Coventry vs Leicester: 6.000 excited foxes! Coventry vs Leicester: 6.000 excited foxes! Football | Coventry vs Leicester: 6.000 excited foxes! betting tips by Neuro Match date: Aug 06 2011 | Posted: 06/08/2011 | Viewed 455 times. Coventry – Leicester Local derby of the Midlands, called ‘M69 derby’ (the M69 is the motorway that links the two cities). Leicester got 3.000 tickets for this match, already gone and got another 3.000 which also dissapeared in hours! The fans are crazy for this derby, 6000 fans will be in Coventry. Coventry Entering the season With a very low profile. The summer was not particularly quiet, some players left (Westwoond,King etc.), a lot of problems in the team bosses and management. Last match Coventry lost from Norwich (0-3), where the strikers Freddy Eastwood and Lukas Jutkiewicz were injured and also Carl Baker (Midfielder).

Ben Turner (Defender) is long time injured from last year. The only new player in the team today will be Joe Murphy (Goalkeeper) who is the one from the two only trasfers of Coventry this year. Leicester Leicester have spend already about 10 Million pounds on transfers and still spending for new players. Got the international Swiss midfielder Gelson Fernandes from AS Saint Etienne (Loan deal) and seeking in a deal with Norwich for the striker Grant Holt, a 2 million pounds transfer! No absents for Leicester, the formation was mainly 4-3-3 in the friendlies and perfomed well from the new players. Conclusion The predictions today are mostly for Leicester. But you can’t be sure on a local derby in an English premier with a lot of crowd. Everyone can bet his own personal predict. For a risky bet, i will take Leicester on 2.15 odds which seem nice to me. Pick: Leicester City to win Odds: 2.15 CBRD » Motorway Database » M69 Factfile Images Timeline Exit List The M69 is the motorway between Leicester and Coventry, providing an exceptionally good way between two provincial cities.

It's the sort of connection that many other prosperous cities would fight for. There are an extravagant six lanes for most of the journey, which means that it usually feels very quiet and very fast. Bigger things were planned for this road, since at the Leicester end it seems to finish at an incomplete junction. Before the northern terminus, the carriageways split apart, leaving room for the motorway to continue onwards, and the road narrows from three lanes to two before navigating a series of curves on what was supposed to be a sliproad to reach the M1 roundabout. North of here, the motorway was planned to cross the M1 , with free-flowing sliproads to the north, before connecting directly with the A563 Leicester Outer Ring Road close to its junction with the A47. Local opposition to this plan halted it, though Highways England do still entertain ideas of using the unfinished end to provide free-flowing sliproads onto the M1 . At the southern end, there are free-flowing sliproads onto the M6 towards Birmingham, and if you look closely, stubs for more sliproads to be added.

Free-flowing access was meant to be provided onto a southern extension of the road, but that was never built, and when it did finally appear in the 1980s it was as part of the A46. There was, at one time, a vague intention that the motorway might go all the way to the M5 , connecting end-on to the M50 at Strensham. Plans to connect the M42 at J3a to the M50 advanced much further, but neither came to pass, so the M50 was never connected to anything and the M69 strays no further than Coventry. Factfile Leicester tourist and travel information | Leicester accommodation, attractions and photos | Leicestershire UK Leicester tourist and travel information Leicester Travel Information Leicester is surrounded by an excellent roads, air and rail network. 30 minutes from East Midlands airport and 45 minutes from Birmingham airport TRAVELLINE at Leicester - Travel by coach - If you'd like to speak to someone about your journey you can ring Traveline on 0871 200 22 33. Coaches between St Margarets Bus Station, Leicester and many other cities.

There is a taxi rank at the bus station. nationalexpress.com Leicester - Travel by train - Leicester Station, London Road, Leicester, Leicestershire, LE2 0QB. CCTV. Ticket office. Waiting room. Refreshment facilities. Pay phone. Shops. Toilets. Wheelchair accessible toilets. Whole station step free access. Wheelchairs available. East Midlands Trains. eastmidlandstrains.co.uk Leicester - Travel by road - Leicester has the M1 motorway to the west of the city. Junction 21A takes traffic to the north of Leicester. Junction 21 is where the M1 merges with the M69 (to Coventry) Leicester - Travel by road - Leicester is about 2 miles east of Junction 21 of the M1 Motorway. The M1 is a north - south motorway which links London to Leeds. Leicester is about 100 miles from London and 100 miles from Leeds. Leicester - Travel by road - Leicester is about 2 miles east of the intersection of the M 69 and M 1 Motorways. The M 69 Motorway links Leicester and Coventry.

Leicester is about 26 miles from Coventry. Leicester is 100 miles from London, 45 miles from Birmingham. East Midlands Airport, Castle Donington, Derby, DE74 2SA. Tel: 0871 919 9000. Duty and Tax Free shopping. Aviation Gift and Hobby Centre. Boots the Chemist. International Currency Exchange. Spar World News. East Midlands airport is about 16 miles from Leicester. eastmidlandsairport.com Leicester Tourist Information Leicester - Sport - Leicester City Football Club, Walkers Stadium, Filbert Way, Leicester, LE2 7FL. Ten Pin Bowling, hollywood bowl Leicester, Meridian Leisure Park, Braunstone, Leicester, LE19 1JZ. Tel: 0116 263 1234. Mallory Park (Motorsport) Ltd, Mallory Park Circuit, Kirkby Mallory, Leicester, LE9 7QE. Tel: 01455-842931.

Leicester - Sport - Oadby Golf Club, Leicester Road Racecourse, Oadby, Leicestershire, LE2 4AJ.Tel: 01162700215. Humberstone Heights Golf Club, Gipsy Lane, Leicester, Leicestershire, LE5 0TB. Tel: 01162995570. Leicester - Shopping - Marks & Spencer, 18 Gallowtreegate, Leicester, Leicestershire, LE1 1DA. Tel: 0116 253 6610. Fosse Park - Fosse Park Shopping Centre, Leicester, Leicestershire LE19 1HQ. Tel: 0116 263 0680. British Home Store Fosse Park - Unit 8, Fosse Park Shopping Park, Enderby, Leicester, Leicestershire, LE19 1HX. Tel: 0845 8410186. British Home Store Leicester - 52-54 Gallowtree Gate, Leicestershire, LE1 1DA.

