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The station featured in the Midland Counties Railway Companion of 1840 The façade as seen from London Road in 1856. The first station on the site opened on 5 May 1840. It was originally known simply as Leicester, becoming Leicester Campbell Street on 1 June 1867, and Leicester London Road from 12 June 1892. [2]
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During December 2020, Leicester City Council announced the bus station would close from 31 December [2] [3] [4] for around 18 months to allow for a total redevelopment of the bus station and surrounding roads. St Margaret's is the first carbon neutral bus station in the United Kingdom.
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Coalville Town was the most important station between Leicester and Burton-on-Trent and was built to fuller dimensions to reflect this. The station was to the north of the A50 road beside the level crossing, which was controlled by a signal box [ 3 ] [ 4 ] that was removed in 1986 and re-erected at the former Snibston Colliery. [ 5 ]
Mother-of-two Gurpreet, from Eyres Monsell, welcomed son Nihal at 03:27, weighing 6lb 3oz (2.87kg) at Leicester Royal Infirmary. It was an early arrival - he had been due on 4 January..
The building, which was designed by John Johnson in the Greek Revival style, was completed in 1800. [2] It was originally commissioned as Leicester's first hotel but the developer did have enough resources to complete it as such and, in 1799, sold it to a consortium led by the Duke of Rutland, who raised by public subscription the sum of £3,300 still needed to complete it. [2]
The hotel has always been considered one of Leicester's most prestigious, [5] but arguably its heyday was during Victorian times. The hotel is in an area designated as a Heritage Action Zone, allowing the securing of a grant from Historic England in 2022 to return the hotel entrance and frontage shops to their original Victorian appearance. [6]