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The word Leicester features the ending cester which is with rare exceptions spoken as a simplified pronunciation, so is counterintuitive, a quirk of British English. A report by Premier Inn said Leicester Square was the most mispronounced place in the UK by tourists, usually as "/ l aɪ ˈ tʃ ɛ s t ər /" ("Lie-chester") Square. [87]
King Richard III Visitor Centre is a museum in Leicester, England that showcases the life of King Richard III and the story of the discovery, exhumation, and reburial of his remains in 2012–2015. For a long time, the burial place of Richard III was uncertain, although the site of his burial was assumed to be in a Leicester car park.
Beaumont Shopping Centre has a purpose-built bus terminus that has seven stands served by a number of buses which run into and around the outskirts of Leicester. Centrebus provide services UHL (Hospital Hopper), Orbital 40 and route 154. First Leicester provide services: 14A, 25, 26, 54 and 74 which all opetate into Leicester City Centre.
Trust Houses Ltd was a British hospitality company with temperance origins dating back to 1900. It maintained a distinctive ethos for much of the 20th century. In 1970, at which point it was operating almost 200 hotels, it merged with Forte Holdings Ltd to form Trust House Forte (THF), later the Forte Group.
Before it sold Costa Coffee in January 2019, Whitbread, in Houghton Regis in Bedfordshire, was the UK's largest hotel and restaurant group, owning Premier Inn, Brewers Fayre and Beefeater. Premier Inn was developed and expanded in the 2000s largely during the leadership of Alan C. Parker, the chief executive of Whitbread.
Harry Maguire scored a controversial injury time winner as Manchester United came from behind to beat Leicester 2-1 and move into the last 16 of the FA Cup on Friday. United went behind to a Bobby ...
Travelodge Hotels Ltd. Formerly: Aeroclean (1963–1978) Fernley Aeroclean Company (1963–1978) Trusthouse Forte Airport Services (1978–1984) Trusthouse Forte (U.K.) (1984–1991)
Leicester City Centre is Leicester's historical commercial, cultural and transport hub and is home to its central business district. Its inner core is roughly delineated by the A594, Leicester's inner ring road, although the various central campuses of the University of Leicester, De Montfort University and Leicester College are adjacent to the inner ring road and could be considered to be a ...