Leicester Cathedral to Cathedral Organist and Assistant Director of Music. The tower of the cathedral has 13 bells (including a peal of 12). These can be heard on Thursday evenings and Sunday mornings, with peals being rung on special days. The tenor bell weighs 25-0-20. The following is the full list of the inscriptions on the thirteen bells. On 26 March 2015, Richard III was reburied in Leicester Cathedral. The last funeral for an English monarch prior to this was for Edward VIII, who died (as Duke of Windsor) in 1972, 43 years before Richard's burial. His cathedral tomb was designed by
Sport in Leicester the site ended the first Leicester Lions era in 1983. Planning permission was granted in October 2009 for a brand-new speedway track at Beaumont Park , with Leicester Lions returning to action in the Premier League from 2011 to 2013. In 2014 the Leicester Lions raced in the Elite League. Leicester is home to the Leicester Falcons, an American football team that competes as part of the BAFA National Leagues and in 2011 was promoted to the BAFA Premier League, the highest tier of British American Football. The Falcons' home ground is located at Babington Community College, in the Beaumont