Leicester | Wikipedia audio article
Channel: wikipedia tts
Date: 2019-10-04

This is an audio version of the Wikipedia Article:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leicester


00:01:14 1 Name
00:02:11 2 History
00:02:20 2.1 Prehistory
00:03:48 2.2 Roman
00:04:47 2.3 Medieval
00:10:10 2.4 Modern
00:10:18 2.4.1 Tudor
00:11:11 2.4.2 Stuart
00:12:20 2.4.3 Civil War
00:13:54 2.4.4 Industrial era
00:17:32 2.4.5 Early 20th century
00:20:53 2.5 Contemporary
00:21:11 2.5.1 Urban expansion; central rapprochement
00:23:07 2.5.2 Immigration
00:26:28 3 Geography
00:26:57 3.1 Climate
00:29:03 4 Government
00:33:14 4.1 Political control
00:33:27 4.2 Coat of arms
00:34:45 5 Demography
00:34:54 5.1 Demographic comparatives
00:38:45 5.2 Languages
00:40:16 5.3 Population change
00:40:38 6 Economy
00:41:37 6.1 Engineering
00:42:16 6.2 Shopping
00:43:45 6.3 Food and drink
00:45:21 7 Landmarks
00:47:28 8 Panoramic view; Suburban Leicester WNW viewed from LE1 supVII/sup
00:47:43 9 Transport
00:47:53 9.1 Air
00:48:26 9.2 Road
00:50:08 9.3 National Cycle Network
00:50:36 9.4 Rail
00:50:44 9.4.1 Mainline rail
00:52:26 9.4.2 Great Central Railway
00:53:03 10 Education
00:53:12 10.1 Schools
00:54:37 10.2 Tertiary
00:55:18 11 Culture
00:57:04 11.1 Museums
00:57:13 11.2 Music
00:57:22 11.3 In popular culture
00:59:18 12 Sport
01:00:46 13 Public services
01:01:30 14 Notable people
01:01:40 15 Local media
01:03:21 16 Twin cities
01:03:43 17 Freedom of the City
01:03:59 17.1 Individuals
01:04:08 17.2 Military Units



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Leicester ( (listen) LEST-ər) is a city and unitary authority area in the East Midlands of England, and the county town of Leicestershire. The city lies on the River Soar and close to the eastern end of the National Forest. It is to the north-east of Birmingham and Coventry, south of Nottingham, and west of Peterborough.
The 2016 mid year estimate of the population of the City of Leicester unitary authority was 348,300, an increase of approximately 18,500 ( 5.6%) from the 2011 census figure of 329,839, making it the most populous municipality in the East Midlands region. The associated urban area is also the 11th most populous in England and the 13th most populous in the United Kingdom.Leicester is at the intersection of two major railway lines—the north/south Midland Main Line and the east/west Birmingham to London Stansted CrossCountry line; as well as the confluence of the M1/M69 motorways and the A6/A46 trunk routes. Leicester is the home to football club Leicester City and rugby club Leicester Tigers.