Tel: 0845 8410217. Beaumont Shopping Centre, Beaumont Shopping Centre, 25 Beaumont Way, Leicester LE4 1DS. Tel:0116 2352561. Located just off the A46 near Anstey, only five minutes from the A6 and 10 mins from the M1 junction 22. Leicester offers two indoor shopping centres - the Haymarket and the Shires Centre. Leicester - Entertainment - Vue Cinema - Meridian Leisure Park, Lubbesthorpe Way, Leicester, LE3 3AH. Odeon Cinema, Freemans Park, 90 Aylestone Road, Leicester, LE2 7LT. Phoenix Cinema, Newarke Street, Leicester, LE15 6HW. Leicester Haymarket Theatre, Belgrave Gate, Leicester, LE1 3YQ. Tel: 0870 330 3131. Leicester - Other information - Bosworth Battlefield Visitor Centre and Country Park, Sutton Cheney, Nr Nuneaton, Warwickshire, CV13 OAD.

Tel: 01455 290 429. Bradgate Park & Swithland Wood, Deer Barn Buildings, Country Park, Newtown Linford, Leicestershire, LE6 0HE. Tel: 0116 2362713. LEICESTER ACCOMMODATION Leicester travel guide - Wikitravel Understand[ edit ] Leicester is one of the oldest English cities, having been founded by the Romans as Ratae Coritanorum in 50 CE. Unusally for a British industrial city, much of this roman and medieval history is still visible today in the restored old town. Leicester is one of the most ethnically diverse cities in the United Kingdom and is Britain's first environment city. Leicester has grown rapidly throughout the centuries and is now a cosmopolitan city with friendly people from all races, backgrounds and cultures, creating a culturally diverse city where the 2015 reburial of King Richard the Third catapulted it to internaional fame. By road[ edit ] Leicester is adjacent to the M1 Motorway, allowing speedy road access south to London and north to many other major English cities.

The M69 motorway provides good access from the south of the city at M1 junction 21 towards Birmingham, Coventry, Nuneaton and Hinkley. As noted below, for non-motorised road users, there is good access to the city for cyclists, from all points of the compass. First-time visitors to the city coming by car may find the inner ring road and associated one-way systems confusing and somewhat daunting. Plan your journey well in advance, be patient, and look for signposts for the many car-parks close to the city centre; or use the Park & Ride services (see below under 'Bus'). The city offers a Park and Ride service Meynells Gorse Park and Ride, see the National Park and Ride Directory [2] By train[ edit ] Leicester is on the main London to Leeds rail route operated by East Midlands Trains [3] from St Pancras International station. There are up to four trains to and from the capital every hour. The journey takes up to 1:30h on slower trains. As with all British trains, an open return valid for one month bought on the day of travel is just marginally more expensive than a single ticket.

Tickets bough in advance are often significantly cheaper. Often cheaper, but also significantly longer time-wise travel from London can be done via Nuneaton , Warwickshire, with London Midland trains [4] . In Nuneaton, change for a bus 48 [5] or 158 [6] both going to Leicester directly (very limited service in the evening and at the weekends). A bus station in Nuneaton is ten minutes walk from the railway station, buses to Leicester depart from platform C; the journey takes just over one hour and costs just over £3.00 single (December 2012). Also, there is a train from Nuneaton station to Leicester which costs about £10 single. Tickets specific to the London Midland services are cheapest (London to Nuneaton off-peak return £21.00, December 2012). Leicester also offers direct rail access to Stansted Airport [7] , East Midlands Airport [8] , Luton Airport [9] , Sheffield , Nottingham , Derby , Cambridge and Birmingham . Cross country services ( Cambridge , Stansted, Nuneaton , Coventry and Birmingham ) are operated by Cross Country Trains [10] .

The suburban services to Syston, Sileby, Barrow-on-Soar, and Lougborough and via Nottingham to Lincoln are operated by East Midlands Trains; and towards Wigston and Narborough - Cross Country Trains. Leicester station is five minutes walk from the very centre of the city and another five minutes - to the couch station (St Margaret). Train passangers are entitled to discounts for local bus travel in many British cities [11] , also in Leicester (£3.50 for a day ticket, January 2013); student railcards give access to even greater savings. A plusbus ticket can be purchased simultaneously with the train ticket online or at the station, incl. many vending ticket machines. By plane[ edit ] The city is close to East Midlands Airport [12] situated in the county of Leicestershire and a drive should not take much longer than 30 minutes depending on the traffic situation. The airport is served by a 24/7 SkyLink bus from St Margaret's bus station in Leicester (timetable [13] , £6.10 single, December 2012). Taxi is about £30 one way.

Birmingham International Airport is within a 45 minute to 1 hour drive from Leicester. It can be reached by train - a ticket to Birmingham is valid for the Birmingham airport as well [14] - or coach [15] There are also a limited number of flights available from Coventry Airport [16] about a 45 minute drive away. Stansted and Luton airports are linked directly to Leicester by regular train services (see links to CrossCountry and East Midlands Trains above). Manchester airport can be reached by train, changing at Sheffield . Gatwick airport can be reached by train changing at Luton, Bedford or London [17] . Heathrow, Gatwick, Luton, Stansted and Birmingham airports can also be reached by direct 24/7 National Express coach services [18] There is a small airfield for private planes at Stoughton to the east of the city. By bus[ edit ] National Express [19] couches arrive to St Margarets Bus station, a short walk to the city centre.

There are regular services to and from London , Birmingham and Nottingham where connections are available to most of the UK, as well as Eurolines [20] services to continental Europe. Megabus [21] connects Leicester with London and from there - other British cities, as well as Paris, Brussels and Amsterdam. However, be aware that their bus stop is not in the city center. There are also services operated by local companies which serve the Asian communities in West London (Southall), Bradford, and other areas. These services are not generally well advertised, they may be short-lived, but can be cheap, and get you to out-of-the-way areas. Get around[ edit ] All city centre locations are easily reachable within walking distance. The city supports an extensive bus network. Services are operated mainly by First Leicester and Arriva. First Leicester services cover the more local (city) destinations, those operated by Arriva can also be useful for reaching areas just outside Leicester, as well as city destinations. First Services leave from a variety of points in the city centre; most Arriva services depart from St Margarets Bus Station. Be warned that First Leicester's bus services are notorious for being often late.

It can be advisable to walk smaller distances or use arriva or other routes operated by other companies. Stagecoach run a regular service (Route 48) from St Margarets to Hinckley and Coventry There are services operated by other companies: some are one-route-only operators; you may find that a different company will run the same service on a Sunday (or during evenings) to the day-time operator. You will generally be able to get advice on bus travel from St Margarets bus station. You will find stops for most services in the City Centre streets. These stops can be confusing, even for locals! Tickets are not interchangable between different companies; However, there is day tickets for all buses in the Leicester area called Flexi Day & Week. These can be bought on any bus in Leicester for £5.00 day and £19.00 week one [22] Day tickets can offer significant savings over single, and even return, tickets: ask the driver for advice. Fares are expensive for very short journeys, but can be remarkable value if travelling to the suburbs or further.

