Filbert Street for two years. Leicester Fosse played at the Belgrave Road Cycle Track for a year, but returned to Victoria Park after the rugby club offered a higher rent to the owners of the Cycle Track. Leicester Fosse became a professional club in 1889 and laid out its own ground at Mill Lane, just north of Filbert Street. The club was soon forced to move, however, as the local Corporation requested the land for development. The site of what was to become Filbert Street was prepared during the summer of 1891, while Leicester Fosse temporarily played at the Aylestone Road Cricket
Filbert Street (San Francisco) curvy Lombard Street started as a 27% grade. Three streets in Los Angeles are steeper—28th Street in San Pedro at 33.3%, Eldred Street in Highland Park at 33%, and Baxter Street in Silver Lake at 32%. Canton Avenue in Pittsburgh is said to have a 37% grade; the length of that grade is unknown. The feral parrots of Telegraph Hill, which were the subject of the 2003 documentary "The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill", may often be seen along the steps. Baldwin Street in Dunedin, New Zealand, may be the steepest residential street in the world; it reportedly averages 1:3.41