LEICESTER | Walking tour of Leicester City Centre
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- Опубликовано: 29 сен 2024
- LEICESTER | A walking tour of Leicester City Centre
We take a look around the city centre of Leicester, England to see what it's like and what's there!
This is the second time we've been to this great city, with the time before being at Christmas last year.
The city of Leicester is most famous for its culturally diverse scene and world-class universities. Arts and culture thrive in the aptly named Cultural Quarter, where you can find dozens of galleries, museums, and theatres putting on a wide range of events.
In the busy City Centre, pedestrian streets lined with fashion and sportswear stores fan out from the landmark 1868 Clock Tower, and malls include Highcross, with a cinema and global eats. Near the medieval Cathedral, the King Richard III Visitor Centre highlights the 15th-century ruler’s life and the discovery of his grave in a nearby car park. The half-timbered, 1300s Guildhall hosts performances and has a museum.
Leicester has been named as one of the best cities in which to live and work in the UK, according to latest research. The 2015 Good Growth for Cities Index ranks Leicester in the top 10 of UK cities, highest in the Midlands and ahead of London and Cardiff.
Leicester is the most dangerous city in Leicestershire, and is among the top 10 most dangerous overall out of Leicestershire's 230 towns, villages, and cities. The overall crime rate in Leicester in 2021 was 112 crimes per 1,000 people.
With a population of more than 300,000, Leicester is the largest city in the East Midlands and the tenth largest in the country. People from Leicester are Leicesterians.
These are our 15 best areas to live in Leicester.
Oadby.
Evington.
Clarendon Park.
Narborough Road.
South Knighton.
Aylestone.
Little Stretton.
Knighton Fields.
Leicester has been named as one of the best places to be a student in the UK, according to the Student Living Index 2020. The index has been put together by NatWest, and it ranks Leicester in the top three student cities, just behind Manchester and Cambridge.
Leicester has a varied selection of attractions - from family favourites to historical gems and intergalactic delights, there’s bound to be something to keep you entertained in the city!
The 2012 unearthing and identification of the remains of King Richard III in a council car park has sparked a revival of interest in the city’s heritage, where there are numerous historical treasures waiting to be discovered - where else can you cover 2,000 years of history in a day? Check out the magnificent Roman Jewry wall, the King’s tomb in Leicester Cathedral and the out-of-this world National Space Centre for a journey through time - to infinity and beyond!
Art lovers will be pleased to learn that amongst the city’s impressive galleries is the largest collection of German Expressionist artwork in the UK. You can also find the family favourite dinosaur gallery at Leicester Museum & Art Gallery - complete with the 15 metre long Rutland dinosaur!
For those who like their culture a little louder, Leicester’s music and sports scenes will not disappoint. Kasabian are just one of the many musical talents who have honed their craft on Leicester’s buzzing live music scene. From the roar of the concert hall to the roars in the stands, Leicester is spoilt with top football, rugby, basketball and cricket sides.
And it’s not just the sporting theatre’s that are grabbing the headlines in this city. The ground-breaking architectural masterpiece Curve theatre is just one of the city's fantastic theatrical venues, attracting national shows as well as creating sell-out productions.
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#leicester
Born in Leicester, Saffron Lane, live in Melbourne Australia, Your walks bring back memories of my old friends and places.
I first looked at one of these videos just before Christmas 2021 and at the end, I was shocked that so much of the City had changed from the Leicester I grew up in. I left in 1972 and my only time back in the City was in 1999. But I loved this video, not so much of a shock this time. I hope you make more videos of the City and the outer suburbs, my childhood was around the area of the old Towers Hospital, Humberstone, Barkby, I worked in Sileby and my Grandparents lived in Sinope near to Coalville
I’m planning lots more in the city and surrounding area Ron so stay tuned and I will put them out shortly ❤️
Ron it is now an horrible place.I have lived here since the 50’s and it is not a nice place.
changed what' way?
