A look back to a few years ago

Victorian houses on Ashby Road.

The branch of the Loc8me student housing business on the corner of Ashby Road and Storer Road. It has since closed and become a cafe.

St Mary's Roman Catholic Church on Ashby Road.



The canal basin complex as seen from Thorpe Hill.


This rubbish lorry on Epinal Way was from North West Leicestershire district.
Detail of Loughborough College.


Loughborough seen from Thorpe  Hill. Notable landmarks from fore- to background:
Fire station training tower
Chimney at Cumberland industrial estate
Brush factories near the Midland railway station

The Buckingham Drive bridge over the Blackbrook.
Derby Road outside Regent Place. The Skylink is leaving for the airport and Derby, whilst the other bus is heading for Shepshed.


New housing on Station Boulevard.
Baxter Gate and The Coneries as seen from a double-decker bus on Baxter Gate.



The footbridge at Loughborough station.

Council housing on North Road.
Stanford Viaduct. This viaduct (only part shown) carries the Great Central Railway (North) over the River Soar and Meadow Lane.

Flats and the entrance to Regent Wharf Place.

New housing on Derby Road.

The Cineworld complex on Baxter Gate.

Detail of the Cineworld complex on Baxter Gate.

Baxter Gate looking towards Nottingham Road.

Another view of Stanford Viaduct on a rainy day. Taken from a bus.




A dealership at Barrow Street. The area has now been cleared and student flats are under construction. Only the pub remains.
Baxter Gate looking towards Jubilee Way.




Thorpe Acre Road looking towards its junction with Hawker Close. Hawker close was built on the site of a dairy.

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