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CHAMPION – FLAMINGO BAR & GRILL, 185 LOUGHBOROUGH ROAD

Photo above: Champion on right c 1900. Ornate portico belies the age of the Champion as it is recorded in … More

bars, Loughborough Rd., restaurant

RED COW – STAR & BALL – CROWN & THISTLE – ROSE & THISTLE – FOURPENCE & FIRKIN – O’NEIL’S, LOSEBY LANE

There is a tenuous record of a pub on the site in 1580, but the first definite recorded in Leicester … More

Loseby Lane

LOADED DOG, 144 LONDON ROAD

Photo above: Getting ready for the opening, May 1997. Opened in 1997 by Bass under it’s a ‘scream’ banner, targeting … More

London Rd

OLD HORSE, 198 LONDON ROAD

 Photo above: Circa 1900, The Old Horse.   Everards traded the pub from circa 1894. Oldest record yet found is … More

London Rd

TIME BAR – PARCEL YARD, 48 LONDON ROAD

. Standing next door to the train station in 1996 Steamin Billy’s Liz Lount spotted an opportunity for a bar. … More

bars, London Road

THE HIND, 49 LONDON ROAD

In 1839, an advert declared ‘TO PIGEON SHOOTERS- Double barrelled shot, apply William Smith The Hind Inn London Road.’ JR … More

London Rd

THE MINT – LANSDOWNE, LONDON ROAD

The Mint opened in February 2002. By late 2004, ownership changed to become The Lansdowne, a stylish bar which serves … More

London Rd

BISHOPS BLAZE – MARQUIS WELLINGTON, LONDON ROAD

1801 an Inn was built near the London Rd tollgate and named the Bishops Blaze. Named after the patron saint … More

London Rd

FULL MOON – VICTORIA JUBILEE, 112 LEIRE STREET

Stood on the corner of Harrison Road and Leire Street, off Belgrave Road. The pub built circa 1876 and called … More

Leire St.

BLUE PETER BAR & GRILL, 3 LAW STREET

Pictured above in 2011. Stretching the meaning of pub a little, mainly an Indian Restaurant, although advertised in Bar sections … More

bars, Law St., restaurant

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