@@AlphaJulietGolfIt was 50 years this November since I left the UK, I went back in 1999 and the city center was much the same as when I left, but now it is all walkways and no traffic. So little in the city that I can recognise, apart from the Market, clock tower, Guildhall.
I was born and raised in Leicester and left in 1979. I have fond memories of old Leicester. Worked many factory jobs there back in the day
I am Leicester born and bred. Lived there for the first 40 years of my life, now live in USA. Due to I’ll health I cannot fly back home anymore. It was beautiful to see my old city, especially the market, clock tower and guild hall. Thank you so much, I will treasure this.
Thank you - I will be filming more soon in Leicester as so much to see!
Well it ain’t like that now it has gone to the dogs and that is being polite.
I'm sorry to read that you can't come back it genuinely breaks my heart. i went to university in Middlesbrough for 5 years and i just had to come back to Leicester when i graduated. it's not the flashiest and we don't have a whole load of money to invest but i love this city, i was born and raised here and i'll always live here. The centre is slowly and legitimately expanding (out past St. Margaret's church now) the Football stadium expansion into an entertainment village will do wonder for our city long term. like i said it really saddens me to hear that you can't come back to your home.
@@liamfowell8661 it makes me very sad, too. I love my home town. So happy to hear you made it back, enjoy it, for me, too😊
I wish you can recovered soon.
I know I’m a Bit late but you’ve just got yourself a new sub, really good vid and enjoyed the positivity
Thanks Josh! Hope you’re well. Have a top week my friend 👍👍❤️
I lived in leicester in my teenage years since the age of 14 to 34 then i moved abroad
My kids were born there's
Great city ❤
I went to University there 30 years ago, surprised how clean the streets are, only thing I remember is the clock tower and massive bus station. Oh and linkers stall in the market
Leicester city . My home man love it
Well said - great city 👍
I remember as a teenager wanting to visit Leicester and got laughed at and told i was sick to want to come!
I first visited in 1996 when i was 19 and enjoyed it especially the New Walk museum and the cathedral.
Studied in Leicester from 1993 to 1997. Lived just off Narborough Rd. Great city, great people. Memorable nights out in krystals, Mosquito Coastand Zoots. Made some good friends too, some in touch with still, others not, but hey ho, that’s the circle of life! Hopefully will come back up there for a visit soon.
Lovely film. I like Leicester. You look up and see all the interesting architecture. I find it clean. I came in tonight for the first time in a few years. There was rubbish and a lot of potatoes over the ground outside McDonalds😣
Oh no!
Very beautiful place I am moving to Leicester
Its' great isn't it
I believe it is significantly cleaner because there is just less people going to city centre, in comparison to pre-covid. Everyone is at the Fosse Park shopping mall😉
Yes true
Its fairly busy on bank holidays and weekends during the day if you visit.
@@matthew90276 I have to say I really like Leicester. The last trip I made was fantastic and I've decided to come back for a few days to cover all the best bits that have been recommended!
Grew up in Leicester 20 years ago and went back last year for a year. The city centre is dead and has been ruined. All my old friends said they never going into the city centre anymore as its not nice. Made me depressed going back. Never go back to your past.
Ah sorry to hear that
Wasn’t expecting for someone to make a video about my city. Leicester isn’t really as well known as other places like London
I love Leicester!
It's only my second video there so still trying to find my way around
Am back soon to film all the bits I've missed so far!
@@GimbalWalkTV It is a great city. I honestly think it doesn’t get the attention that it deserves
Queens Bassist John Deacon is from Leicester he's from a place called Odbay.
Thank you!
@@GimbalWalkTV Your very welcome
I've lived here all my life55yrs..I think Leicester is no different to many large cities in the UK,empty shops ,many discount shops ,dirty streets ..a fairly small shopping center the highcross ,diabolical nightlife..some nice parts of Leicester to live in but again no different to any other..
That may be true
BUT
Looking round as a visitor it’s a beautiful city. I think it’s the same everywhere really, visitors love places and residents don’t see the magic anymore
@@GimbalWalkTV My husband now sees it after living 1 year in Italy. 😂
India.
