Family Information | 13 to 19 July

13 to 19 July

Free and low cost activities taking place across the city.

Creative Romans
Cultural Quarter Earlies creative family festival travels back in time to Roman times. Find out what it was like to live in Roman Leicester, handle real Roman pottery and try your hand at archaeological excavation with University of Leicester archaeologists.
- 12noon to 4pm across various venues around Leicester’s Cultural Quarter
Doorstep Museums at Pork Pie Library
Discover special objects from the Museum's technology collection, and many more treasures from the Cabinet of Curiosity!
- Drop in between 11am to 4pm at Pork Pie Library

Bands in the parks - New Orleans Hotshots Jazz Band
Relax and see a live band performing in the park on a Sunday afternoon.
- 3pm to 4pm at Monks Rest Garden

Get up and go! events
- 10am to 2pm at St Matthews children young people and families centre
- 1pm to 3pm at:
  - Thurnby Lodge children young people and families centre
  - Woodbridge children young people and families centre
Lego coding workshop
- 1pm to 2.30pm at St Barnabas Library
- 6 and 7 year olds;
- Booking essential
Leicester Led Rides - Historic Glenfield Tunnel Ride
Fun, safe, inclusive and organised cycle rides for the families to enjoy together.
- Book your place to join the ride

Get up and go! events
- 10am to 12noon at Saffron children young people and families centre
- 10am to 2pm at Bewcastle children young people and families centre
Lego coding workshop
- 1pm to 2.30pm at Hamilton Library
- 6 and 7 year olds
- Booking essential
Meet the Police family fun day
Free Family Fun Day! Come meet our local PCSO's at Leicester Guildhall. Explore the history of Leicester's first police headquarters, try out our Victorian prison cells, put mum and dad in the stocks, play dress up and enjoy solving our mystery trail around the museum.
- 11am to 3pm at Leicester Guildhall
Railway Days
Come and enjoy the Abbey Pumping Station and have a ride on Leonard the Steam Locomotive in action. Train rides cost 50p cash only, to be paid on the train.
- 11.30am to 4pm at Abbey Pumping Station

Get up and go! Mini Playday
- 11am to 2pm at Town Hall Square
Lego coding workshop
- 1pm to 2.30pm at Central Library
- 6 and 7 year olds
- Booking essential
Leicester Led Rides - Robert De Beaumont and the 1173 siege of Leicester ride
- Book your place to join the ride
Daniel Lambert day
Celebrate Leicester’s famous son Daniel Lambert. Enjoy Daniel Lambert themed crafts and a trail around the museum.
- Sessions available from 11am to 2pm at Newarke Houses
- Crafts suitable for ages 5+; Craft activities £4
- Booking required
Family archaeology days
Calling all budding archaeologists, or those that jut love digging and making things! Make a mosaic, excavate a dig box, design your own Roman altar and more. In connection with University of Leicester Archaeological Services. Free drop-in activity
- 10am to 4pm at Leicester Cathedral