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However, in later years, most of Leicester's office towers became disused and abandoned, with the 58 metres tall Thames Tower never achieving more than 50% occupancy since it was completed. Simultaneously, the residential towers became negatively associated with crime and social deprivation. The four
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Thames Tower and St Georges Tower were both refurbished and reclad in 2009 by private developers, for use as residential apartments and hotels. St Georges Tower was painted royal blue, turning it into a very distinctive local landmark, albeit one that attracted mass controversy due to its perceived
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of Abbey and Castle. A£19 million regeneration project transformed Leicester's city centre. The work won three awards: The Urbis Urban Regeneration Award in 2007 for Gallowtree Gate, The BCSC Town Centre "Gold" Best in Britain award in June 2009 and the Transport Times Walking & Public Realm
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and Roberts Coaches. There are two main bus stations; St Margaret's Bus Station, is on Gravel Street to the north of the centre and the Haymarket Bus Station is on Charles Street. A number of bus services terminate at on-street stops within the city. Regional and national coaches depart from St
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Since the pedestrianisation of the High Street in Leicester city centre many of the independent retail shops have moved into this regenerated area. Some of Leicester's longest running independent shops can now be found in this area. However, the recent economic downturn and the opening of the
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To the east of Charles Street the city centre is dominated by disused factories and warehouses (which also have some presence in the other outer areas of the city centre). Conversion of these to residential accommodation is ongoing, particularly in the area east of Charles Street and around
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in LE1, but not the waterfront. It then broadly follows the path of the ring-road until it reaches Waterloo Way, where the border diverges substantially, to include the swathe of land between London Road, Victoria Park Road and Waterloo Way in the LE1 postcode, including the
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were built in and around the city centre for residential and office purposes, like many other cities across the UK. Cardinal Telephone Exchange and St Georges Tower, at 84 metres and 82 metres high respectively, are the two tallest skyscrapers in the whole
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Major chain stores can also be found on the pedestrianised Gallowtree Gate, running south-east from the clock tower, and which continues to the railway station as Granby Street. To the south of the Shires and west of Gallowtree Gate is an area known as
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lay on the south-western corner of the walls, and the Newarke was a separate walled area nearby. The Newarke Gateway (now known as the Magazine) is the only medieval gateway remaining. A small section of the town wall can be seen in the churchyard of
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Highcross Centre have led to a higher than expected number of closures and an increase in Charity outlets. There are current plans to develop a pedestrianised square, 'over-writing' a spend of almost £2m on parking in the square a few years ago.
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The boundary then includes several streets west of the railway line but east of the ring-road as part of LE1, before meeting up with the roundabout again and then going inwards to exclude Humberstone Road from LE1 (as above).
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There are more than 8,500 off-street car parking spaces available in four distinct parking zones around the city centre. These are complemented by some 1,500 park and ride spaces at hubs around the city.
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Architects, started construction in 2005, on a site that has been long-disused. The theatre opened on 11 November 2008. The centre is being funded by the various sources including the City Council, the
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depot and keeping the initials) and the Athena. The LCB Depot opened in July 2004, and by the time of its first birthday had let 37 of 55 units, with talk starting of finding an additional site.
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LE1 is close to the area covered inside ring-road, but is somewhat larger. The only area inside the ring-road but not part of LE1 is the section of Humberstone Road inside the ring-road.
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building in 1876 in the Market Street area, facing onto a new Town Hall Square, and just outside the walled town. Between these areas is the modern market, based to the south-west of the
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cameras, supplemented by CCTV vans. Now that the main police station on Charles Street has closed, City Centre policing is based in a building off Belgrave Gate called Mansfield House.
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Margaret's Bus Station which was opened on 3 May 1985 and had a major refurbishment completed in March 2007.. Haymarket bus station which lies next to and serves as a transport hub for
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St George's North has been proposed for a residential community by the Leicester Regeneration Company. Development has also started on waterfront properties, with a plan to re-use the
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consisting mostly of small independent shops. This area's centrepiece is the St Martin's Square development (dating from the 1980s), and also features various smaller arcades, the
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Further to the south of St George's are plans to create a new business area, near the railway station, including re-use of the old police station, and renovation of the
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In late 2019, work started on a link road that would improve access between the two bus stations and allow for more pedestrianisation around the clock tower area.
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The 55-metre-tall New Walk Centre has been occupied by the City Council since the 1970s, while the Cardinal Telephone Exchange is occupied by
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region. Many housing association blocks, averaging 55 metres tall with 20 storeys, were also erected in various Council estates – four in
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at Freemen's Common, some way to the south. The old Odeon building in Rutland Street was refurbished and opened in 2005 as the
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It is thought that the later medieval walls and gates were in approximately the same positions as the Roman ones, with the
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are adjacent to the inner ring road and could be considered to be a continuation of the City centre. In a similar way, the
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complex. It underwent a major upgrade and expansion starting September 2014. The upgraded station opened in May 2016.
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being where the modern inner ring road meets St Nicholas Circle. The Roman baths are nearby and are preserved at
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Humberstone Gate, which has been dubbed 'St George's' by the council, and was made a conservation area in 1989.
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was developed at a proposed cost of £2m in mid-1994, coinciding with a major refurbishment of the adjacent
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With increasing development, particularly in the 19th century, the focal point moved eastwards, with the
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St George's South has been designated Leicester's new cultural quarter, and is already the site of the
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Musical venues in the city are somewhat limited since the closure in 1998 then the demolition of the
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and is the start of many regeneration projects in Leicester that have started to come to fruition.
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ugliness and difference from the original architect's renders for the building's renovation.
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The pedestrianised section of Humberstone Gate. The Haymarket Shopping Centre is to the left.
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Leicester International Hotel, with the Cardinal Telephone Exchange tower on the left.
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The area around the junction of Humberstone Gate and the ring-road is the site of two
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Leicester is home to a variety of theatres, such as the Y Theatre (at the YMCA), the
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residential blocks in St Matthews and Rowlatts Hill were vacated and demolished by
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To the west, the city centre borders the river, on the other side of this is the
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The area in the inside of the ring-road is nearly entirely built up, with only
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is the point at which many of central Leicester's main thoroughfares converge
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but it soon saw development of large private houses on both sides of it.
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is now the only railway station in the city centre, after the closure of
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opened on 4 September 2008 and has several flagship stores, including a
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to the north could also be deemed to be extensions to the central core.
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is further away to the south-east, linked by the pedestrian-only path
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churches are based in or around the city centre. St Martin's is now
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The city centre incorporates most of Leicester's shopping, with the
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Outside of the ringroad, but close by, are the main campus of
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The area inside the ringroad has two large shopping malls –
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is just on the outer side of the ringroad, on the A6. The
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roads. This was influenced by the replacement of the
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crosses the Soar, the boundary runs south, including
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Leicester City Centre is located in Leicestershire
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