As an Estate Agent in Loughborough, we love this vibrant market town in Leicestershire, renowned for its highly regarded University which is ranked within the top 250 universities worldwide, famed for art, sports and engineering. As an ideal place for families looking to buy a home, Loughborough has a number of Primary and Secondary Schools, including OFSTED outstanding rated Holywell Primary School on the Forest Side of Loughborough. Mountfields Lodge Primary School and Woodbrook Vale Secondary School are also located in this area. When looking to buy a house in Loughborough attention should also be paid to the Endowed Schools, now known as the Loughborough Schools Foundation, including Fairfield, Amhurst, The High School and The Grammar School.
As Loughborough has grown over the 20th Century, it has acquired various suburbs, formerly peripheral hamlets, such as Thorpe Acre, Nanpantan and Dishley, the home of naturalist Robert Bakewell (1726 – 1795). Loughborough hosts an outdoor market in the Market Place every Thursday and Saturday with a monthly farmers’ market and regular French, arts and antique/collectors markets.
As a central hub to the Charnwood Villages, Loughborough has a wide range of national and independent shops, eateries, pubs and cafes, along with the Loughborough Town Hall, a fabulous venue which is the surprising host to national and international stars of stage and screen! The Rushes and Carillon Court area hive of activity boasting a range of stores, and with the picturesque Churchgate pedestrianised street offering a classy and tasteful selection of independent stores, as well as being home to Richard Harrison Estate Agents & Valuers office.
On the outskirts of town is the Great Central Railway, the UK’s only double-track mainline heritage railway. For the 21st Century traveller there is the East Midlands Railway Station with a range of EMR trips up and down the country on the midland mainline, including a direct link to London St Pancras taking only just over 1hr 40mins! The town is well connected to major road networks, with the M1 Junction 23, A46 and A6 all within close proximity. Loughborough offers a range of houses for sale, bungalows, flats, terraced houses and character homes, making this an ideal place to buy your next property.
