The blog from the heart of Leicester's Clarendon Park

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Keeping watch: the wyvern atop the gable of 19 East Avenue

Fame & Infamy in the Avenues

East, Central, West and ‘The’ Avenues are some of the oldest streets in Clarendon Park. The land on which they stand was bought by a businessman…

24 October 2014 5 Comments Read article

About Clarendon Park

In the south of Leicester, between London Road and Welford Road, tucked up against Victoria Park, is a little area of the city called Clarendon Park.

At its heart is Queens Road, a distinctive shopping street where you might find yourself on a Sunday morning among families, students and young professionals in a 1940s Cuban American-themed bar, nursing a hangover and a Virgin Mary cocktail, waiting for a hearty brunch-time portion of bubble and squeak.

It’s a fun and fashionable part of town where you can spend an afternoon rummaging through vintage finds in second-hand shops, designing and making your own pottery, digging up potatoes on your allotment, or ending a jog around the park with a bit of people-watching outside an independent café.

About this blog

Clarendon Spark’s fifty blog posts were written between 2014 and 2020 by Ruth Clowes, a local copywriter and copywriting trainer.

A massive and heartfelt thank you to each of you who has supported this blog. Your feedback, comments and encouragement have been hugely appreciated.

Finally, a very warm welcome to new readers – I hope you find something to enlighten or entertain you within Clarendon Spark’s pages.

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