There is one Park & Ride service that runs Monday-Saturday from Meynells Gorse that is, at Braunstone Cross Roads, just off the A47 Every 12 minutes and is run by Paul James Coaches. This service is well-signposted on the A47 and the M1 (leave at junction 21A). This serves the city centre with a reliable, regular, fast service from a large car park. There are Saturday only Park & Ride services from County Hall (A50 - Glenfield), and Oadby Leicester racecourse (A6 - Oadby). You MUST have to be a car user to use the Park & Ride services. Cycling in and around Leicester is generally pleasant with there being a good road network and generally well-mannered car and bus drivers. Previous city council policies led to the development of well signposted, well designed cycle-tracks: some of these are now in need of repair and upkeep, but the network remains. Sustrans Route 6 bisects the city North/South, with Route 63 going north-west toward Charnwood Forest. The city centre Bike Park provides a handy place to park your bike with complete security during the week, daytime.

The Bike Park is situated to the right of the Town Hall (in Town Hall Square) right in the city centre. The friendly staff can help with repairs and local knowledge. There are changing facilities here if you require them. Remember that Leicester is effectively in a 'bowl', so whichever way you enter the city (except along the river/canal) you are likely to have to climb to leave it! As a cyclist you may wish to avoid routes leading directly to the local M1 junctions (21, 21A, and 22)as these carry heavy and fast motor traffic. There is free signposted motorcycle parking in the city centre: Abbey Street and behind the Town Hall. See[ edit ][ add listing ] St Nicholas church [23] - the oldest (over 1200 years) place of Christian worship in Leicester. Open for visitor every Saturday, 2.00 pm - 4.00 pm, as well as for worship - see the website for details. The Jewry Wall, the largest piece of romain masonry in the Uk, is right next door. St.

Mary de Castro [24] - one of the most ancient buildings in Leicester (from the early 12th century). The name means "St Mary of the Castle". It stands on the grounds of Leicester Castle, from which it gets its name and of which it was once the chapel. Open: Monday to Friday 12.00 pm - 2.00 pm; Saturday 2.00 pm - 4.00 pm. It stands opposite the Great Hall of the Castle and the tudor judges' lodging where the Assize judges stayed. Close nearby is Rupert's Gateway and the 14th centrury Magazine Gateway, and Trinity Hospital Chapel founded in the 1330s to care for the poor and infirm of the city. Leicester Cathedral St Martin's church became the cathedral in 1927 when the diocese of Leicester was restored after almost 800 years. You can see the tomb of King Richard the Third here, who was ceremonially reburied in 2015.

Admission free [25] King Richard the Third visitor centre An award-winning exploration of the life and time of the last Plantagent King and the story of the redisovery of his remains beneath a Leicester Car Park. Open Monday to Sunday 10.00-16.00, Saturdays 10.00-17.00. Admission. Admission £7.95 [26] The National Space Centre [27] - A space museum with a planetarium/cinema and six galleries. Lots of activities for children and a very large collection, including one of very few Soyuz spacecraft in the western world and a tower containing the British Blue Streak and American Thor rockets. Ticket prices are at most £14 and pairs of tickets are valid for a year. Usually closed on Mondays. The National Gas Museum [28] Leicester Guildhall [29] - One of the best preserved timber framed halls in the country, dating back to the 14 century. Do not miss a prison cell on the ground floor. Currently offeres the King Richard III exhibition.

Jewry Wall Museum [30] New Walk Museum and Art Gallery [31] - a comparatively small, but exciting place. Its Dinosaur, German Expressionist and Picasso Ceramics galleries are well worth of seeing. The fine art gallery is due to re-open in March 2013. Free group tours take place every other Saturday at 2.00 pm - consult the website for the dates. Newarke Houses Museum and Gardens [32] - the best place to learn about the city's 20 century history. The garden is particularly beautiful. Take a walk along the Abbey Park [33] - an award winning public park owned and managed by Leicester City Council through which the River Soar flows. It contains the remains of the 12th century Leicester Abbey and the ruins of Cavendish House. It has formal gardens, a sensory garden, a boating lake and model boat lake, a miniature railway, visitor centre, cafe, children's play area with paddling pool, pets corner, tennis courts, a bowling green, and a bandstand. The Golden Mile [34] - a stretch of the Belgrave Road renowned for its authentic Indian restaurants, sari shops, and jewellers.

New Walk [35] - a unique late 18th century urban public walk leading from near to the University to the city centre. it was a pedestrian street for over 200 years. Walk with your eyes open... More than any particular place, it is the cityscape as a whole which impresses. Leicester has a fine Victorian and Edwardian cityscape peppered with listed buildings combined with a well-restored old town (where the cathedral and guildhall are). The capital of the East Midlands is probably the UK's least known great city, but it well repays time taken to wander around and look upwards at the often quirky architecture; the Victorians built commercial buildings such as banks with a determination to make architectural statements which endure today. Those interested in industrial history should not miss the area around the Grand Union Canal which is lined with former textile factories from Leicester's days as an industrial colossus. See them now before they are redeveloped and a piece of history vanishes...

Do[ edit ][ add listing ] Those who wish to visit historic sights can visit the Jewry Wall museum located near the city centre, this is the 2000 year old remains of the Roman Bath House in the City and is the second largest such survival in the UK, the adjacent Mueseum tells Leicester's history since ancient times. The City had the roman name, Ratae Corieltauvorum. The National Space Centre is also a popular tourist attraction with tourists visiting daily from all over the world. It is the nation's only Space Centre of its kind and features a space theatre. Abbey park located near the Belgrave roundabout, is a large park with a pets corner, large sports fields, childrens play areas and beautiful gardens. The park features a 12th Century Abbey ruin and the ruins of Cavendish House, destroyed during the English Civil War and the seige of Leicester. Bradgate Park located just northwest of the city, encompassing 850 acres of land.

A good place to take a walk or a picnic, there is also a visitor's centre on site, the ruins of the former home of Lady Jane Grey (Queen for 9 days) Bradgate House, are within the park as is Old John, a hilltop folly in the shape of a beer tankard built in 1784. Both structures were built by the Grey family (Lady Jane's family) of Groby from the 15th Century onwards. The park is also a protective zone for many bird, deer and plant species. Sport[ edit ] Ticket prices shown are those for one adult ticket and are subject to change. Football (Soccer): Leicester City Football Club [36] , King Power Stadium (formerly Walkers Stadium), Filbert Way, Leicester. Tickets: £23-30. Rugby Union: Leicester Tigers [37] , Welford Road Stadium, Welford Road, Leicester. Tickets: £20-34. Cricket: Leicestershire County Cricket Club [38] , County Ground, Grace Road, Leicester. Tickets: £12.