It's all gone down hill hearth of the shops have closed down I've lived in leicester all my life 😂 even was a clocky kid at one point 👉 ☝️ and that bus's station is taking forever to build :(
Apart from that though? 🤣
#Leicester
Not worth a visit but there are worse places to live ..
I think it's a great city!
You didn’t even go down that right to where cinema deluxe, pho, zizis, Nando’s, Turtle bay, Pizza express part man. The nicest part. Looks like tokyo
I didn’t have time this time
Am going back to film those places
Love Leicester!
Really surprised how nice Leicester is.
I really like how you pan up to see all the old buildings, love old architecture !
Same!
I always believe that the magic is found in cities when you look up!
@@GimbalWalkTV I personally believe the magic in cities is when you look out :p ... where theres less grey and more green; the wild animals are varied and not just pigeons and spice addicts etc
I live in Leicester and it's great to see we are regenerating ourselves as a legitimate tourist destination now as well as a great university city. Thank you for sharing this video
You're welcome Marc. I have to say that Leicester is right up there as one of my favourite places to film now. I've only just scratched the surface.
I just don't understand all the negative comments from Leicester people that I get in the comments on my Leicester videos. They should be talking their fine city up not down!
Lefty after 55 years, became an absolute dump
Yes, everybody knows that locals LOVE hoards of tourists. Especially when they park in front of your house.
Awful place it’s ruined
Looks great to me! Fine city!
@@GimbalWalkTV it used to be many years ago 😔 I have lived there my entire life it’s so very different now !
@@tttcloud7285 I think you're saying to me what people in every town and city I film say, but remember that living somewhere can sometimes make you think overly critically and also overly fondly of how things used to be
As a visitor to Leicester I love the city - it's vibrant, friendly, diverse!
Good video. I've lived in Leicester for 20 years and I like living here. Some of the best bits weren't included in this video. I like New Walk, the newer part of the Highcross with all the new restaurants, the Lanes shopping where a lot of the independent shops are, the cultural quarter and theater. And out of the center the Stoneygate shops and the new and improved Fosse Park. Leicester also has quite a few unique museums and places of interest, plus plenty of little festivals and cultural events through the summer. It is a nice city to live in.
Such a great city!
I didn’t have long to film this one so am going back to film a full Indepth one so will Include your recommendations ❤️
The lanes are the best part! That’s where I Iove it! All small independent shops! Selling unique products!! Away from cooperations!!!!! That’s the part of Leicester I love!
Born and bread in Leicester (Blaby) 1981 and it's crazy to see how much it changed. Being in the Armed Forces I have lived away a lot both in the Uk and abroad but always surprised to see changes every time i've come back. During the 1900s/2000s it was full of pubs and more so clubs and the night life was buzzing. Buses were packed on Thu, Fri and Sat with clubbers and the atmosphere was great, i mean there were always places you would find a scrap of course but you CHOOSE to go into those kinda places. Shopping was very good and was always busy with the shopping centre (which has changed it's name since i remember) and high street. However, over the years many of those pubs/bars i mentioned have closed and Leicester is a completely different "vibe" now. It's more "middle class" with pubs being replaced by wine bars and clubs being replaced by restaurants if you know what i mean. Good/bad way?.....Different. But it "looks" like the council have done a great job compared to some Cities/Towns that have completely fallen into slums . Reason why Leicester hasn't done that? 1) Only City in Leicestershire so it's more of a focal point for locals 2) Sits in the middle of England and is central to many Motoways roads (M1, M69 ect) 3) 2 great Universities that are well known and have their own dedicated areas in schooling 4) Digging up of Richard 3rd really was a turning point that sparked the transformation off and attracted tourists 5) VERY mulicultural that has had years and years to adapt and has changed the mindset 6) The council kept up with the times and seen the decline of shops so changed direction.
Its so sad have Leicester has become such a dump over the years, drug addicts and beggers everywhere, boarded up shops terrible. I go back to visit family but glad i've moved to Stoke its so much nicer.
