Around the town centre

Frederick Street. The large building on the left was formerly part of what later became Loughborough University.

Sainsbury's stunning-looking facade on the corner of Ashby Road and Greenclose Lane.

Ashby Square. Carpet Cuts occupies the former premises of the Oriental Food Shop, which moved to Derby Square around last year.

Ashby Square.

The alley between the Iceland frozen food store and the Crafty Fox pub.

Market Street.

Swan Street, looking towards the Market Place.

Biggin Street looking towards the Market Place.

The Rushes Shopping Centre, seen from Biggin Street. JD (left) opened last year in premises previously occupied by HMV, and then the ill-fated Poundworld. It replaced a former branch in Market Place which closed in January 2012. Subway (right) opened its third branch 2016 in premises that were empty for several years.

The Loughborough offices of the Labour Party, on Fennel Street. The Labour Party had a disastrous (for them) defeat in the general election last year.

Churchgate, looking towards All Saint's Church.

Fennel Street.

The tower of All Saints Church.

Churchgate, looking towards Fennel Street.

Market Place looking towards High Street. The premises now containing the German Doner Kebab cafe was formerly a branch of Burton's for more than eighty years after the building's construction in around 1928.

Market Street looking towards Swan Street.

The building housing the branch of McDonald's in the town centre was built in 1928.

Looking out of the Carillon Court Shopping Centre onto Market Place.

Thee entrance to the Carillon Court Shopping Centre.

"Please adhere to social distancing"... but these stickers can't even adhere to the pavement!

The Town Hall, originally built as the Corn Exchange in 1855. The bell was restored last year and rang for the first time in four years.

The rear of Asha House, Woodgate.

Woodgate. On the left are NHS offices; to its right is the Beehive Lane car park. Further to the right is Asha House.

Woodgate, looking towards Bedford Square.

Beehive Lane car park is on the left.

The facade of Asha House.

Flats off Southfields Road seen from Woodgate.

Woodgate, looking towards Bedford Square.

Woodgate Chambers. This was originally a police station and then a courthouse.

A milepost outside the Organ Grinder/Old Packhorse pub on Woodgate. This rather misplaced milestone appeared here mysteriously one night between 1912 and 1938, and is believed to have come from Shardlow in Derbyshire!

Woodgate.

Leicester Road.

New student flats under construction on Leicester Road.

The first planning application for such a scheme on this site included a fifteen-storey tower. Personally, I thought this would be quite cool - but now I think seven storeys is quite tall enough!

Leicester Road.

Barrow Street.

Leicester Road, looking towards High Street. The Phantom pub is the only building of a previous generation standing on the site enclosed by Leicester Road, Pinfold Gate, Barrow Street and Aumberry Gap.