Anywhere worth visiting in Leicester?

axisus

I will be in Leicester on Friday. Any guitar shops there or anything else of interest? Any shops selling piano books? never been there before.

GavRichList

Musicjunkie is ok. Pretty generic, but it does have some nice stuff, and is all we have. 

ESBlonde

National space centre is in leicester. If you like fresh air and walks Bradgate park is refreshing.

BloodEagle

Music junkie is ok but pretty unexciting as mentioned, the city centre is a total shithole to be honest. My advice would be to get to Leicester, get what you need doing done, and get out ASAP 

english_bob

Music Junkie is the only city centre music shop left (RIP, Sheehans). There's a shop called Churchgate Music that sells a lot of sheet music- it's tucked away down a side street.

There's a couple of other music shops on Narborough road (Intasound and Keysound, who only sell keyboards), but they're a decent walk from the central shopping area, and not terribly exciting when you get there.

As city centres go, it's pretty unspectacular. 

Bradgate park is lovely, but it's not really *in* Leicester.

GavRichList

More importantly, Firebug, Brewdog and Taps are good for a swift one. 

57Deluxe

The CATerpillar factory

Fretwired

I hear J21 of the M1 heading south is the best part of Leicester ... ;-)

DrCornelius

Isn't Ellwood's Les Paul Museum quite near there ?

interstellar

no

GavRichList

There used to be an amazing treasure trove of a shop on Greenlane Road - a whole stack of beautiful vintage guitars and amps if I recall. Don’t know what happened to it, but I think it’s long gone. cant even remember the name of it. 

Perdix

The shop on green lane road was humbucker music I believe. Brought my first new guitar from there. Not certain but think it has gone.

GavRichList

Perdix said:

The shop on green lane road was humbucker music I believe. Brought my first new guitar from there. Not certain but think it has gone.

That was it! Yeah, it’s no more. 

strumjoughlamps

Where will you be in Leicester? City Centre or outer?

Bridgehouse

You could go to quad studios on the fretboard journey of truth and discovery

EricTheWeary

Horrible ring road and great Indian restaurants. 

They had a branch of Carlsboro music , IIRC, if you go back about thirty years. 

english_bob

EricTheWeary said:

Horrible ring road 

Inner our outer? 

The inner one isn't exactly a pleasurable drive on a scenic route through an area of outstanding natural beauty, but it's not Coventry.

With you on the Indian restaurants though. 

hassleham

There is a great Indian restaurant called Jamal’s on braunstone gate. BYOB!

Bridgehouse

hassleham said:

There is a great Indian restaurant called Jamal’s on braunstone gate. BYOB!

Bring your own Balti?

mrkb

Bridgehouse said:

hassleham said:

There is a great Indian restaurant called Jamal’s on braunstone gate. BYOB!

Bring your own Balti?

No BYOB is the sound your stomach makes after eating it!!

EricTheWeary

english_bob said:

EricTheWeary said:

Horrible ring road 

Inner our outer? 

The inner one isn't exactly a pleasurable drive on a scenic route through an area of outstanding natural beauty, but it's not Coventry.

With you on the Indian restaurants though. 

You may have increased the trauma by reminding me there are two but either really. 
I have an odd fondness for the Coventry ring road - it's completely inadequate for the job which does at least mean if you miss your turning the next chance isn't that far off. 
I often go on the Stourbridge ring road which is like a mini Coventry one. Presumably the designers of these things went ' this town is now the perfect size. It doesn't need to ever get any bigger or smaller. It is just the right level of town.' Like the Amish of road systems. 

I have been to Leicester a few times but my over riding memories are looking at gig lists [ weird, posted this mid sentence so I'm now editing] from the back pages of Sounds as every mid league heavy rock band seemed to play Leicester DeMontfort Hall. If you liked UFO, Krokus or Rose Tattoo then Leicester was the place to be in the early 80s.