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The square lies within an area bound by Lisle Street, to the north; Charing Cross Road, to the east; Orange Street, to the south; and Whitcomb Street, to the west.The park at the centre of the square is bound by Cranbourn Street, to the north; Leicester Street, to the east; Irving Street, to the south; and a section of road designated simply as Leicester Square, to the west.
It is surrounded by Charles Street (southwest) and Church Street (northwest), Colton Street and Orton Square (northeast), and St George's Way, designated the A594, Leicester's inner ring road (southeast). [4] The main entrance is to the south. The first headquarters of the Leicester Borough Police from 1836 was in the medieval Leicester ...
The GNP&BR opened the station on 15 December 1906 as Dover Street. [25] As with most of the other GNP&BR stations, the station building, on the east side of Dover Street, was designed by Leslie Green. [26] It featured the company's standard red glazed terracotta facade with wide semi-circular arches at first-floor level. Platform and passageway ...
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 ...
The Centre occupies a former school, Alderman Newton's School, next to the original Social Services car park where King Richard's remains were found during Philippa Langley and the Richard III Society's excavation project, which was started by the University of Leicester Archaeological Services (ULAS) on 25 August 2012 (the remains were found on the first day).
The building also has a large covered car park, notorious with employees for its very narrow parking spaces. This is due to the increase in the average size of cars since it was built, a common problem for older car parks in the UK. [3] There is a covered connecting walkway from the car park to the Upper Ground floor.
Leicester Court, Leicester Place, Leicester Square and Leicester Street – in the 17th and 18th centuries on the north side of the square was Leicester House, built by Robert Sidney, 2nd Earl of Leicester and later the residence of Frederick, Prince of Wales; Leicester Court was formerly Ryder Court, after a local leaseholder, Richard Ryder ...
Leicester Square is a London Underground station in the West End of London, within walking distance of Theatreland and Chinatown, as well as the southern reaches of Soho. It is located on Charing Cross Road , a short distance to the east of Leicester Square itself.