This is Loughborough! (Travel Guide) - Sport! Steam! Socks!

Famous for training world class athletes, Loughborough also boasts an arts scene, an 800 year old market, and the romance of steam at the Great Central Railway. Learn about Ladybird books, ramble across ancient volcanic rocks, and greet the Sockman on this short tour. I lived nearby for nearly twenty years before moving to Cumbria and had great fun rediscovering the town this summer whist visiting family.
Learn about:
Why socks are so important to Loughborough's history;
The history of Ladybird books;
Loughborough's world leading university;
The 'movie star' Great Central Railway;
The developing street art trail;
The Taylor bell foundry;
Carillon Tower;
Loughborough Market;
Charnwood Museum.
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#ladybirdcollective
Filmed summer 2021
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[@vanderleiaruggeri9628]

I love ❤️ all this tradiciones

[@vanderleiaruggeri9628]

I love ❤all this history

[@GYMUNITED-KEI]

Thank you for this great video!
I'll travel to Loughborough this year!

[@TravelObscurer]

Thanks. Hope you enjoy the town!

[@vanderleiaruggeri9628]

I will move there to this amazing town very soon to write my book 📕! I have friends live there and I am invite to stay longs I want to write my book 📕♥️I so exited

[@TravelObscurer]

Enjoy!!

[@faithandhope7133]

Thank you for this vacation.

[@HatsuneMiku3D]

Nice video and helping with my homesickness, I was born in loughborough but moved to the United States in 2003

[@TravelObscurer]

Thanks!

[@NinjaJuJu100]

lol Louth

[@winduonline]

Great overview - thanks!

[@jameswarrell1862]

Nice video

[@PrinceofPointer]

I did my Arts foundation at Loughborough (Loogabarooga - ask someone to tell you the tale)? … around ‘85. I remember it very fondly - good days and great nights. 😎

[@TravelObscurer]

Funnily enough I edited out a piece about Loogabarooga as I I figured that if you weren't local it would be tough to understand!

[@cajf1970]

My grandad worked at Wills & Hepworth and Ladybird Books 🐞 👍🏻

[@susanbarker2525]

I dont think there are any sock manufacturers anymore!!! Also Brush doesn't exist anymore!!!

[@TravelObscurer]

Part of the town's heritage though. At least the bell manufacturing is still going strong...for now.

[@TheFartGallery]

Came back here 40 years later. It’s now an official dump. Closed shops. Empty arcades. Keep the camera angles high. What a shame.