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Limekiln Road, LE3 5DD

Part of the Waterside development of 288 contemporary homes and apartments.

The Waterside is a new development of 288 contemporary homes and apartments in the Frog Island area of Leicester.

First Leicester pub on Cycle Route 6

Former public house in Frog Island, it closed in 2013.

Previously a railway bridge crossed here with railway tracks behind

The Ship Inn on Soar Lane prior to opening time. Presumably many of its customers in the past will have been employees in nearby hosiery factories, like the one behind it perhaps? A stretch of the Grand Union canal lies 2-3 minutes walk from here behind the photographer and in the opposite direction (1 min walk away) is the Northgate St/Highcross St junction with Sanvey Gate, all of which sit just outside the inner ring road.

Instead of leaving this demolition site at the junction of Soar Lane with Highcross Street untidy and ripe for misuse by fly-tippers and squatters Leicester City Council has arranged for a frieze of local scenes created by artist Helen Saunders to be mounted on these hoardings along this stretch of road as it enters the city centre. The Church in the distance is St Ann's, a decommissioned but carefully preserved Norman church dating from the 13th century. It is situated in High Cross Street (Leicester's original High Street). High Cross shopping centre is also visible on the horizon sporting a greeny-grey patterned side elevation.

Instead of leaving this demolition site untidy and ripe for misuse by fly-tippers and squatters Leicester City Council has arranged for a frieze of local scenes created by artist Helen Saunders to be mounted on these hoardings along this particular stretch of Northgate Street, NG1 as it leaves the city centre.

A stretch of artistically decorated hoardings positioned around a demolition site at the side of Northgate Street as it enters the city centre. Its junction with a minor road - Soar Lane - can be seen at the end of the hoardings. This high quality photographic work was commissioned from artist Helen Saunders and represents an impressive attempt at keeping the city looking cared-for in the midst of on-going demolition and redevelopment work instead of leaving the site untidy and ripe for misuse by fly-tippers and squatters.

An image of Abbey Park has been transposed onto these hoardings at the junction of this minor road - Soar Lane - with Highcross St/Northgate Street (a continuous major road) near the city centre. Instead of leaving the demolition site untidy and ripe for misuse by fly-tippers and squatters Leicester City Council has arranged for a mounted frieze of local scenes created by artist Helen Saunders to be used as a very aesthetically pleasing barrier near to one of the entry points into the city.