Leicester City Centre

Leicester city centre is now one of the top 10 UK shopping destinations! Its mix of high street names, small designer outlets and unusual individual shops offers a huge range of choices for the whole family. It's also very compact, so you won't have to walk far to find all your favourite places!

Highcross Leicester
Leicester's brand new inspirational shopping centre draws a whole new mix of retailers to the city centre. Top end retailers including Zara, Cruise and Hugo Boss sit alongside existing anchor stores House of Fraser and Debenhams as well as a stunning new flagship four storey John Lewis store. 

Haymarket Shopping
This bright and airy two-storey shopping plaza offers a mixture of well-known high street shops. It includes top clothing retailers Primark, H&M and TK Maxx, as well as favourites like Woolworths and Somerfield. It is also home to several coffee shops, and caters for all tastes and ages.

St Martin's Square & Leicester Lanes
This charming, cosmopolitan area of the city centre is a must for all visitors. With its small lanes surrounding the hub of St. Martin's Square itself, it is home to an intriguing variety of independent fashion, interior and gift shops. Look for designer labels in places like Limeys and //net; discover shoe heaven in Solution, Tin Fish and Jade, and wallow in classy interiors and home accessories in Powder Blue, Harlequin and Abode.

Leicester Market
One thing no visitor to the city should miss is Leicester Market. Steeped in over 700 years of history, it is Europe's largest covered market and is always a hive of activity. Marvel at the unusual mixture of vegetables from around the world, and seek out the excellent fish market in the Market Centre for a mouth-watering array of quality fresh food.

Gallowtree Gate
Leicester's lively main shopping thoroughfare is where mainstream fashion and footwear retailers reign. Topshop, Dorothy Perkins and Faith sit alongside household names like WHSmith, bhs and Boots. This busy pedestrianised street is often buzzing with street entertainers and pavement artists.

Humberstone Gate
Humberstone Gate boasts the futuristic style Haymarket Towers complex, which includes the extended Marks & Spencer, leading sports shop JJB Sports and popular clothing retailers, Gap and New Look. This wide pedestrianised area is also the main place for city centre events.

High Street
Now thriving more that ever before, the High Street offers a stylish range of shops, including Habitat, HMV, Joseph (for men) and French Connection. Amabis, Discovery and Dominoes toy store are among the range of gift shops you will also find here.

Belvoir Street & Market Street
This is where stylish bars and cafes sit amongst intriguing specialist shops. Belvoir Street and Market Street offer an eclectic mix of places from Waterstones bookshop and Austin Reed to small jewellers and confectioners. The elegant Fenwick department store can be found where the two streets meet, with its impressive range of clothes, home accessories and cosmetics.

Leicester shopmobility
Need help getting around the city centre? You can hire free scooters or manual powered wheelchairs from Leicester's shopmobility offices. Both are centrally located at The Shires (0116 253 2596) and at the Haymarket Shopping Centre (0116 253 7125).