18 Facts About Loughborough

Loughborough is a market town in the Charnwood borough of Leicestershire, England, the seat of Charnwood Borough Council and Loughborough University.

The product of this "Loughborough machine" came to be known as English net or bobbinet.

In 1841, Loughborough was the destination for the first package tour, organised by Thomas Cook for a temperance group from Leicester.

Thorpe Acre in the north-west of Loughborough was a hamlet of about twenty dwellings until the mid-20th century.

Loughborough sits at the crossroads of three main roads, two of which begin in Loughborough itself.

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A60 begins in Loughborough and goes north to Nottingham, Mansfield and Worksop.

Buses in and around Loughborough are operated by Arriva Midlands, Kinchbus, Midland Classic, Centrebus, Nottingham City Transport and trentbarton.

Town was once home to a professional football club, Loughborough FC, which played at the Athletic Ground and was a member of the Football League in the late 19th century.

Loughborough Town has since 2000 been the most successful club in the Leicestershire and Rutland Cricket League.

London Roar head coach and former swimmer Melanie Marshall resides in Loughborough and is the lead coach in the Loughborough National Swimming centre where she trains multi-champion Adam Peaty.

Loughborough has five museums, the largest being the centrally located Charnwood Museum, which houses a range of exhibits reflecting the natural history, geology, industry and history of the area.

Loughborough Canal Festival, which ran from 1997 to 2014, was an annual event in May centred on Chain Bridge.

In 2004, Loughborough University was ranked 9th among British universities by The Times' Good University Guide.

Loughborough College is the second biggest education establishment in Loughborough, after the University.

Loughborough has a variety of uniformed youth organisations, with several Scout and Girl Guide units, Girls' and Boys' Brigades, units from the cadet forces, a St John Ambulance Cadet unit, and a cadet programme run by the local Fire and Rescue Service.

Since November 2015, Loughborough has had a Volunteer Police Cadet unit based at Loughborough College.

Loughborough was the birthplace of the poet and Royalist John Cleveland .

Notable sporting graduates of Loughborough University include Sir Clive Woodward, Sebastian Coe, Paula Radcliffe, David Moorcroft, Tanni Grey-Thompson, Monty Panesar, Steve Backley, Jack Kirwan and Lawrie Sanchez.