Basketball: Leicester Riders [39] , John Sanford Sports Centre, De Montfort University, The Gateway, Leicester. Tickets: £10. Rowing: Leicester Rowing Club [40] , Upperton Road, Leicester, LE2 7AU. Leicester Racecourse, Oadby, Leicester LE2 4AL (On Ring Road A563 from Junc 21 M1), ☎ 0116 2716515. Racing 32 times a year, Leicester Racecourse is a great day out From £12. edit Buy[ edit ][ add listing ] The city centre of Leicester has a vibrant and friendly atmosphere along with many department stores and a large shopping centre called Highcross (formerly 'The Shires', High Street. Shoppers can expect to find the majority of items and services offered within a main city in the UK. Leicester Market is over 700 years old and the largest covered market in Europe. You can find a large variety of new and second hand goods as well as groceries. Difficult to miss and worth a wander. Located near the clock tower and open every day except Sunday.

The Haymarket centre has also recently undergone changes and has improved within the last 10 years. Leicester also has some interesting independent shops around the 'Lanes' area leading from Loseby Lane. The St Martins area also has interesting small boutiques, delicatessans and cookware shops. The Shires has recently undergone a transformation and expansion, changing its name to Highcross. Highcross opened in September 2008 and features many new shops and restaurants including John Lewis, Topman, Levis, Superdrug and Hugo Boss amongst others. Budget[ edit ] Shivalli (21 Welford Road) [41] - an Indian vegetarian restaurant. Try their Shivalli Special Thali or a spicier Udupi Special Thali. Saturday and Sunday buffet is very popular and of fantastic value. Criterion (44 Millstone lane) [42] - a very fine pub that serves excellent Italian-style pizza every evening except Sunday. Get your order in early on busy evenings, or you'll be hungry a while. Bobby's [43] - an Indian (Gujarati) restaurant run by the same family since the early Seventies; it very popular with the local Indian communiy.

There’s also a massive Indian sweet counter. The World Peace café [44] run by a Buddhist centre is a very popular place for breakfast and light vegetarian meals – traditional British and various Italian and Middle Eastern dishes. Good Earth (19 Free Lane) - the closest thing Leicester has to veggie heaven, it is poor on decor and service, but serves excellent home-style food. Phulnath [45] (93 Melton Road) - an Indian (Gujarati) vegetarian restaurant and Sweet Mart reasonably priced items. Mid-range[ edit ] Kayal (153 Granby Street) [46] , an Indian restaurant, it has received a number of awards and renowned for its fish and seafood dishes, as well traditional meat and vegetarian ones. Chutney Ivy (41 Halford Street) [47] , an Indian restaurant in the heart of the cultural quarter. Barceloneta (54 Queen's Road, Clarendon Park) [48] , a Spanish tapas restaurant: a very lively venue equally popular with couples and large parties. The next door Dos Hermanos bar (affiliated to Barceloneta) serves fantastic British breakfast/brunch.

The whole area of Queen's Road is full of small independently run bars, cafes, restaurants, shops and delis well worth of exploring. Sapori (40 Standon Road, Anstey) [49] , probably the best Italian restaurant Leicester - or its vicinity, to be precise - has. It serves imaginative modern interpretations of traditional Italian cuisine; the menu reflects seasonal availability of ingredients. The staff are knowledgable, so it makes sense to allow being guided for drinks and food if unsure. Cheaper set menu is available at lunch and early evening - check the website. Splurge[ edit ] None of the listed below restaurants are unreasonably expensive: eating out in Leicester is an affordable experience to the majority of travellers. The Case [50] in St Martins quarter (4-6 Hotel Street): a distinctly French feel is on offer, as well as excellent dishes and thoughtfully chosen wines. Maiyango [51] (13 St. Nicholas Place) – a Michelin-star atmospheric place receiving exceptional reviews. Boot Room [52] (27-29 Millstone Lane) features a delightful interpretation of a traditional British cuisine and outstanding, though simple, table service.

With two universities Leicester boasts a good number of bars, pubs, and clubs offering a wide variety of alcoholic drinking experiences, offering everything from traditional pubs to champagne and vodka bars. Leicester also has a small number of bars and a nightclub catering for the lesbian/gay communities. For those that prefer their drink without alcohol there are also a good number of coffee shops in the city centre, but these usually tend to only open during shopping hours. Sleep[ edit ][ add listing ] There is a Travelodge very close to the City centre on Vaughan Way, close to the High Street. 5 minutes from Vaugan Way, near the train station, there is a budget Leicester hotel ibis Leicester City Hotel( ) on St. George's Way. There is a Campanile Hotel close to the city centre, and very handy for the Golden Mile, and Abbey Park.

(This is on the edge of the once notorious St Matthew's Estate, visitors should not be put off by the electronic access via huge gates: it's perfectly safe and secure.) More upmarket is the Holiday Inn at St Nicholas Circle, just at the end of High Street; there is another Holiday Inn, to the south of the city, on Narborough Road, closer to the M1 junction 21. The Mercure Leicester City Hotel [53] hotel is situated right in the city centre, as is the Comfort Inn, which is atop the Abbey Street car park. A further very popular hotel is the Belmont Hotel just off London Road. Ibis Budget Leicester (previously Etap Hotel), Leicester North Services A6/A46, Junction, Birstall, ☎ (+44)0116 267 4904, [54] . Ibis budget Hotel Leicester is a low-cost hotel situated about 6km outside of central Leicester. edit Ibis Leicester City, ☎ Tel. (+44)116/2487200, [55] .

Ibis Leicester is a economy hotel, a short drive from the M1, M6 and M69 motorways. Just 5 minutes walk from Leicester city centre and Leicester railway station. edit There is no shortage of overnight accommodation in Leicester at almost all budget ranges: the tourist information people can help. There is also available house sitting at Leicester House Sitter Stay safe[ edit ] The city is quite safe. As with other big UK cities there are places best avoided, at night, including the the inner city areas of St Matthews and Highfields. However these is little to see there anyway. Get out[ edit ] Rutland Water, a reservoir located 20 miles east of Leicester is a popular location for fishing, picnics and watersports such as sailing and jetskiing. As noted above, Bradgate Park is close to the city, and very popular with locals for a breath of country air - it can, however get crowded on Bank Holidays. The canal / River Soar is a popular green artery running both north and south of the city.