I am from Brazil. I've never been to the UK. But my dream is to be able to know Leicester someday. It is an amazing city. I'm in love with that city ❤
I live here. It’s a shit hole 😂
@@jalord8088 me too and I agree with you
I was a student in Leicester about 10 years ago now (time flies) and I wanted to remember the city because I haven't been back since I graduated. Thanks for the video!
one of the cities where diversity really works. and we all live together. great city 🌎🤝
Absolutely!
Why I love Leicester! Moved here in 1993 and wouldn’t want to live anywhere else. So much diversity and harmony.
Well said. People flow together as one.
Not true! Plenty of white racist people in this city
Wow, Leicester is really nice and clean. Loads of good , and large stores. I didn't realize how big the town is. Thank you for the tour , I would like to visit Leicester . 👍
I’m going to do more from there
Don’t kid yourself it is now a dump.I lived here over 60 years I know what I am talking about.
@@sempereadem54eadem64 obviously not as the video shows how clean it is 🤣🤣
@@GimbalWalkTV You really are deluded.
take a phrase book in 94 languages you will need it
I remember going to the guildhall museum back in 1996 when i was 19!
Thanks for the cool video. I was born and raised in Leicester but left in 1979. The 60s and 70s were a blast!
I live in Leicester and it was nice to finally have an up to date video of what my city actually looks like that I could share with family and friends. Thank you so much for doing this.
Thanks for sharing!
Ha ha ha you are joking
Thank you for the walking tour of our ancestral home. We had three mayors of Leicester in the family so seeing the Guildhall was especially nice.
Such a great city!
I'll be back soon to do a more indepth walk featuring more great Leicester landmarks
Enjoyed the tour of Leicester. Very modern and pedestrianised from when I worked there many years ago. Good walking tour.
Many thanks
My city. Wasn't expecting this. Try and catch the good side won't you lol
There is no good side!!!
What good side, it’s a dump
@@hooper-highlights-uk that’s your opinion. Also, what country do you live in?
@@amk4606 I have lived here over sixty years it is now a DUMP.
I am from Leicester to! Born in Leicester 50 years ago! It’s not so nice as this video looks!! Seeing a police van is the normal lol
I've not been back Leicester for about 7yrs now and the improvement is amazing.
Not been back for 50 years, having spent 4 years there. Hardly surprising that I don’t recognize the place.
@@adscri it is a sh*t hole now and I have lived here over 60 years.
Ive lived in Leicester the past 2 years, moved from Birmingham. It's great, plenty of open space for the kids and the town centre is a very good balance of old and new. We'll be staying for the foreseeable future and couldn't be happier
Well said!
Ha ha
Do you find it safe overall as a city? I’m looking to relocate from london but struggling to find somewhere affordable, a little bit safe 😂
Safer than birmingham or London. Just don't live anywhere in Braunstone or the east side of Leicester.@@daniella309
Hi sir... i live in manchester with my 4 kids do u think leicester is good option to live their? If i want to move from manchester to leicester?
I was a graduate from Leicester university through distance learning and yet haven't been to Leicester city..hopefully for a near future i wish to visit..From your exciting video Leicester is quite a big city and the city is clean with many shops around...How come l didn't noticed any cars on the roads?
Leicester must have had real good town planners and a proper run council, I like how many buildings have red bricks and clean well laid out brick streets
lol
This be where my ancestors came fromme
A good video of LEICESTER | Walking tour of Leicester City Centre!.👌👌👌👌
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Very nice. Interesting that the entire financial district of the city is made car free, pedestrian only. This makes up for a lot of walking space and reduces congestion greatly. Maybe in Europe this is common, but I was curious how European old cities deal with traffic congestion and I got my answer. Thank you.
Thank you 🙏
Yes, you came back! Good job Gimbal Walk TV!! Love your videos and pleased to see Leicester again on your channel!
couldn't resist!
