{"id":3643,"date":"2018-11-15T14:41:59","date_gmt":"2018-11-15T14:41:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/copyright.lboro.ac.uk\/students\/?p=3643"},"modified":"2018-11-19T15:14:00","modified_gmt":"2018-11-19T15:14:00","slug":"top-five-loughborough-town","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.lboro.ac.uk\/students\/postgraduate\/top-five-loughborough-town\/","title":{"rendered":"My Fave 5: Loughborough Town"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In this month&#8217;s blog, I&#8217;m going to give you my Top 5 highlights of places to go in Loughborough Town!\u00a0<!--more--><b><\/b><\/p>\n<h3>1) My First English High Tea<\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-3678 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.lboro.ac.uk\/students\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2018\/11\/edit2-3-1024x576.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"506\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.lboro.ac.uk\/students\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2018\/11\/edit2-3-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/blog.lboro.ac.uk\/students\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2018\/11\/edit2-3-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/blog.lboro.ac.uk\/students\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2018\/11\/edit2-3-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/blog.lboro.ac.uk\/students\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2018\/11\/edit2-3-370x208.png 370w, https:\/\/blog.lboro.ac.uk\/students\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2018\/11\/edit2-3-770x433.png 770w, https:\/\/blog.lboro.ac.uk\/students\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2018\/11\/edit2-3.png 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Technically, this was in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.co.uk\/maps\/place\/Quorn\/@52.7447874,-1.2101845,13z\/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x4879de2b13e757c1:0x68269de2aecc063!8m2!3d52.742709!4d-1.1699139\">Quorn<\/a>, but it is just a hop, skip and jump from Loughborough and so I am including it. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.quorncountryhotel.info\/\">The Quorn Country Hotel<\/a> certainly didn\u2019t disappoint with the endless pots of tea (or coffee if you prefer) plus sandwiches, scones with divine cream and jam, and little bite-sized desserts.<\/p>\n<p>While some places in London might be more expensive, this tea goes to show that a higher price doesn\u2019t always mean better as it was quite affordable at\u00a0\u00a325 for two people.\u00a0Plus, we\u00a0had a visitor outside the window!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-3679 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.lboro.ac.uk\/students\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2018\/11\/edit3-2-1024x576.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"506\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.lboro.ac.uk\/students\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2018\/11\/edit3-2-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/blog.lboro.ac.uk\/students\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2018\/11\/edit3-2-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/blog.lboro.ac.uk\/students\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2018\/11\/edit3-2-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/blog.lboro.ac.uk\/students\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2018\/11\/edit3-2-370x208.png 370w, https:\/\/blog.lboro.ac.uk\/students\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2018\/11\/edit3-2-770x433.png 770w, https:\/\/blog.lboro.ac.uk\/students\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2018\/11\/edit3-2.png 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3><b>2) The Szechuan Restaurant<\/b><\/h3>\n<p>While there are many excellent restaurants in Loughborough of all types, due to my travels in China, I have a deep-seated love of authentic Chinese cuisine.\u00a0I may be a bit of a foodie!<\/p>\n<p>The Szechuan\u00a0province\u00a0of China is a\u00a0region\u00a0famous for its spicy food and this restaurant was my favourite for satisfying my craving for the classics of Chinese cuisine: spicy green beans with pork crumbles and\u00a0mapo\u00a0tofu (among others like their spicy cabbage or the\u00a0sweetish\u00a0aubergine\u00a0dish).<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-3680 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.lboro.ac.uk\/students\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2018\/11\/edit4-2-1024x576.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"506\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.lboro.ac.uk\/students\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2018\/11\/edit4-2-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/blog.lboro.ac.uk\/students\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2018\/11\/edit4-2-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/blog.lboro.ac.uk\/students\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2018\/11\/edit4-2-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/blog.lboro.ac.uk\/students\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2018\/11\/edit4-2-370x208.png 370w, https:\/\/blog.lboro.ac.uk\/students\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2018\/11\/edit4-2-770x433.png 770w, https:\/\/blog.lboro.ac.uk\/students\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2018\/11\/edit4-2.png 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I also discovered a new dish I had never tried in China that is fantastic if you like spicy food. It is a house specialty at this restaurant and is a Szechuan-style noodle soup.