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{{Services
|type = primary
|operator = Quadrant Estates
|image = Leicester North 2020.jpg
|road = [[A46]] at junction with the [[A6]]
|postcode = LE4 3BT
|gallery = Leicester
|signposted = Yes
|stype = Single site located at a junction.
|briefroad = A46 between Leicester and Loughbrough
|coords = 52.690297, -1.126903
|rating = LeicesterN
|markerpost = 0160
}}

''This is the former Extra service area at the A46/A6 junction. For the Welcome Break services on the M1, see [[Leicester Forest East]]. For the former services at the M1/A50 junction, see [[Markfield]].''

One of the A46's larger services, quiet Leicester hasn't got into its stride yet.

==Facilities==
{{facilities| Restaurants | {{KFC|drivethru=yes}}, {{deli by Shell}}, {{Costa Express}} |primary }}
{{facilities| Shops | [[Budgens]] |primary }}
{{facilities| Amenities | Free Cash Machine |primary }}
{{facilities| Hotel | {{Ibis Budget||6595|leicester}} |primary }}
{{facilities| Forecourt | {{Shell}}, Air1 AdBlue, Car Wash |primary }}

==Parking Prices==
First 2 hours free for all vehicles, after which cars must pay £10 and HGVs, coaches and caravans must pay £14.

Prices can be paid in the shop.

Parking within the ibis budget car park is for hotel guests only and is strictly enforced by [[ParkingEye]].

This information is provided to us by third parties. You should always check with staff on site.

==Contact Details==
{{Contact Details
|address = Leicester North Services{{newline}}
Loughborough Road{{newline}}
Birstall{{newline}}
Leicester{{newline}}
Leicestershire{{newline}}
LE4 3BT
|telephone = 020 7968 1888
|gridref = SK591107
|foursquare  = 522b411911d25d879b68f462
|websites = 
* [https://find.shell.com/gb/fuel/10957046-shell-budgens-thurcaston/en_GB Amenity building and forecourt operated by Shell]
* [https://www.kfc.co.uk/kfc-near-me/leicester-services-birstall KFC operated by KFC]
|3words = plants.pads.nasal
}}

==Trivia and History==
{{Gallery
|image = Leicester services Extra branding.jpg
|name = Leicester
|size = 250
|duped = yes
|caption = Some Extra branding.
|keydates = {{Key Date | 2008 | Opened by [[Extra]] }}
{{Key Date | 2011 | Sold to Quadrant Estates }} }}
Leicester was a new style of service area. Its modern design allowed it to have a high capacity with a relatively small footprint, making it easier to build. The flexibility of its units were supposed to allow it to add a lot of choice to the fast A46: in practice, these have proven difficult to lease.

A service area was first planned at this junction in 1990, ready for the bypass to open in 1995, by Citygrove Roadside. This was refused. There were then plans to turn the land into housing, until Extra proposed the service area in 2005.

It opened on 24 June 2008. It has a twin sister - [[Derby & Burton]] at the [[A38]]/[[A50]] interchange opened just over four weeks after Leicester and it almost identical to it. It was also sold at the same time.

In 2011, the surrounding area was developed with housing. This has open access to the service area providing hope that it may develop to also serve the local community.

===Changes===
It was built by [[Extra]] in a location that would allow them to expand with much less investment than their usual motorway sites. When Extra's parent company Swayfields fell into administration, these services passed to their creditors Lloyds TSB, who subsequently sold this liability to Deutsche Postbank. They contracted their management to Quadrant Estates, who would be responsible for marketing the outlets.

When it was sold, the [[Extra]] logo on all the signs was changed to a round blue sign with the letter 'S', which was effectively a placeholder logo making a reference to 'Services'. Most of the branding is now [[Shell]]'s.

The shop changed from Shell's own-branded [[Select]] to a [[Budgens]] store on 8 October 2017.

A Banger Bros store opened in May 2019, with their other branch being at the sister Derby site. This closed later in the year, leaving only the KFC. Other former units include [[Starbucks]], [[Quicksilver]] and [[Game Grid]].

Initially Extra promoted the site as purely 'Leicester services'. This caused confusion with [[Markfield]], which Moto were promoting as 'Leicester services' at the time. As a result, this site slowly rebranded itself to 'Leicester North' (though it is still not as far north as Leicester Markfield).

==Alternatives==
{{Succession start}}
{{Succession|1|A46| ''none on A46''{{newline}}[[Leicester Forest East]] (M1 south, 7 miles){{newline}}[[Markfield]] (A50, 9 miles) |
[[Thrussington]] (A46 northbound, 5 miles){{newline}}[[Newark]] (33 miles) }}
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[[Category:2000s]][[Category:A-roads (no motorway)]][[Category:A46]][[Category:A6]]

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