Area of the City

The area of Leicester is:

• 7,309 hectares OR

• 73.09 square kilometres OR

• 28.22 square miles OR

• 18,060 acres.
  

The perimeter of the City is 51.73 kilometres or 32.14 miles, and the City can be contained within a circle of radius 6.4 kilometres. The geographical centre of Leicester is just off Humberstone Gate, about 143 metres from the Clock Tower.