Nottingham & Leicester

[echokilo]

Can anyone tell me what the above places are like for shopping? Nice places to eat? Want to chose between them - both are about an hour away ................. TIA

[Buenchico]

I LIKE Nottingham for shopping and eating, but I LOVE Leicester!

Nottingham has currently got a lot of empty shops, even though the local retailers don't seem to have noticed!
http://www.thisisnott...199-detail/story.html

Leicester has possibly the best market in the country:
http://www.leicestermarket.co.uk/
with loads of good pubs. (The multi-ethnic nature of Leicester means that there's no shortage of good restaurants either!)

The indoor shopping centres have all the usual High street names but there are lots of side streets where you'll find small independent traders.

Lots of information here:
http://www.visitleicester.co.uk/

Chris

[Jumbo747]

Haven't been to Leicester lately but my grandmother always said 'the pavements are HARD in Nottingham' (meaning it wasn't a terribly wonderful place to visit for any length of time!).

[echokilo]

Thank you!