This micro-cache is adjacent to the University of Leicester Sports Centre.
There is a new (2012) state-of-the-art gym and sports hall and an "old" cinder running track. The track was used many years ago to stage the leicestershire Athletics Championships. Tartan tracks have now superseded the cinder types.
From the site of the cache you can sight equipment that is able to have sight of some sites far away!
An observatory is approximately 0.000000000000000116 light years away.
The University of Leicester Observatory in Manor Road, Oadby was opened in 1980. It now houses the most advanced astronomical teaching facility available at a UK University and will be used by both undergraduates and research staff at the University of Leicester
On December 7th 2009, Professor Jeff Hoffman, former NASA astronaut, honorary graduate and Visiting Professor at the University of Leicester's Department of Physics and Astronomy, unveiled a new telescope at the University’s Observatory in Manor Road, Oadby.
The powerful new 20-inch piCETL Telescope was built by Planewave Instruments of Torrence, California, USA and replaces an older, smaller telescope which can still be seen. The piCETL Telescope combines state-of-the-art optics with a sophisticated carbon-fibre support structure, resulting in a strong, lightweight design with exceptionally good image quality, ideally suited to modern large-format CCD cameras.
The cache is accessible via Southmeads Road only. The University of Leicester Sports Centre is private land and should only be used by Sport Centre members.