In 1841 Thomas Cook organised the world’s first package tour all the way from Leicester to Loughborough for a temperance meeting. Passengers paid one shilling each for rail travel and food.
BBC Radio Leicester was Britain’s first mainland local radio station when it began to broadcast in November 1967.
Famous people from Leicester include Gok Wan and David Icke,
As well as having the most traffic lights, Leicester was also the first city to have both traffic lights and traffic wardens.
In 1961, Leicester was in the Guinness book of records for having the largest Tesco in Europe.
Leicester is the birthplace of modern standard English.
Leicester City holds the joint record for the most second-tier title triumphs, having won the First Division six times
Leicester is the home of the ‘chisit’ – a nickname given to the people of Leicester, because of the phrase “How much is it?” – which in the Leicester accent sounds like “I’m a chisit!”