Loughborough

Loughborough may be small and short of a city buzz but the university and town makes up for that. There is never nothing to do and you will see the same faces around!! If you do enjoy bigger nights out, Loughborough is only a short (and cheap) trip away from Leicester, Birmingham and Nottingham! It has a welcoming feel to the place and you soon feel very comfortable here. Not as daunting as perhaps a city would be.

Student dominated town with good atmosphere during term time. Market / town centre is nice at the weekends, quite a few nice and not over priced restaurants around Baxter Gate (recent development). Town nights out can be mixed, but seem to be improving in variety.

Being a student city, there is a lot of stuff for us to do. There are many pubs and clubs to go out at night and then have some food at 4AM after going out or having it delivered while doing all nighters in the library during the exam session. As not a big shopping person, I find the ones available here sufficient. It is also great we have most of the big groceries brands to choose from, with more supposedly coming in the city soon. I would love to have big shops a bit closer to the campus, but the distance they are at isn't too bad. While I haven't done many, the town seems to be packed with activities, from paintballing, cinema, escape rooms and so on. The town is also quite well linked with other cities by rail and road, with many frequent departures. And if in need of something more to do or to connect to leave to other places, Nottingham and Leicester are only half an hour by bus away. I would recommend the city as it is a quiet and relaxed one, but there is plenty of stuff to do to enjoy your time here.

Good night out with friends and good value for money. Plenty of clubs and things to do to relieve some stress of uni and perfect when on a budget

There are few nightclubs in Loughborough, but those there are are great especially the student union. Shopping is small but Leicester is easily accessible but Loughborough has everything you need including a range of food. Nights out and living costs are reasonable and nothinf is too expensive.

Loughborough is situated right between Nottingham and Leicester. Despite being small, all of the nights out a big! It's £5 train ride to get to one of the cities so larger event are easily reachable. There are a variety of shops such as boots, Topshop and Primark available for Freshers week essentials! The town is probably half made up of students and being such a large uni that's a lot of young people!

Location is fairly good if what our looking for is a small town that’s bog enough to sustain other population than the students and campus. In terms of nights out they are great and most people stay in the union as they have events most nights of the week. They also have events on during the day. The nights out in town are equally as good as each club has a species date that it’s kicking. Food is great especially desert places there are tons of nice ones around Loughborough, and bieng a student town delivery such as deliverooo and just eat are quite popular. Shops are good and have a fault good value for money. However there is not a wide range of clothes shopping! There at a few fun things o do with friends with two cinemas hall and laser quest and jumping Juanita and such. There are a few nice pubs as wwell as bars.

Not a huge variety of clubs but made up for by the fact that it is very cheap and you can still have a good night out. If looking for more Nottingham, Leicester and Derby all near by for shopping, food, nightlife etc.

All the essentials! Shopping to cover all your needs, good nightlife options and countryside very close to get away from it when needed

The nights out here are amazing and I could not fault, with the addition of Baxter Gate the food selection has also improved massively. There a lots of random things to do like escape rooms and laser quest, and plenty of charity shops for those bargain hunters. However, on the general shopping front its a bit lacking, but you are not far from Leicester or Nottingham which have fab selections!

The area of Loughborough is small, compared to the well known cities. However Loughborough has a friendly student feel about it. The town itself is not to big and at the same time is not too small. It has enough large retailers and food restaurants that you need. It also has a good social nightlife; there is a fair number of pubs and clubs. The Loughborough campus is one of the main parts of the area as it is the centre of what most people come here for!

Great place to be! Plenty of pubs and clubs for a great night out and some great shops in the town centre with 3 markets on weekly for groceries and vintage items. Excellent transport links to Nottingham, Derby and Leicester and further afield. Would highly recommend!!!

Loughborough is a great location, not only does Loughborough provide some great restaurants and a decent nightlife, it is in the middle of some great locations including Leicester, Nottingham and Birmingham!