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 Leicester is surrounded by an excellent
roads, air and rail network. 30 minutes from East Midlands airport
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Leicester
- Travel by coach - If you'd like to speak
to someone about your journey you can ring Traveline on 0871
200 22 33. Coaches between St Margarets Bus Station, Leicester
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Leicester
- Travel by train - Leicester Station,
London Road, Leicester, Leicestershire, LE2 0QB. CCTV. Ticket
office. Waiting room. Refreshment facilities. Pay phone. Shops.
Toilets. Wheelchair accessible toilets. Whole station step free
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Leicester
- Travel by road - Leicester has the M1
motorway to the west of the city. Junction 21A takes traffic
to the north of Leicester. Junction 21 is where the M1 merges
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Leicester
- Travel by road - Leicester is about
2 miles east of Junction 21 of the M1 Motorway. The M1 is a north
- south motorway which links London to Leeds. Leicester is about 100 miles
from London and 100 miles from Leeds. |
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Leicester
- Travel by road - Leicester is about
2 miles east of the intersection of the M 69 and M 1 Motorways.
The M 69 Motorway links Leicester and Coventry. Leicester is
about 26 miles from Coventry. |
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Leicester is 100 miles from London,
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East Midlands
Airport, Castle Donington, Derby, DE74 2SA. Tel: 0871 919 9000.
Duty and Tax Free shopping. Aviation Gift
and Hobby Centre. Boots the Chemist. International Currency Exchange.
Spar World News. East Midlands airport is about 16 miles from
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Leicester
- Sport - Leicester City Football Club,
Walkers Stadium, Filbert Way, Leicester, LE2 7FL. Ten Pin Bowling, hollywood bowl Leicester,
Meridian Leisure Park, Braunstone, Leicester, LE19 1JZ. Tel:
0116 263 1234. Mallory Park (Motorsport)
Ltd, Mallory Park Circuit, Kirkby Mallory, Leicester, LE9 7QE.
Tel: 01455-842931. |
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Leicester
- Sport - Oadby Golf Club, Leicester Road
Racecourse, Oadby, Leicestershire, LE2 4AJ.Tel: 01162700215.
Humberstone Heights Golf
Club, Gipsy Lane, Leicester, Leicestershire, LE5 0TB. Tel: 01162995570. |
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Leicester
- Shopping - Marks & Spencer, 18 Gallowtreegate,
Leicester, Leicestershire, LE1 1DA. Tel: 0116 253 6610. Fosse
Park -
Fosse Park Shopping Centre, Leicester, Leicestershire LE19 1HQ. Tel: 0116 263 0680. British Home Store Fosse Park - Unit 8, Fosse Park Shopping Park, Enderby, Leicester, Leicestershire, LE19 1HX. Tel: 0845 8410186. British Home Store Leicester - 52-54 Gallowtree Gate, Leicestershire, LE1 1DA. Tel: 0845 8410217. Leicester offers two indoor shopping centres - the Haymarket and the Shires Centre. |
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Leicester
- Entertainment - Vue Cinema - Meridian
Leisure Park, Lubbesthorpe Way, Leicester, LE3 3AH. Odeon Cinema, Freemans Park, 90 Aylestone
Road, Leicester, LE2 7LT. Phoenix Cinema,
Newarke Street, Leicester, LE15 6HW. Leicester Haymarket Theatre, Belgrave Gate, Leicester,
LE1 3YQ. Tel: 0870 330 3131. |
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Leicester
- Other information - Bosworth Battlefield Visitor Centre and Country Park,
Sutton Cheney, Nr Nuneaton, Warwickshire,
CV13 OAD. Tel: 01455 290 429. Bradgate
Park & Swithland Wood, Deer Barn Buildings,
Country Park, Newtown Linford, Leicestershire, LE6 0HE. Tel:
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Airports indicated are Nottingham East Midlands,
Birmingham International and Coventry. Leicester is about 2 miles east of Junction 21 of
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Attractions (see details below)
Rail Stations (Not all stations shown). There
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- Foxton Canal Museum Tel: 0116 2792 657. foxtonlocks.com.
- Calke Abbey, Ticknall,
near Melbourne, Leicestershire, DE73 7LE. Tel: 01332 863822.
- Twycross Zoo, Atherstone, Warwickshire, CV9 3PX. Tel: 01827
880250. www.twycrosszoo.com.
- Leicester Racecourse
Co Ltd, Oadby, Leicester, LE2 4AL. General Race day enquires:
0116 271 6515. leicester-racecourse.co.uk.
- Deene Park, Corby, Northhamptonshire, NN17 3EW. Tel: (01780)
450278.