, this road crosses Hotel Street and becomes Market Place South. In Hotel Street on your right is a statue of a seamstress in front of a Georgian hotel.
(B) The sculpture is of an eighteenth century seamstress sewing the seam on a stocking. It was unveiled in 1990 and the sculptor was James Butler. The building behind the statue is said to be the finest Georgian building in the city. It is now a hotel and was built in 1792 There is a particularly fine ballroom on the first floor.
[3] Walk 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. On your right is the former fish market building (with blue pillars, now Lloyd's TSB). Stop when you come to the end of this building.
(C) 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.
[4] At the end of the former fish market turn right through a small square and then along a narrowpassageway into Town Hall Square. On your right is the Town Hall.
(D) The Town Hall was built on the site of the former cattle market between 1874 and 1876. It replaced the Guildhall as the city's Town Hall. Two years after it opened the fountain was given to the city by Israel Hart, a wealthy industrialist and a former mayor of Leicester.
[5] Turn right along Horsefair Street, cross the road and then turn immediately left to walk along the pedestrianised walkway in front of the Town Hall. When you come to Bishop Street look at the Bishop Street Methodist Church in front of you and next to that, on the right, the Central Lending and Reference Library.
(E) 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.
(F) The Bishops Street Methodist Church was opened in 1815.
[6] Turn right down Bishop Street and then left down Bowling Green Street. When you reach Belvoir Street the Adult Education College Building will be in front of you and next to that the Leicester People's Photographic Gallery in the former Central Lending Library.
(G) The Adult Education College offers part-time courses for adults to improve employment prospects and to develop leisure interests. Some courses are free.
(H) The Leicester People's Photographic Gallery has free entry to its exhibitions.
[7] Turn right along Belvoir Street and almost immediately turn left and take the right fork which is King Street.
[8] Walk up King Street for approximately 400 yards, passing the Leicester City Council offices on your right, (they are due to be demolished in 2014), and passing the Crescent further up on your left, ( it was built in 1810).
(I) 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.
[9] You come to the junction with Regent Road and there is a prominent church, Holy Trinity in front of you. Next to the Church on the left on Regent Road is Leicestershire Aids Support Services (LASS) in the Michael Wood Centre. Cross the Regent Road by the traffic lights look back at the Crescent Cottages on the opposite corner to the church, they were built in 1836. Walk straight on, down Upper King Street.
[10] At the junction with Tower Street turn right and when you come to the T-junction with Welford Road turn left and walk in front of Leicester Prison. Point out the Royal Infirmary which is the main hospital in Leicester and the Tigers Rugby Ground.
(J) Leicester Prison is often mistaken for Leicester Castle with its portcullis and sturdy towers. It was built as a prison in 1825.
(K) The Leicester Royal Infirmary is the largest Leicester hospital and the only one with an A&E Department. There is also an urgent care centre for patients who experience medical emergencies that are not life threatening at weekends or in the evenings when their GP is not available. The original buildings date from 1771.
(L) Leicester Tigers Rugby Club was formed in 1880 and since the 1970s has expanded and won many international tournaments.
[11] Walk along Welford Road until the end of the prison buildings and turn left and walk on a path along the side of the prison with Nelson Mandela Park to your right. Walk straight on up Lancaster Road. You can see the War Memorial (a large grey stone arch) at the top of the hill in the distance. The War Memorial is in Victoria Park. It is said that Nelson Mandela Park, originally described as "the recreation ground", was one of the first uses of this name in England.
[12] Take the second turning on the left, West Street . Just before crossing Regent Road notice the terrace of early nineteenth century cottages below the level of the street on your right. The classical building opposite,which was formerly the Fielding Johnson Hospital, has been converted into offices. Cross Regent Road at the traffic lights and continue walking up West Street.
Cross Regent Road at the traffic lights on the corner of Regent Road and Waterloo Way and turn back to West Street. Warning: do not go straight across Regent Road.
[13] At the T-junction with Princess Road West turn left and then almost immediately down a path to your right which runs between the Museum and Museum Square. When you reach New Walk turn left.
Look out for cyclists on New Walk who might come up behind you without warning.
(M) The Museum was built in 1836 was 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 as well as temporary exhibitions. There is a cafe and a gift shop on the ground floor.
[14] Walk down New Walk passing Holy Cross Catholic Church on your right and the Employment Tribunal offices on your left. A short distance after the church you come to "Job Centre Plus" which helps people searching for employment and advises on some state welfare benefits. At the junction with King Street turn right.
[15] At the junction with Belvoir Street cross at the traffic lights you can point out the Adult Education College and the Leicester People's Photographic Gallery again. Continue straight along pedestrianised Market Street.
[16] Turn left at the bottom of Market Street and walk along Millstone Lane until the Rutland and Derby pub (a good pub!) on your left. Take the turning on your right which is Wycliffe Street, cross Friar Lane and continue walking along New Street.
[17] At the junction with St Martin's turn left and then right into St Martin's House car park.