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" Thanks to Jamie Vardy and co,\u00A0Leicester is now the most talked about city in the world.\u00A0 But it has so much more than the most remarkable story in the history of English\u00A0football to offer. Here are some other reasons to make Leicester your new favourite city. 1\u00A0| It&amp;#039;s the centre of England The exact centre is marked on a farm outside a village\u00A0called Fenny Drayton. Try the 6-mile walk from Witherley to Ratcliffe Culey via Fenny Dryton. There&amp;#039;s a great pub in each village. 2 | King\u00A0of snacks The home of\u00A0\u00A0Walkers, where crisps was made from frying a hand sliced potato, and\u00A0Fox&amp;#039;s Glacier Mints too. 3\u00A0| The best for a curry When in Leicester make sure you pick up a takeaway from\u00A0Masalas curry house\u00A0-\u00A0voted the Best Takeaway Curry Award at The English Curry Awards in 2015. 4 |\u00A0Some famous faces Not only the birthplace of Gary Lineker and singer Englebert Humperdinck, The Elephant Man, Joseph Merrick, was raised in Leicester before moving to the capital as a human exhibition. 5\u00A0| The biggest market 800-year-old Leicester Market (above), is the largest outdoor covered market in Europe, with\u00A0around 270 stalls. Pop along for fresh fish, pies and tripe. 6 | Culturally diverse  Every year, up to 35,000 people gather in Leicester to celebrate the hindu festival of Diwali - the biggest Diwali festival outside of India. Leicester is\u00A0also the first city in the world to house\u00A0a\u00A0Jain centre,\u00A0catering for all Jain sects. 7\u00A0| The music scene Home of once-cool rock band Kasabian, Leicester has a thriving music scene and boasts some of the best\u00A0music venues in the UK. The Basement is great for funk, soul and jazz while The Donkey has hosted some intimate gigs with bands such as Fun Lovin Criminals and Alabama 3. 8 | Gaze at the stars The National Space Centre\u00A0is one of most visited (space-based)\u00A0attractions is the UK. Pop in for some lunch in the restaurant, which can be found beneath the two nozzles of ballistic missiles\u00A0Blue Streak and PGM-17 Thor. Pretty cool "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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