About Loughborough

Loughborough is a Peaceful Town Located within Easy Access to some parts of the UK. Loughborough is 15 Minutes away from Nottingham East Midlands Airport, Five Minutes away from the major Motorways. Loughborough has an excellent coach and train service which runs daily in and out of Loughborough. Loughborough is a short distance away from Leicester, Nottingham and Derby city centres. It is ideal for those who enjoy the city facilities but wish to live in a low crime rate town, with lower living costs than you would find in a major city. Loughborough is a market town with engineering works. Manufactures includes hosiery, shoes and pottery. Loughborough has its own unique environment and wealth of historic buildings. Loughborough is the principal town of the Borough of Charnwood which is the largest Boroughs in Leicestershire. Loughborough is known for its University and Colleges; it is a busy industrial centre with modern industries such as engineering. Loughborough has a tradition of having open air markets every Thursdays and Saturday since the 13th century.

Things to do

Loughborough has got a Great Central Railway which takes you on an eight mile long trip by steam trains along the route of the last main line which was built in England at the end of the Victorian time. Also visitors could visit the Carillon and war memorial which situated in Queens Park. This was built in the 1922 as a war memorial. There are also more than a hundred clubs or societies that can let you take your interests or hobbies that one step further in Loughborough.

Business in Loughborough

Loughborough has more than 100 small businesses situated in Loughborough town centre are struggling to survive and are demanding a reduction in business rates to help them ride out the storm. Because of this issues two more town businesses shuts the Millets store in Market Street closed after 25 years and Loughborough Gas and Electric Showroom which closed in June.

Sports in Loughborough

Loughborough is known for there sports facilities. The University of Loughborough is home to the most comprehensive sports development programme of any university. It has had awards for excellence and a wide range of facilities and many sports programmes for students, staff, Loughborough partners in sports and also the community. The sports include performance sport, recreational opportunities, evens, coaching or broader sports development activities.