Was gutted when I shot this one as I didn't have a lot of time, shot this route, and then when I was walking back to the car walked through some amazing places in the city centre that I just have to go back and film!
looking forward to being back in leicester next friday
this time with my sister
enjoyed the video tonight
rachel - queensland australia
Fantastic stuff - hope you have a great time!
Well, what a brilliant video - Thanks very much! I was born in Leicester but left in 2012. Going back for a visit this August 2023 and really looking forward to it. Really pleasantly surprised at how nice, clean and safe the city centre looks in this video. Great!
Thank you so much Steve!
You should do 1 in Coventry to after all we are city of culture
I was going to this week but had to come home so had to postpone but I've got a couple planned there for sure!
@@GimbalWalkTV awesome the museum great to lots of history
im amazed at how big it is its so huge and so much space. i may visit one day now ive seen the city
Great upload! Thank you for this wonderful video! I hope you all are well! Have a great day! See you!
City is Fealthy, the Council planning of the City and Roads is Rubbish, and the Local People are very Rude.
Disagree
The city (as you can see in the video) is spotless
All the other moans about councils - I literally get the exact same moaning in every single town and city I visit
Ultimately visitors love this city and so should it's residents
#1 its spelled filthy. #2 judging by the manner of your generalising comment i bet you deserved it
wow you have done a great job of making our city look clean, tidy and pleasant. how you've managed to get around most of the city and only passing 1 set of construction works is beyond me. i love my town centre i really do, but quite frankly your video flatters it.
Thanks Liam
I’ve been there today and it looks like this. 🤷♀️
Gok wan there's been quite a few famous actors in hollyoaks Tina Baker who famous and one of itv news readers is from Leicestershire as well mark Morrison who I did see once driving in a lovely merc churchgate area 1996
I love to visit my home town unless I stay in B and B if they got any. I was born brought up in Coventry since 1968 thanks for showing what the city can do I noticed it gone really big take care
Thank you 🙏
Wow, Leicester looks so clean and smart, amazing 😁👍
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Well it is not now
To actually walk in it you see , rubbish everywhere, overcrowded , and far too many homeless, when I visited Nottingham and Loughborough recently, saw very few homeless compared with Leicester
Due to redevelopment please note that Leicester Market is not currently there (19/07/2024)
New bus station looks well designed.also hollywood bowl is good for video games and caddyshacks as well outskirts are quite interesting.county is lovely city I prefer in 1980s but its not bad potential is there
Amazing city - growing rapidly
It is!
Fine city I love it
Next time you visit Leicester! Please go to St Martins square and around the lanes!!!! That’s where you find more old fashioned stuff and unique places!
I will definitely do that
I’m new to Leicester so didn’t know they were there till I got home 🤣
It's a shame that you didn't show The Town Hall and gardens. You just saw a glimpse of it just before you walked into The Market Approach. Apart from that, it was a nice walkabout showing the Town Centre of the city I live in. Thank you.
It was a bit of a rushed one this as I didn't have long to shoot
I'm heading back - so will definitely take your advice for the next one!
Leicester Market was fantastic for fruit and vegetables not anymore sad keep footage now is living history
I lived in Leicester as a student in the late seventies. I loved the city then but it has improved beyond all recognition. I absolutely love the pedestrian areas!
Great city, great video. Thanks.
Thank you so much for watching!
Very clean environment indeed
Greetings.. From Leicester 👋
Yes!
I love Leicester now - what a great city!
Leicester is a dump most of the shops have closed down
Not really high cross and fosse Park seem to be doing well.but I'm not saying I could not improve
It’s way ahead of most towns and cities In terms of numbers of shops still open
I agree stop defending Gimble just because you made Video of this fealthy City.
