Leicester City Premier League winners' parade: thousands flock to watch the champions

The Premier League champions are showing off their freshly acquired silverware in an open-top bus parade around the city of Leicester on Monday May 16.

The midlands club won the top flight title for the first time in their 132-year history and up to 100,000 people are expected to line the streets to greet their heroes.

The Foxes were presented with the Premier League trophy after their final home league game of the season against Everton, but the parade will give fans the opportunity to see the trophy in all its glory one more time.

Festivities began at Victoria Park from 3pm, where fans were invited to relive Leicester City's incredible season on a big screen.

The bus tour itself, featuring all 25 of Leicester City's all-conquering heroes, was due to start at 6pm from Jubilee Square in the centre city before culminating at Victoria Park, where a stage has been set up to host the players up until around 9pm. 

A map of the route has been released by the Leicester City council

The tour will not be broadcast live on television, but you can follow the parade here via our live stream from 5:30pm onwards.

According the schedule provided by the council, the bus will travel along High Street, Gallowtree Gate, Halford Street, Orton Square and Charles Street before travelling up London Road, finishing at Victoria Park at 7pm.

Leicester City's last winners' parade occurred just two years ago when the club won the Championship at the end of the 2013-14 season. 

On that occasion, the bus finished its tour of the city at the Town Hall where players delivered speeches to the waiting crowd.

Photoshopped impressions of Leicester City's title parade have gone viral since their victory

However the parade will end at Victoria Park this year where the team and spectators will be afforded more space to celebrating fans. 

700 temporary toilets have been installed at Victoria Park where the city council are anticipating crowds in their thousands to come and witness the final stage of the winners' parade.

Leicester City rounded off their miraculous Premier League season with a draw at the home of defending champions, Chelsea.

Guus Hiddink and the Chelsea players give Claudio Ranieri a guard of honour

Claudio Ranieri was given a guard of honour by the Chelsea players before the game, 12 years after the Italian was sacked by the club.

"The emotion was at a maximum,” said Ranieri.

“There was a fantastic welcome back, a warm welcome back from everybody. I met the owner Roman Abramovich here, and also when I went out all the people – the fans, the Chelsea fans – it was amazing. 

"At the beginning, but also at the end. No tears, no. Come on, man. Every time you want to speak about tears!”