Station Street, Leicester.
Introduction
The photograph on this page of Station Street, Leicester. by David Hallam-Jones as part of the Geograph project.
The Geograph project started in 2005 with the aim of publishing, organising and preserving representative images for every square kilometre of Great Britain, Ireland and the Isle of Man.
There are currently over 7.5m images from over 14,400 individuals and you can help contribute to the project by visiting https://www.geograph.org.uk
Station Street, Leicester.
Image: © David Hallam-Jones Taken: 20 Feb 2016
All that remains of Leicester’s first railway station are these two stone pillars at the entrance of its former goods yard. It was opened in 1840 and was known as Leicester Station until it was renamed Leicester Campbell Street in 1867. It was from the original station that Thomas Cook ran his first railway excursion to Loughborough for supporters of the Temperance League destined to attend a meeting there. Although the station's further expansion had been contemplated for some time it was not until 1890 that the go-ahead was given for Leicester Campbell Street Station to be replaced by a new station to be called Leicester London Road with its frontage on London Road, i.e. the A6. The replacement station was completed in 1894. As is evident, the station yard is now a car park for station staff and/or Royal Mail office staff? The dome of the Central Mosque in Conduit Street is also visible.
Images are licensed for reuse under creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0
Image Location
Latitude
52.631958
Longitude
-1.124674