North through Abbey Park towards Birstall is a pleasant walk, and return by bus from Birstall is possible; going south through the Aylestone Country Park, to Aylestone, Blaby and beyond will quickly get you into open country, with the option of returning either by bus or walking back along the Great Central Way (part of the Sustrans National Cycleroute). M6 Junction 2 Coventry East M6 Junction 2 Back in 1971 when this junction first opened it was the eastern end of an isolated section of the M6 that had opened on 7th July from Coleshill just east of Birmimgham going directly east bypassing the city of Coventry on the northern side of the city before ending at a roundabout on the A46. Traffic then had the choice of tuning left to Leicester and the A5 to the M1 or turning right through Coventry onto the A45/M45 and the M1 left was longer with less traffic, right was shorter but urban.

The junction at the time was a simple roundabout above the motorway as shown below:- This arrangement only lasted 3 months on 11th November the M6 opened from here to the M1 at Catthorpe, the junction becoming a roundabout above the motoway as shown below:- The junction became the main junction for Coventry (Northbound) and Leicester (Southbound). It was also signed southbound as the M1 north as the A46 met the M1 at Braunstone just outside Leicester 16 miles to the north west. The A46 followed the line of a Roman Road (Fosse way) so therefore was very straight, however it carried the traffic between Leicester and 2 major cities Coventry and Birmingham, it was deamed important enough to be replaced by a motorway in the mid 1970's the M69 which opened to this junction in 1977 making this in effect a double junction as can be seen below:- The final change came about in 1989 with the opening of the Coventry eastern bypass effectivelly an extension of the A69.

The resulting junction is shown below:- Major roads investment in the Midlands - Press releases - GOV.UK Major roads investment in the Midlands From: Road network and traffic This news article was published under the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government £1.4 billion for road investments in the Midlands will create an estimated 900 new construction jobs for the region. An ambitious £15 billion plan to triple levels of spending by the end of the decade to increase the capacity and condition of England’s roads, was announced to Parliament today (1 December 2014) by Transport Secretary Patrick McLoughlin and Chief Secretary to the Treasury Danny Alexander. The Midlands will benefit from 17 new schemes worth around £1.4 billion, creating an estimated 900 construction jobs. Patrick McLoughlin said: Today I am setting out the biggest, boldest and most far-reaching roads programme for decades. It will dramatically improve the network and unlock Britain’s economic potential. Roads are key to our nation’s prosperity. For too long they have suffered from under-investment. This government has a long term plan to secure the country’s future and this £15 billion roads programme is demonstration of that.

It will directly benefit hardworking families across the Midlands. This is the biggest investment in roads in a generation and will update major corridors in the Midlands including the M6 and M1, connecting key cities to Manchester, London Sheffield and Leeds. Chair of the Cabinet Infrastructure Committee and Chief Secretary to the Treasury, Danny Alexander, said: World class infrastructure is vital if we are to build a stronger economy, but it matters in other ways too. It invigorates communities and gives people more opportunities to get on in life. This is why I have ensured that this government has prioritised funding roads, and railways, at a high level for future generations. For decades our roads have suffered from under investment, so I’m particularly delighted to be able to announce this expansive range of new road schemes today. Investment on this scale is only possible because we have taken the difficult decisions needed to control our public finances and stuck to our recovery plan which is now delivering strong growth and record numbers of jobs. These projects, like the improvement scheme on the M1 motorway, will help unleash the economic potential of both the regions they serve and of the overall economy.

Chancellor of the Exchequer, George Osborne, said: I promised when I was in the Midlands that we would address this area’s economic needs for the future. Our Long term-economic plan means today we can invest £1.4 billion into the region’s infrastructure to improve, repair and expand our roads. Our plans will transform some of the country’s most important strategic routes. Ambitious projects, such as the expansion of the M6, M1 and M42, as well as spending on important local infrastructure will boost productivity and help the local economy of the Midlands. For years our roads have been neglected. Now that this government is fixing the economy, we can afford to invest properly in our roads – unlocking jobs and local growth by creating a road network that is fit for the 21st century.

A radical overhaul began in 2010 with the following improvements in the area: Catthorpe, where the M1, M6 and A14 meet, is the most strategically important junction on the network, and is midway through a £190 million upgrade half the ‘Birmingham Box’ on the M6 and M42 now has its hard shoulder open to traffic to improve flow work is almost complete on the A453 dual carriageway, a major link between the East Midlands, Nottingham, Derby, Stoke, Birmingham, and East Midlands Airport Spending during the next parliament on the local and national roads network across the Midlands will be boosted further by maintenance funding worth £2.4 billion.

Highlights of today’s announcement are: expansion of the M6 junction 10 to help 10 key employment sites within a 10 minute radius, and will create 2,500 new homes helping to support economic growth major improvements to junction 6 on the M42, providing better access to Birmingham, and Coventry, supporting Birmingham airport and the NEC and providing capacity for the expected HS2 station the extension of East Midlands’ smart motorways, will open up the hard shoulder on the M1 between junctions 23A and 25, reduce congestion and increase capacity - a further scheme, funded by the developers of the proposed Roxhill rail freight interchange, will transform junctions 24 and 24A, helping to fix one of the worst bottlenecks in the region longer-term, full enhancement of the M1 to smart motorway across the whole of the Midlands, placing Nottingham, Derby and Leicester at the heart of a smart motorway corridor linking Manchester, Yorkshire and London - as part of this, major improvements to M1 junction 21 in Leicester will greatly improve the links between the M1 and M69, improving access to the city and supporting local housing growth planning will begin to dual the Newark northern

 bypass, and replace the A46 junction with the A1, which will support nearby housing growth and improve links from the A1 to Lincoln in Northamptonshire, a new A14 junction 10A, dualling of the A45 to the A14 and improvements to the Chowns Mill roundabout on the A45 and A6 will allow growth in Kettering and Rushden enhancing the A38 in Derby to create a new expressway from north Derbyshire to the West Midlands and greatly improving journeys within the city for local residents Detail of the Midlands road schemes Announced M1 junctions 28 to 31 M1: junction 28 (Mansfield) to junction 32 (Sheffield): upgrading to smart motorway including hard shoulder running; together with existing improvements to the south, this creates a smart motorway link between Derby, Nottingham and Sheffield 2010 A453 widening A453: upgrading between Nottingham and the M1 replacing rural sections with dual carriageway and widening urban sections to 2 lanes in each direction; improving junctions along the route 2011 M6 junctions 10a to 13 M6: junction

 10a (M54) to junction 13 (Stafford): upgrading to smart motorway including hard shoulder running 2011 A14: junction 7 to junction 9 at Kettering: widening to dual 3 lane 2011 M1 junction 19 improvement M1: junction 19: reconstruction of the Catthorpe Interchange to provide free flowing movement between the A14 and M6, the A14 and M1, and the M6 and M1 2011 A45-A46 Tollbar End A45-A46: replacement of the Tollbar End roundabout with a grade separated junction, plus associated improvements to the adjacent sections of the A46 and A45 2011 M1 junctions 13 to 19 M1: junction 13 (Milton Keynes south) to junction 19 (Catthorpe Interchange with M6 and A14): upgrading to smart motorway, including hard shoulder running; along with other improvements this is an important part of the 'smart spine' linking London and the north west 2013 A38 Derby junctions A

38 Derby: replacement of 3 roundabouts to provide grade separated interchanges, raising the A38 in the East Midlands to Expressway standard and removing the conflict between local and long distance traffic 2013 M1 junctions 24 to 25 M1: junction 24 (A453, East Midlands Airport) and junction 25 (A52 between Nottingham and Derby): upgrading to smart motorway, including hard shoulder running 2013 A50 Uttoxeter A50 Uttoxeter: replacement of 2 roundabouts on the A50 at Uttoxeter in Staffordshire with grade separated junctions 2013 M6 junctions 13 to 15 M6: junction 13 (Stafford south) to junction 15 (Stoke south): upgrading to smart motorway including hard shoulder running.

