University of Leicester Botanic Garden

Brilliant place to go with the family or friends for a picnic or just a walk through the garden. Lots of different plants, trees and flowers. You need to visit the garden to really appreciate the beautiful scenery. 🌺🌼

Lovely tranquil gardens on out skirts of Leicester
Free entry
Can walk round as you please and take as long as you like
Shame no refreshments but I believe there is a van on certain days ??
Toilets available

Worth a visit but not at its best in April, looks like it'll be a picture ina few more weeks. The greenhouses are only open Mon to Fri, do keep that in mind if you wanted to see the desert plants, Alpines etc.

Calm and beautiful place for walking in oadby village. Open till 5 pm during summer. This place offers both calming and educational experience for the visitors. Have several green houses and specific zones that consists distinct species. It's joyous to see numerous bees in their natural habitat after a long time.

Really lovely place for a walk, variety of trees and plants, good information dotted about and interesting greenhouses with many different varieties of exotica, very enjoyable. (free entry)

We walked just over a mile to the gardens and spent a few hours enjoying the preparation for Spring Blooms. With Fall just beginning, the colors of many trees were gorgeous. We were not expecting Spring perfection but certaining imagined their glory. The trees, bushes and fall flowers were enough with majestic brick buildings and out structures in the background. With three weeks of rain, the grounds were saturated but beautiful nonetheless.

Stunning, Serene, Natural gardens. Loved every moment of this place. New things to see round every corner. The children loved this place, it was like they were 'exploring' and having an 'adventure'. Lovely large pond with lots of fishes too. A beautiful afternoon walk. Will most definitely be visiting again.......... Tomorrow!!! 😆😆😆😆

Gently mixing up formal and natural elements in this garden of many parts and many delights.

There are botanical themes, as well as sculptural elements, with formal ponds, and some well weathered red brick houses that serve as faculties to the university.

A little green jewel in a city that is otherwise very dense and urban