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Leicester Guide To Shops and Shopping
eicester city centre has totally unique shopping
gained a reputation as a experience upon its completion.
top UK shopping destination
drawing tourists and shoppers Fosse Park is a huge shopping
from neighbouring cities and precinct on the ring road of
towns. For the tourist Leicester Leicester.
has a mix of high street names, The retail park is in an area of
small designer outlets and mixed industrial and commercial
unusual individual shops. development, about half a mile
Leicester offers a huge range of from Junction 21 of the M1 (where
choices for the whole family. the M69 and the A4560 (Narborough
It’s also very compact, so you Road) meet the M1). It lies just
won’t have to walk far to find outside the city border in Blaby
all your favourite places behind District, near the Leicester
every turn there is an exciting suburbs of Braun stone, fosse
place to see. park boasts a large number of
high street names where locals,
Leicester’s principal shopping visitors and tourist can have a
centre, The Shires is home to a total outdoor shopping
whole host of big name stores, experience, fosse park also has a
including Karen Millen, Next, fantastic food court where you
Haagen Daz, Virgin Megastore, and can consume a simple coffee
Warehouse. It also has two large through to jacket potatoes and
department stores, Debenhams and other mouth watering delights.
Rackhams (House of Fraser),
selling designer brands like Haymarket Shopping is a bright
Diesel, Paul Smith, Jasper and airy two-storey shopping mall
Conran, Calvin Klein, and DKNY. offers a mixture of well-known
The shires shopping centre is now high street brands. Located in
being extended and will boast a the heart of Leicester, the
Haymarket Shopping Centre is a complex, this wide pedestrianised
convenient shopping location area is also the main place for
boasting a great variety of city centre events. Fairground
retailers and everything you need rides as well as street
for a fantastic shopping performers attract locals and
experience tourists. An absolute must for
any visitor.
St Martin’s Square & Leicester
Lanes are enjoyable places to Now thriving more than ever
hang out. This charming, before, the High Street has
cosmopolitan vicinity of the city recently undergone a
centre is a definite must for all transformation now offers a
visitors and tourists. With its stylish range of shops, which
small lanes surrounding the hub cover areas of home interiors as
of St. Martin’s Square itself, it well as children’s toy shops and
is home to an intriguing variety independent fashion retailers are
of independent fashion, interior a few to mention.
design and gift shops.
Belvoir Street & Market Street is
Gallowtree Gate, Leicester’s where stylish bars and cafes sit
lively main shopping pedestrian amongst intriguing specialist
area is where mainstream fashion shops. Belvoir Street and Market
and footwear retailers can be Street offer a dynamic mix of
found. This busy pedestrian’s places from bookshops and fine
street is often buzzing with men’s tailors to small jewelers
street entertainers and pavement and confectioners. During the
artists. later hours of the day tourist
can enjoy the buzz of the local
Humberstone Gate boasts the trendy bars and restaurants.
futuristic style Haymarket Towers
There are a huge number of ladies beautiful silks and much more.
shops along Belgrave Road, Styles of clothing can be very
selling everything from plain, different too, ranging from the
simple designs to heavily traditional saris, lengha suits
embroidered wedding saris. and shalwar kameez; A Mecca for
Vibrant colours integrated within the female tourist or visitor.
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Zubeir Dassu
Leicester Business Directory
Leicester News
Leicester
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