We are looking for your landmarks in words and pictures. Which places are special for you and why? We've already been talking to local people to give you some ideas ...

Willie Thorne

Snookered in Anstey
Willie Thorne is one of Leicester's best known celebrities, gracing the tables at many a snooker championship. It takes years of practice to be that good and for Willie it all began in Anstey at the Conservative Club - almost by accident. Hear Willie's tales.

Rothley Court

Remembering the abolition of slavery
Did you know that the charter for the ending of slavery was written in Leicestershire? Local writer Wolde Selasse often visits the very room at what is now the Rothley Court Hotel where it was signed to reflect on the millions of lives lost and changed forever by the slave trade. Wolde recalls the county's historic connection.

Richard Asher hanging on the telephone

The emotional phone box
A phone box in Loughborough is the personal landmark of Richard Asher. Richard says he experienced every possible emotion during his weekly conversations with his girlfriend who was in the Israeli Army. There's a happy ending though - the couple are now married. Richard talks about his long-distance love affair.

Suraj Khandelwhal

A Belgrave Road shop
Most people thought local businessman Suraj Khandelwhal was mad when he set up shop on Belgrave Road in the early 1970's. Everyone was expecting the whole area to be demolished. But he has built his business and his life around Belgrave Road which is now his personal landmark. Suraj talks about the early days.

Robert Davies

Braunstone championed
Braunstone is one of Leicester's most deprived areas, a council estate built in the 1930's as the city cleared its central slum dwellings. Ask most people who live on the estate, like Robert Davies, and they'll tell you they love the place. Braunstone is best says Robert.

George Towers

The home of Peter and Jane
Most people grew up reading Ladybird books, staple reading material for children over a 40-year period. George Towers spent most of his working life in the Ladybird factory in Loughborough, so it's no surprise that he feels the building is his personal landmark.

So where is your special plance? Is it a house, a mosque, temple or church? Is it where you met a special person? Where you first went to school or work? A place where your life changed? We'd love share your story and your landmark with the rest of Leicestershire - so e-mail us now.

We've already recieved a landmark picture below of Rotherby Church with Hoby Church in the background from Jeff Knight to set the ball rolling.