Leicestershire (abbreviated Leics) is a landlocked county in central England. It takes its name from the heavily populated City of Leicester, traditionally its administrative centre, although the City of Leicester unitary authority is today administered separately from the rest of Leicestershire. The county borders onto Lincolnshire, Rutland, Northamptonshire, Warwickshire, Staffordshire, Derbyshire, and Nottinghamshire.

County Hall, situated in Glenfield, about 5 km (3 miles) northwest of Leicester city centre, is the seat of Leicestershire County Council and the headquarters of the county authority. The City of Leicester is administered from offices in Leicester itself and the City Council meets at Leicester Town Hall.

The River Soar rises to the east of Hinckley, in the far south of the county, and flows northward through Leicester before emptying into the River Trent at the point where Derbyshire, Leicestershire, and Nottinghamshire meet. A large part of the northwest of the county, around Coalville, forms part of the new National Forest area extending into Derbyshire and Staffordshire. The highest point of the county is Bardon Hill at 278 m/912 ft, which is also a Marilyn.

As part of a 2002 marketing campaign, the plant conservation charity Plantlife chose the Foxglove as the county flower.

Appleby Magna, Arthingworth, Asfordby, Ashby-de-la-Zouch, Atherstone, Bagworth, Birstall, Blaby, Botcheston, Burbage, Burton on the Wolds, Caldecott, Castle Donington, Catthorpe, Church Langton, Coalville, Coleorton, Cosby, Croxton Kerrial, Donington le Heath, Dunton Bassett, Earl Shilton, East Goscote, East Langton, Elmesthorpe, Enderby, Fleckney, Foxton, Gilmorton, Glooston, Grantham, Great Bowden, Great Glen, Grimston, Gumley, Hallaton, Hathern, Heather, Hinckley, Hose, Husbands Bosworth, Ibstock, Kegworth, Kibworth, Kilby, Kirby Bellars, Kirby Muxloe, Leicester, Little Stretton, Loughborough, Lutterworth, Market Harborough, Market Bosworth, Market Harborough, Markfield , Medbourne, Melton Mowbray, Mountsorrel, Nether Broughton, North Kilworth, Nuneaton, Oadby, Old Dalby, Packington, Quorn, Redmile, Rothley, Saddington, Scraptoft, Seagrave, Shepshed, Sibson, Sileby, Somerby, Sproxton, Stamford, Stathern, Sutton Bassett, Sutton Bonington, Sutton Cheney, Swannington, Swinford, Theddingworth, Thorpe Langton, Thringstone, Ullesthorpe, Uppingham, Walcote, Walton on the Wolds, Whetstone, Whitwick, Wigston, Wilbarston, Wilson, Wolvey, Woodhouse Eaves, Woodhouses Eaves, Wymondham

• Ashby Canal
• The Battlefield Line (a heritage railway)
• Belvoir Castle
• Bosworth Battlefield
• Bradgate Park
• Brampton Valley Way (linear park and foot/cycle path to Northampton)
• Donington Park
• East Midlands Airport
• Foxton Locks
• High Cross
• Launde Abbey
• Leicester Botanic Gardens
• Moira Furnace
• Stanford Hall
• Twycross Zoo

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