Along with other improvements, this is an important link in the 'smart spine' linking London and the north west 2013 M6 junctions 2 to 4 M6: junction 2 (M69 interchange) to junction 4 (M42 interchange): upgrading to smart motorway including hard shoulder running.

Along with other improvements this is part of the 'smart spine' linking London and the north west 2013 M5 junctions 4A to 6 M5: junction 4a (M42 interchange) to junction 6 (Worcester): upgrading to smart motorway including hard shoulder running 2013 A500 Etruria widening A500: Etruria: widening the A500 between Wolstanton and Porthill near the Etruria Valley development north of Stoke-on-Trent; this complements measures on the local road network funded under the Stoke-on-Trent and Staffordshire growth deal Autumn Statement 2014 M1 junctions 23A to 24 M1: junction 23a (A42) to junction 24 (A453, East Midlands Airport): upgrading to smart motorway including hard shoulder running, to link with previously announced smart motorway scheme on the M1 junction 24 to junction 25 Autumn Statement 2014 M6 junction 10 improvement M6: junction 10 (Walsall): providing additional capacity at the junction, including the replacement of both bridges allowing the

 widening of the roundabout to 4 lanes as part of the Black Country local growth deal Autumn Statement 2014 A5 Dodwells to Longshoot widening A5: Hinckley: widening of the section of A5 near Hinckley to dual carriageway where it carries traffic for both the A5 and A47 Autumn Statement 2014 M42 junction 6 M42: junction 6 (Birmingham Airport): upgrading the junction to allow for better movement of traffic on and off the A45, supporting access to the airport and preparing capacity for the new HS2 station Autumn Statement 2014 A46 Coventry junction upgrades A46: Coventry junction upgrades: upgrading the roundabouts at Binley and Walsgrove to provide grade separated junctions on the A46; upgrading the trunk road sections of the A45 and A46 between the M6 and M40 to Expressway standard Autumn Statement 2014 M40 and M42 interchange smart motorways M40 and M42 interchange: upgrading to smart motorway from junction 16 of the M40 and from junction 3 to 3a of the M4

2 including the introduction of all-lane running to the existing smart motorway section between junction 3 and 3a of the M42 Autumn Statement 2014 A45 and A6 Chowns Mill junction improvement A45 and A6 Chowns Mill, Higham Ferrers: improvements, including segregated lanes, signalisation and improved approach roads at the A45 and A6 junction at Higham Ferrers in Northamptonshire Autumn Statement 2014 M5 junctions 5, 6 and 7 junction upgrades M5: junction 5 (Droitwich north) to junction 7 (Worcester south): significant expansion to junction 6 near Worcester with improvements to approach roads and additional measures to improve capacity on junctions 5 and 7 Autumn Statement 2014 A43 Abthorpe junction A43: Abthorpe junction, Towcester: providing additional capacity at the A43 Abthorpe junction (see also A5 and A43 Towcester southern extension) Autumn Statement 2014 A52 Nottingham junctions A52: Nottingham: package of measures to improve junctions along the A52, including signalisation and junction

 reconstruction Autumn Statement 2014 M54 to M6 and M6 toll link road M54 to M6 and M6 toll: adding north facing access between the M54 and the M6 and M6 toll between junctions 10a and 11 2013 A14 junction 10a A14: a new grade separated junction 10a east of Kettering, along with closure of east facing slip roads at junction 10, to support the East Ketttering Sustainable Urban Extension Autumn Statement 2014 A5 Towcester relief road A5 and A43: Towcester: a new link road to the south of the town, allowing traffic to bypass central Towcester (see also A43 Abthorpe junction) Autumn Statement 2014 M1 junctions 24 to 24A improvement Developer-funded upgrade to the M1 to link junctions 24A and 24, with a direct link from the A50 to the southbound M1 for the first time.

Developer planning application made in 2014 A46 Newark northern bypass Improve A46 and A1 junction to improve access to Newark and Lincoln, as well as an upgrade of the A46 to dual carriageway to extend the A46 Newark to Widmerpool improvement to the A1 Autumn Statement 2014 M1 junctions 19-23A Upgrade of the remaining sections of the M1 in the Midlands to smart motorway standard, creating a continuous smart motorway link from London to Yorkshire. As part of the improvement, upgrades will be made to junction 21, improving the links from the M1 to the M69 and relieving pressure on the main junction. Autumn Statement 2014 M5 and M42 Birmingham Box phase 4 Improving the M42 and M5 around Birmingham to smart motorways, filling out the Birmingham box, plus improvements to M5 and M6 junction.

Autumn Statement 2014 A45 Stanwick to Thrapston Upgrading of the last single carriageway section between the A14 and the M1, helping growth in Northampton, reducing traffic pressure on Kettering and supporting wider housing growth. Scheme will take careful account of nearby Stanwick Lakes SSSI. Autumn Statement 2014 M6 J5 to J8 smart motorway Smart motorways in northern Birmingham, including the stretch around Spaghetti junction. Scheme opened in 2014. 2010 - completed Coventry Road, Narborough, Leicester, LE19 2 bed end of terrace house - £194,950 Property description RARE CHANCE TO PURCHASE THIS BEAUTIFUL PERIOD COTTAGE, DATING BACK TO THE 1600'S. Situated close to the centre of Narborough village, this home has excellent transport links to Narborough train station and M1/M69 motorway links, along with local amenities the village has to offer. The dining room has feature ceiling beams, solid wood floorboards and a cupboard which houses the boiler.

