Leicester Castle

Leicester Castle
Leicestershire
The Great Hall
Leicester Castle Shown within Leicestershire
Coordinates	52°37′56.4″N 1°8′28.3″W / 52.632333°N 1.141194°W / 52.632333; -1.141194
Type	Norman
Site information
Open to the public	everyday
Site history
Built	11th century
Built by	William the Conqueror
In use	Law court
Scheduled monument
Official name	Leicester Castle and the Magazine Gateway
Designated	26 June 1924
Reference no.	1012147

500m
550yds

Leicester Castle

  

Map of central Leicester. The dotted line shows the line of the medieval town walls.

Leicester Castle is in the city of the same name in the English county of Leicestershire. The complex is situated in the west of Leicester City Centre, between Saint Nicholas Circle to the north and De Montfort University to the south. A large motte and the Great Hall are the two substantial remains of what was once a large defensive structure. The hall is now encased in a Queen Anne style frontage. The Castle and the Magazine Gateway is a scheduled monument.^[1]