@@NoNameNoName-No
Am defending it because the video clearly shows there’s no litter, graffiti or rubbish or dirt anywhere 🤣🤣
@@NoNameNoName-No ok yes it's run down in parts and there is poverty but there is everywhere you blame the council for not putting in investment to make city's better foss park and highcross and few independent shoos will help it they will never go.but all city centre now find it hard online shopping but go in leic weekend it's very busy. People are people some are highly offensive others are friendly same were you go all city's are dumps with nice parts to them
I lived there in the 70's when my kids were little. I had to get used to afternoon weekday closing of pubs at 2pm in the days when there were pub licensing hours and the July fortnight when at the start of July most people had their annual hols, Skeggy a favourite destination. Accordingly the schools closed much earlier that the rest of the UK for the summer hols. The large number of postwar buildings in the city centre I thought was because of WW2 bombing but apparently it was just a bad dose of post war architecture we now tend to dislike. Shawaddywaddy, now there's a group. Anybody ever go to Jimmy Dean's the entertainment venue they opened. I liked it and the music. Thanks Leicester for happy times there. No covid, no woke, no tech, no Putin, halcyon days.
Crikey - forgot about pub's closing after lunch!
ps - LOVE LOVE LOVE Showaddywaddy!
I remember those days when the pubs shut in the afternoon and then reopened in the evening!
idk how you managed it but you made Leicester look nice. I've lived here 27 years and I'm not a fan at all. Your opinions are refreshing :)
Thank you
People lose sight of their home towns and cities so it’s a comment I get often
thank you for this video. I have just come back from Leicester, I walked on exactly the same streets and saw the same things. Nice!
Glad you enjoyed it!
Leicester is a rite dump ,I no trust me its like living in the middle east ,can't find the old English shops no more the identity has gone such a shame
I don't know what this means.
It's a great city - full of culture, very diverse and a thriving city centre!
Not sure what it means about not being able to find English shops?
@@GimbalWalkTV what I mean is there's no English people around the city centre hard to find English shops etc , of course there is because its England but most of the surrounding areas are not English, if u got an outsider dropped them in melton Road said what country are they in most would say India, thats what I mean about an English city losing its identity and its a real shame, its not multicultural at all really very segregated if u ask me
But why does it matter so much if there is an Indian community. Would you rather have options or just have same old. Its up to the people of the passion to keep the culture alive.
@@foodies4993 its nice having options like Indian Italian Chinese etc but when but the whole of there community takes over there's nothing left ,and my point is they like there own people and shops ,leicester is segregated thats a fact and the English identity from that English city in England has now gone which I think is a real shame
Its up to each community of ethnicity to keep their culture alive.
i love liechester sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo much
don't know how you managed to make Leicester look so nice. Now there are beggars every 50 yards, marks & spencers leaves the city centre end of this month. The markets been pulled down, council was going to modernise it, now they are planning not to rebuild it. half the shops around the market are now shut. The city is plagued with delivery bikes parked up all over the place, when they are being ridden at dangerous speeds. The city centre im afraid now is in total decline so many empty shops, and dirty as hell.
What’s happening with the market area now?
leicester is filled with history...ENGLISH HISTORY...so what the 60% of fereigners who moved in to displace the originals make of it is any ones guess
Nice try racist
Good old 70s, when there was Clark shoes,George's pub, LEWIS'S, a sky bridge connecting Haymarket with LEWIS'S. I used to catch buses on Humberstone Gate for Catherine Street. Remember Woolworth, Marks and Spa. There was Chalsea girl shop.We were able to drive round clock tower. Well that was down memory lane. Best wishes for All.
I left fifteen years of my life in Leicester, I love this city, maybe I will go back there one day... at least for a while❤
Great city
Great video thank you. I'm visiting Leicester this week on business and I wanted to see what it was like
Thank you - glad it was useful
Leicester is a great city to visit
As you can see folks, there's nothing here.
It’s a great city
I was born in Leicester, raised in the county and went to the university so spent alot of time in the city. When I was 33, I moved to Scotland for work, and now live in the West Midlands but haven't been back to Leicester for quite some time ..thank you for sharing this. It has changed so much since I last visited ( about 8 years ago) ..was lovely to see.
Thank you Stacy - I'll be doing more in Leicester as there's so much to see!