A wood door leads in to the rear lobby which has slate tiled flooring and gives access to the first floor, rear garden and kitchen. The lounge has further beams to the ceiling, twin windows to the front and a feature brick built open fireplace. There is a built in cupboard providing useful storage space. The property also benefits from having a downstairs cloakroom with low level wc and wash hand basin. The kitchen is a particular feature, being hand made and having slate tiled flooring, wall and base units with wood work surfaces around and a built in belfast sink, fridge freezer and plumbing for a washing machine. There is a window to the rear and feature beam to ceiling with spot lighting. The bedrooms are situated at both ends of the property. The master bedroom is reached by solid wood staircase and is a generous double with feature inlaid beams on the walls and windows to front and rear. To the other side of the rear lobby a staircase takes you to the first floor landing, giving access to the double bedroom with window to the front, feature fireplace and beams and built in cupboard and wardrobe space. The bathroom is fitted with a claw footed roll top bath with mixer tap and shower attachment, pedestal wash hand basin and low level wc.

There is an obscure glazed window to the rear. The attic room can be reached by a further staircase and has a velux window, boarded walls and flooring providing a useful extra space. Externally the rear garden has been landscaped, being mainly lawned with a decked seating area and a further paved patio area. This delightful Grade II listed cottage has a wealth of character and charm. Listing helps us acknowledge and understand our shared history. It marks and celebrates a building's special architectural and historic interest, and also brings it under the consideration of the planning system so that some thought will be taken about its future. All buildings built before 1700 which survive in anything like their original condition are listed. Situation The South Leicestershire village of Narborough benefits from an array of excellent facilities and amenities. Among these are doctors surgeries, dentists, a library, bank and post office along with many local shops. The local train station has regular links with Leicester City Centre, Birmingham and other nearby towns, there is a regular bus service into Leicester and surrounding villages and within easy reach are the motorway links with the M1/M69 network.

Nearby are also the popular Fosse Park Shopping Centre and the Meridian Entertainment Leisure Park See more properties like this: England – Midlands England – Midlands A38(M) Aston Expressway In the 1960's Birmingham was reaching its peak as a heavily industrialised manufacturing city. The principal road network was becoming progressively congested due to increased business activity and growth in road transport. One of the key routes affected was the A38 between Birmingham City centre and Salford Bridge, which served as the transport corridor to the north and north-east of the city. M1 The first stage to be built was that between Berrygrove and Crick. The London-Birmingham motorway was given priority because of the "immediate and very substantial relief which it could give to the two heavily overloaded trunk roads A5 and A6". The 74 miles of the London - Birmingham motorway to Crick constituted the "first full scale motorway to be constructed" in the UK and was in fact the southern part of the London-Yorkshire motorway, the M1.

Length: 311 / 193 M1 Crick to Doncaster n 1960 the Consulting engineers were asked by the Ministry to proceed with scheme preparation and detailed design for the remaining 87 miles from Crick to Doncaster. Tenders for the first contract were invited in 1962 and by December 1967 the whole 87 miles had been constructed. M40. Waterstock (J8A) to Umberslade (M42 - J3A) The M40 up to Oxford was planned with its extension in mind. In the late 1960's, the Ministry of Transport carried out a feasibility study on a new route between Oxford and Birmingham while it was considering the development of a strategic motorway network for the country. It was to provide a direct link from the Midlands and North West to the South coast ports and an added route to London and the South East as an alternative to the M1. In 1972 it was added to the trunk road programme. M42 Birmingham's history can be traced back to Anglo-Saxon times and it is mentioned in the Doomsday Book.

By the end of the 13th Century it was a fair sized market town and the Bull Ring was the meeting point for the local road system. Birmingham developed into a large town and city after the Industrial Revolution. Length: 43.45 / 27 M5 In 1957 the Ministry of Transport had plans for three main elements of the National Motorway Network, namely the London-Yorkshire Motorway, M1, the Birmingham-South Wales Motorway, M5 and the Birmingham-Preston Motorway, M6. The most important missing element was the link between these three schemes. Length: 106.22 / 66 M5 Bristol to Birmingham Motorway Anyone who studies a road map of the Midlands would be excused from wondering why a short length of motorway running through the rural areas of Herefordshire, Gloucestershire and Worcestershire was ever required let alone built. Even today, over 40 years since it was opened, it remains a delight to drive on with comparatively little traffic using it.

The reason for this lies behind a pre-war vision that there was a need to connect the steel manufacturing centres of South Wales with the metal bashing industries of Birmingham and the Black Country. M5 Widening between Junctions 3 & 8 Probably the decision which has had the greatest effect on the M5 in Worcestershire was to build it to dual 2-lane standard. It has to be remembered that the Gloucester Section (south of junction 8) was dual 3-lane and the section north of Quinton (junction 3) was dual 3-lane. There seemed no sense therefore in building the middle section in Worcestershire to dual 2-lane. M50 The M50 was one of the earliest Motorways to be built in the United Kingdom and was started in March 1958 while the Preston-By-Pass was still under construction. Thus it was very much an experimental contract in every way and this should have been reflected in the way it was handled. Length: 35.41 / 22 M54 Two roads of major historic importance traverse the area within which the M54 was built.

These are the A5, Watling Street, which was part of the network of military roads built by the Romans in C.40 AD. The Watling Street connected Rochester in Kent to Wroxeter in Shropshire. The other road which came to prominence in the early nineteenth century was the A454/A41/A5, Birmingham to Holyhead Turnpike much of which was built by Thomas Telford in the early 1800's. Length: 30 / 18.64 M6 The M6 is the longest motorway in the UK, extending from Catthorpe (Junction 19 on the M1) to the Scottish border, north of Carlisle. It includes the first section of motorway constructed in the UK, the Preston by-pass, which opened in December 1958. Exactly 50 years later, the final section of the M6, between Carlisle and the Scottish border, was opened. M5 Midland Links Motorways.

M5 (J1 to J3) and M6 (J13 to J1) In 1957 the Ministry of Transport had plans for three main elements of the National Motorway Network, namely the London-Yorkshire Motorway, M1, the Birmingham-South Wales Motorway, M5 and the Birmingham-Preston Motorway, M6. The most important missing element was the link between these three schemes. M69 The planning brief was issued by the Midland Road Construction Unit (MRCU) to the Warwickshire County Council Sub Unit in 1968. The Sub Unit was required to study the traffic needs in the Strensham (M5/M50) to Leicester (M1/A46) corridor and between Birmingham, Coventry and Leicester (M6/A46/A47). Close Background to the development of the Motorway network in the Midlands The English Midlands covers the government's administrative areas of West Midlands and East Midlands and is the are which was covered by the Department of Transport's Midland Road Construction Unit (MRCU). MRCU were responsible for the capital works programme for motorway construction between 1967 and 1988.

