🏙️ Loughborough Student Guide

Loughborough is a proper student town — the university dominates. Amazing sports facilities.

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Charnwood Borough Council

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📍 Local tips

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The campus is huge and self-contained with shops and a gym

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Town centre is walkable from campus (10 min)

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Trains to London in about 1.5 hours

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Great for sports — the campus hosted Olympic athletes

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