@@GimbalWalkTV i look forward to seeing them :)
Lived here my whole life.
The city is incredibly diverse but its not exactly a friendly city, nor is it clean.
There is a number of homeless that the city isn't helping.
The number of knife crimes, stabbings, murders, thieves and drug addicts is incredibly high.
As much as the history and architecture is amazing. I can't wait to leave
Oh no!
that's what diversity gets you, dirty immigrants with no morals ruining the uk
Iv lived here (Leicester) all my life and i only went into town the other week, and its crazy how much has changed! (been a few years since i last went in) its like a new city centre!
Agreed
To be fair I really love going to Leicester
I live in Leicester as well and was very much surprised how Granby street has changed. It was like a surprise as 70% of the shops are new to me. To think I go to town almost every week but hadn't noticed. Problem is I stick to the same streets all the time. I really need a day out just to explore my beloved city centre.
Ha ha
My son was at Leicester university 20 years ago my it’s changed . Happy days
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Thanks for the upload - great quality!
Thank you 👍❤️
Why do they say Lester ? Leicester)
I love my city of Leicester I have lived here all my life. I have seen the changes to Leicester. I love my Leicester city football club. I would never leave the city love if I won the lottery. ❤️❤️❤️❤️
My Local used to be the Corn Exchange in the Market Place. I was suprised of the change's to the city center when id been away for some time. They had pedestriansed the city center.
Yes - do you prefer pedestrianised?
@@GimbalWalkTV Yes its a lot better. It would be even better if they installed a Tram service.
I stayed there for 2 years in 1981-3. The market still there (renovated), so too are WH Smith & M&S, the clock tower. John Lewis has moved I noticed, no longer at Humberstone Gate. Glad the streets have widened & pedestrianized. Leicester Polytechnic upgraded to De Montfort University
Hello there! Just wanna make some survey on job opportunities. Does Leicester got many job opportunities for foreigners? & if that’s the case may i know in which sector?
Hope someone will notify it later! Thank you
Shame you didnt show jewry wall, one of the largest roman remains in the country. Very different to when I used to go into town regular 20 years ago, all pedestrianised now
Whereabouts is the Jewry Wall? Did I go close to it?
@@GimbalWalkTV it's about 3-4 minutes walk from the cathedral where Richard is buried. But you have to cross the dual carriageway to get to it which isn't the most scenic for your videos 😅 check it out if your ever in Leicester again. 👍🏻
Sadly the market has now gone. Progress?!!
Yes I heard - are they replacing it?
I had a lovely walk round my home city of Leicester earlier today .. lovely dog turd on the pavements and beggars at every corner ... welcome to Leicester
No different from any other town or city
Love Guildhall lane thanks again for another great video : )
You’re welcome ❤️
I couldnt figure leicester out when I was last pre Lockdown - some seriously illogical looking parts of it.. Did you forget Adrian Mole?
Loved the video, very nice city.
It’s empty town used to be rammed with people. Sean born n bred in Leicester. Me duck. Quak quak 🇬🇧🤔
Streets of Leicester are
Dirty , overcrowded, lacking interesting shops , nasty rude people , too many homeless which council ignore , too many shops closed
I enjoyed the walk down Gallowtree Gate until you came to the man playing the steel drum there was a woman on a mobility scooter that was me, even my husband recognised the cool bag I had with me on mt scooter.
Great camera quality. I would do this type of thing. I have filmed and taken photos of buildings but would be worried about when there are people in the clips, how they may react and if you needed their permission.
Takes some getting used to
Also helps I’m six foot three and built like a tank 🤣
Pull it down baby
Pull it all down
Black lives Mansions
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Mate , lot has changed in the 26 yrs i've been gone , it's a lot cleaner to be fair and is better for it. should have done market street and cank street silver arcade area. bloody hell the globe pub is still there.
Just made a note of your suggestions for when i Film my next one there thank you!
Yes i am a massive fan of traditional markets!
Me too!
Not one piece of garbage I saw. Respect your territory neighbors. My heritage traces back here.