Travel to Leicester by road

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Local buses

For details of buses in Leicester City, see our Leicester buses page.

Need to phone? - try Travel Line - public transport information

Leicester lies on the M1 which carries road traffic from London to Leeds and the North.

East to West it is served by the M69 which connects to and from the M6.

Several major trunks roads connect Leicester to surrounding counties.

Leicester is on Junctions 21 (south of city), 21A (and 22 (north of city) of the M1 motorway. Click here for a zoomable, interactive map.

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Leicester City Council - information about parking in the city centre. This page also has links to information about cycling and roadworks.

Information about car parking in Leicester from the Equal Project Find out where the multi-story car parks are and how many spaces there are in each one.

If you are driving to Leicester, you might wish to use the Park and Ride facilities - details of these are given on the Leicester City Council web site.

General information about Leicester parking including facilities for people with disabilities, coach parking and parking for trades.

Jam cams and Traffic Congestion Maps are provided by the Equal Project .

The City and County Councils operate a number of CCTV cameras (known as Jam Cams) around the city and county to monitor the general traffic flow around the road network.

There are a few private car parking sites in the city centre, close to the rail station. One of these is at the Central Business Centre, where several contract spaces are available.

Car park map

Leicester has over 7,500 off-street car parking spaces for public use. They are within easy walking distance of the city centre, with its shopping and recreation facilities.

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Inter city coaches and local buses arrive at St Margaret's bus station which is fairly close to the centre of the city (see the Street Map link above).

For details of routes and journeys use the National Express web site or call 08750 80 80 80 (uk only).

Timetable for Trent and Barton buses which provides routes in Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire and other areas.

Avis Rentals

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