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-3681 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.lboro.ac.uk\/students\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2018\/11\/edit5-1-1024x576.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"506\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.lboro.ac.uk\/students\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2018\/11\/edit5-1-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/blog.lboro.ac.uk\/students\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2018\/11\/edit5-1-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/blog.lboro.ac.uk\/students\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2018\/11\/edit5-1-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/blog.lboro.ac.uk\/students\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2018\/11\/edit5-1-370x208.png 370w, https:\/\/blog.lboro.ac.uk\/students\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2018\/11\/edit5-1-770x433.png 770w, https:\/\/blog.lboro.ac.uk\/students\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2018\/11\/edit5-1.png 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>For those of you who prefer the type of dishes that are prepared for foreigners, things like\u00a0pork fried rice\u00a0are found at the back of the menu.\u00a0The menu itself is another thing I like about authentic Chinese restaurants as even if the menu isn\u2019t completely in English, they have pictures of many of the dishes to help you decide.<\/p>\n<h3><b>3) Escape Rooms<\/b><\/h3>\n<p>While there are several excellent escape room companies in Loughborough, I went to\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.breakescape.co.uk\/\">BreakEscape<\/a>\u00a0and was not disappointed! As my partner and I are beginners, we did the Sands of Time adventure set in ancient Egypt, but I was also tempted by the more difficult Enchanted Forest.\u00a0They also have two other adventures, one of which is even scary.\u00a0Maybe next time!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-3682 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.lboro.ac.uk\/students\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2018\/11\/edit6-1-1024x576.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"506\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.lboro.ac.uk\/students\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2018\/11\/edit6-1-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/blog.lboro.ac.uk\/students\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2018\/11\/edit6-1-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/blog.lboro.ac.uk\/students\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2018\/11\/edit6-1-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/blog.lboro.ac.uk\/students\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2018\/11\/edit6-1-370x208.png 370w, https:\/\/blog.lboro.ac.uk\/students\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2018\/11\/edit6-1-770x433.png 770w, https:\/\/blog.lboro.ac.uk\/students\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2018\/11\/edit6-1.png 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3><b>4) The Cozy and Diverse Pubs<\/b><\/h3>\n<p>While I am not a big drinker, I do really like the quality and quantity of pubs in Loughborough. Everywhere I went, ranging from the pubs that were frequented by locals like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.co.uk\/maps\/place\/The+Three+Nuns\/@52.7738334,-1.2043483,15z\/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x0:0xf768203c6f671855!8m2!3d52.7738334!4d-1.2043483\">The Three Nuns<\/a> to pubs that were more university hangouts like The\u00a0Griffin\u00a0or The Unicorn, the food was excellent and the\u00a0variety\u00a0plentiful.\u00a0Please note that the brews in the photo below are locally made in Leicester and are delicious! My favourite type is amber\u00a0ale\u00a0so I was very pleased to find one locally made.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-3683 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.lboro.ac.uk\/students\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2018\/11\/edit7-1-1024x576.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"506\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.lboro.ac.uk\/students\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2018\/11\/edit7-1-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/blog.lboro.ac.uk\/students\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2018\/11\/edit7-1-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/blog.lboro.ac.uk\/students\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2018\/11\/edit7-1-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/blog.lboro.ac.uk\/students\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2018\/11\/edit7-1-370x208.png 370w, https:\/\/blog.lboro.ac.uk\/students\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2018\/11\/edit7-1-770x433.png 770w, https:\/\/blog.lboro.ac.uk\/students\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2018\/11\/edit7-1.png 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>For those of you who prefer cocktails, I\u2019d highly recommend the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.orangetreeloughborough.co.uk\/\">Orange Tree<\/a> and if you are a fan of gin, the Needle and Pin has a lovely collection as well as some specialty ciders on tap.<\/p>\n<p>The diversity of ciders available in Loughborough and around the UK is\u00a0definitely one\u00a0of my favourite things about moving from the US. While micro-brews are big in the US same as here, micro-ciders are a lot harder to find whereas here in the UK they are\u00a0everywhere! For example, an elderflower one I tried from a random caf\u00e9 in one of the nearby villages was wonderful.