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October 15, 2024
Needing to spend a night in Leicester to visit the Public Records Office on Friday, I discovered this pleasant hotel. I attended Leicester Uni in the late 1960's for my degree so realised this was walking distance to university. My route through Victoria Park past the university from the station brought back endless memories. All the more poignant as I walked past my old digs in St Leonards Road to find College Court at the end of Queens Road in Knighton. It is owned by the university and presumably hosts many conferences and academic visitors. The front desk folk were very helpful, the room was perfectly comfortable, better than many hotels I've stayed in and breakfast included had an excellent variety of fruit/cereal/bread and cooked items. Bizarrely, I couldn't see any napkins which would have been handy on the bare table tops. A very minor quibble. Great value and conveniently half way to my destination, another two miles walk through Knighton Park the next day. Although I was happy to walk, I soon realised the bus service in Leicester is reliable and frequent and it seems the 44/44A would have taken me from outside the hotel to South Wigston. Indeed, I took the 47 back to the city centre straight down Welford Road. The hotel wasn't serving other meals but had a spacious bar and lounge for refreshments. On the recommendation of the staff, I walked 2 minutes left out of the hotel, round the corner to the Cradock Arms-a large and busy pub serving meals and a convenience store next door for snacks or newspapers.