The area covered the eight counties of Derbyshire, Herefordshire, Nottinghamshire, Leicestershire, Shropshire, Staffordshire, Warwickshire and Worcestershire. The area also includes the Birmingham Conurbation which has a population of some three million people and is the second largest urban conurbation in Britain. It has often been written that the Midlands is at the 'hub' of the motorway network. This is, of course, a truism as the Midlands and particularly Birmingham, sits exactly halfway between London and the Manchester Conurbation. It is also similarly situated between Bristol in the southwest and the rest of the country. Its importance in the nations transport infrastructure cannot therefore be over stressed. The first piece of the motorway network to enter the Midland area was the M1 with its associated spur M45 which was opened to traffic in 1959. It took a further 16 years before London and Birmingham were directly linked with the building of the M6 Midland Links motorways. For many years the 'hub' consisted only of three 'spokes', that is M1/M6 and M5.

Although the basic motorway network was laid down in the late 50's and early 60's and added to in the early 70's, the network remains incomplete today. The Automobile Association, in their publication, 'The Great British Motorist 2000' stated that in comparison with our European neighbours, Britain has a sparse motorway network. This can readily be seen in the Midlands where the existing network is the most congested in Europe. The M5, M6 and M42 are all carrying traffic in excess of 150,000 vehicles per day which is double their original design capacity. The section of the Midlands Links through Birmingham has recorded flows of over 160,000 vehicles per day with an HGV content of 30%. The Birmingham Conurbation is one of the most densely populated urban areas in Europe yet is poorly served by motorways. The sheer volume of traffic causes static conditions every weekday with consequent huge delay costs.

It was recognised some 25 years ago that a relief network, to take through traffic away from the urban areas, was essential, but despite half-hearted attempts by successive governments neither the Northern Relief Road [BNRR] nor the Western Orbital Route [BWOR] are built and at the time of writing there is doubt if they ever will be. Many Transport Ministers, and there were nine during the Conservative administration of the 80's and 90's, repeatedly stated that there was an urgent need for these motorways for the economic well-being of the country. The political will however was never sufficiently strong to see the projects through. The environmental lobby which, has increased in its effectiveness over the years has given successive governments the excuse to prevaricate on the issue. But at what cost to industry and the urban environment? It is worth recording here that one of the main reasons why motorways either do not get built or are subject to years of delay is the complicated system of statutory procedures which have to be negotiated even before the construction phase can start. The first section of M1 opened in 1959 did not require a single public inquiry or hearing into all the published draft schemes and orders thus the planning period lasted barely two years.

Contrast this with the final section of M40 in the Midlands where the 'planning period' took 20 years to complete. In researching the history of the various sections of motorway in the Midlands it is a wonder that any were built at all. The M5/M6 through the centre of the Birmingham Conurbation was not built on its original route due to local political lobbying who wanted the motorway as close to the city centre as possible. The original design for dual 4-lane standard was down-graded on the instructions of the then Transport Minister. The Midlands links (M5/M6) motorways with its 9km of elevated road and including the infamous Gravelley Hill (Spaghetti Junction) remains however one of the greatest achievements in design and construction in the entire motorway network. The M69 between Coventry and Leicester was planned as a major south-west to north-east link between industrial centres and to relieve various towns and villages of through traffic. Yet shortly before contracts were due to be invited the then government shelved the project. The public outcry at this decision was such that the government had to rapidly back-track and the road was built.

The M54, connecting Telford New Town to M6 had to endure four public inquiries over a period of nearly 14 years largely due to changes in government policy and the unavoidable complexity of the statutory processes. At the eleventh hour, the Secretary of State for the Environment unaccountably wanted the project scrapped. The project had then to be referred to a Cabinet committee who ruled that it should go ahead. Telford was the second largest New Town in the country with a target population of 225,000. The Development Corporation had been promised the motorway to stimulate industrial development and attract much-needed jobs. Had the M54 been scrapped many tens of millions of pounds of public investment would have been put in jeopardy. The building of M54 attracted huge inward investment from many multi-national companies and Telford has become a successful and model New Town. Given these facts is is difficult to understand the logic behind some political reasoning. An example of penny-pinching short-termism, was the decision to build the M5 in Worcestershire as a 4-lane motorway against all professional advice. The sections both the north and south were to be 6-lane standard.

The motorway soon became dangerously over-loaded and had to be widened at a cost over ten times that of the original motorway. The M42 was planned to connect M5 South of Birmingham to M1 at Nottingham to provide a major national cross-country route linking urban areas. The first section to be built was the Solihull section. It started and finished in a field. For many years the length north of M6 was used as an overspill car park for the National Exhibition Centre! It was decreed that the sections of M42 on either side of the Solihull section had to justify themselves as pieces of free-standing motorway. As small parts of an overall strategic route this was not possible. Hence after several difficult public inquiries it was not until 1989 that M42 began to operate as it had been originally planned - ten years after the first section had been completed. Even the final length between Ashby and M1 was unaccountably down-graded to an all-purpose road giving a congested and less safe road. The M40 was planned to provide a second link between London and Birmingham.

Although the first section between London and Oxford was opened in 1978 it took a further 13 years before the M40 was finally complete. Changes in governments, changes in policy, moratoriums, and the rise in strength of environmental objection all contributed to this long delay. Even the preferred route was altered at the last minute to satisfy powerful minority interests. M40 did however provide a for the 'spoke' to the Midlands 'hub' - thirty two years after the first and gave major relief to M1/M6. In latter years, governments have tendered to favour investment in the rail network at the expense of roads even though the strategic road network was incomplete. This has largely been brought about by the gathering strength of the environmental lobby who argue that an improved rail network will relieve congestion in the roads. This does howeve ignore the fact that 90% of goods and passengers will continue to travel by road because roads provided the most flexible and convenient mode of transport. Road traffic continues to increase with consequent increases to industry and commerce. As mentioned above, the orbital system planned to be built around the west Midlands Conurbation is till not built. The BNRR commenced its planning period in the late 1970's.

It was considered by government to be 'vital' and 'urgently needed'. Having completed the major part of its statutory process by 1989 it was programmed to be opened to traffic by early 1994. History will show that the policy to transfer the road from the public sector to the private sector 'to speed up its completion' was disastrous. This 'speeding up' has had the reverse affect and even if the road is built it will still be at least ten years late. The BWOR was 'of the highest priority' and the preparation and design was fast-tracked to enable it to be opened also by 1994. Due largely to environmental pressure and changes in government policy, the BWOR was removed from the road programmed in 1995. It is estimated that over £50 million of tax-payers money was written off following this decision. This introduction to the development of motorways in the Midlands does not make inspiring reading and only underlines the fact that major roads are political footballs and could be subject to all manner of delay and prevarication. The Midlands has probably suffered more from this problem than any other region.

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Question: Which motorway links the cities of Leicester and Coventry ?
Answer: M69