<\/p>\n<h3><b>5) Shopping<\/b><\/h3>\n<p>When I say shopping, I don\u2019t mean at shops that populate the high street. While in Loughborough\u00a0you\u00a0will find Next, New Look, TK Maxx, Clarks, and other stores you typically find in town\u00a0centres\u00a0around the UK, my favourite kind of shopping is found at charity shops and local markets.<\/p>\n<p>For those of you who are used to charity shops in the UK, the system in the US is\u00a0a\u00a0little different and second-hand stores\u00a0are dominated by giants like the Salvation Army (also in the UK I have seen) and Good Will (not in the UK). Smaller charity shops that have proceeds going to a specific cause like heart disease\u00a0or hospice care\u00a0are\u00a0unheard of in the US.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-3684 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.lboro.ac.uk\/students\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2018\/11\/edit8-1024x576.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"506\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.lboro.ac.uk\/students\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2018\/11\/edit8-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/blog.lboro.ac.uk\/students\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2018\/11\/edit8-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/blog.lboro.ac.uk\/students\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2018\/11\/edit8-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/blog.lboro.ac.uk\/students\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2018\/11\/edit8-370x208.png 370w, https:\/\/blog.lboro.ac.uk\/students\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2018\/11\/edit8-770x433.png 770w, https:\/\/blog.lboro.ac.uk\/students\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2018\/11\/edit8.png 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>One of my favourite things is to go in these types of stores and to find something I love for an unbeatable price. For example, my mother always had large wooden bowls for fruit or salads when I was growing up. I randomly went into a charity shop one day and found one that looks exactly like one she has for\u00a0\u00a31.\u00a0Needless to say, that\u00a0made me very happy.<\/p>\n<p>Another great place to find unusual and unique items at an unbeatable price is the local vintage market on Friday in Loughborough. I found a ceramic frying pan in fantastic condition for\u00a0\u00a32.<\/p>\n<p>Thursday &amp; Saturday is the <a href=\"http:\/\/loveloughborough.co.uk\/market\/\">local food market<\/a> and if you get there towards the end of the day around 3:30 or 4 pm, sometimes you can get even better deals like 4 avocados for a\u00a0\u00a31 (though the deals there are usually better than the supermarket no matter the time of day).<\/p>\n<p>Whether you enjoy shopping for a great deal or dining out on local cuisine, Loughborough has a little bit of everything! And don\u2019t forget to take a walk or have a picnic on a beautiful warm day in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.charnwood.gov.uk\/pages\/queenspark\">Queen\u2019s Park<\/a>\u00a0which is less than a 5-minute walk from the town\u00a0centre.<\/p>\n<p>The photo below is courtesy of the grounds maintenance company that takes care of the park and won a landscaping award in 2016 for its maintenance of the site.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-3686 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.lboro.ac.uk\/students\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2018\/11\/Picture10-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.lboro.ac.uk\/students\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2018\/11\/Picture10-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blog.lboro.ac.uk\/students\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2018\/11\/Picture10-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.lboro.ac.uk\/students\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2018\/11\/Picture10-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.lboro.ac.uk\/students\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2018\/11\/Picture10-370x247.jpg 370w, https:\/\/blog.lboro.ac.uk\/students\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2018\/11\/Picture10-770x513.jpg 770w, https:\/\/blog.lboro.ac.uk\/students\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2018\/11\/Picture10.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Given the world recently marked 100 years since the end of WWI, it seems worth mentioning the carillon war memorial completed in 1923 in Queen\u2019s Park. It was the first grand carillon built in England and for those of you who, like me, don\u2019t know what that is, it is a type of musical instrument consisting of 23 bells housed in a bell tower.\u00a0Learn something new every day!\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/PhDLife?src=hash\">#PhDLife<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In this month&#8217;s blog, I&#8217;m going to give you my Top 5 highlights of places to go in Loughborough Town!\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":540,"featured_media":3685,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"lboro_blog_alternative_thumbnail_image":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[60],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3643","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-postgraduate"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - 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