NIACE has two offices in Leicester: The main office is situated at Renaissance House, 20 Princess Road West but we have additional premises at 21 De Montfort Street.
There is only one train station serving the city of Leicester which has direct services to London, Birmingham, Coventry and Sheffield. On arriving at Leicester, follow the directions below to the relevant office. They are both within walking within half a mile of Leicester Station. Taxis are always available. A cash-point machine is also located within the station forecourt.
Renaissance House, 20 Princess Road West, LE1 6TP
Cross over London Road using the pedestrian crossing situated directly
outside the train station and proceed towards the Sun Alliance Building. When you
get to the other side, turn left. Cross over South Albion Street, and continue
up the hill. When you reach New Walk pedestrian walkway turn right and walk
towards the New Walk museum. Immediately after the museum, there is a grassy
area called Museum Square. Take the diagonal path across the green (navigating
round the big tree in the middle) and this will take you onto Princess Road
West. Princess Road West runs behind the museum. NIACE is situated 30 yards to
the right of the square on the right hand side of the road in Renaissance
House.
21 De Montfort Street, LE1 7GE
When leaving the train station, turn left and proceed up London Road until
you reach a pedestrian crossing (which is located outside a restaurant/bar).
Cross over to the opposite side of London Road, and continue up London Road.
The first road you come to on your right hand side is De Montfort Street. The
NIACE office is located approximately 100 yards along the road on the right
hand side, exactly opposite the Belmont House Hotel.
NIACE encourages all visitors to travel by public transport. However, if travelling by car is unavoidable, please follow the directions below. Please note the section on car parking.
From the M1: Exit at Junction 21 and head towards Leicester. At the first roundabout turn right, and then at the second roundabout turn left onto the A563 (south and east) the Fosse Park shopping centre is on your left.
(*)Follow signs for Wigston and Oadby. At the end of the A563 is a large roundabout, turn left onto the A6 (racecourse on your right). Carry straight on, following signs for city centre, railway station, University. Go straight over a small roundabout (Victoria Park is on your left). At the next set of traffic lights you will see the big wrought iron gates of Victoria Park. Turn left here on to Granville Road. There is a pay and display public car park on your left hand side for which there are two entrances: one just past the pedestrian crossing, and the other further down the road where it bends to the right. This is the most suitable car park if you are visiting the De Montfort Street Offices. For the car park most suitable for Renaissance House continue along Granville Road, following it round to the right on to Regent Road. Continue down Regent Road and cross four sets of traffic lights. At the next junction turn right on to Duke Street and the access to NCP car park is on your left.
From the M69: the M69 comes to an end at the same roundabout as Junction 21 of the M1. Go straight over this roundabout, and then at the second roundabout turn right. At the third roundabout turn left onto the A563 (south and east) the Fosse Park shopping centre is on your left. Follow directions as given above (*).
From A6 South (Market Harborough): Follow A6 to city centre, then follow signs for Oadby. Go straight over large roundabout (racecourse on your left). Carry straight on following signs for railway station and University. Go straight over small roundabout (Victoria Park on your left). At the next set of traffic lights you will see the big wrought iron gates of Victoria Park. Turn left here on to Granville Road. There is a pay and display public car park on your left hand side for which there are two entrances: one just past the pedestrian crossing, and the other further down the road where it bends to the right. This is the most suitable car park if you are visiting the De Montfort Street Offices. For the car park most suitable for Renaissance House continue along Granville Road, following it round to the right on to Regent Road. Continue down Regent Road and cross four sets of traffic lights. At the next junction turn right on to Duke Street and the access to NCP car park is on your left.
From Nottingham (alternative to M1): Out of Nottingham on the A606 and straight
onto the A46. Follow signs for Leicester city centre. This brings you onto Melton Road
leading onto Belgrave Road. At the first large roundabout and flyover go straight on. At
the second roundabout and flyover turn left onto St Matthew’s Way. Continue straight
onto set of traffic lights and another roundabout. Take the third exit onto St
George’s Way (St George’s retail park on your left). Follow the signs for
the railway station. Follow road round keeping in
the middle
lane, go over next two sets of traffic lights. At the second set of traffic lights,
the police
station is on your right and the road bears to the left. Continue through the next two
sets of traffic lights past the railway station on your left. There is a pedestrian
crossing just past the station, turn right just after this into De Montfort Street.
To get to the public car park most suitable for the De Montfort Street
Offices, proceed down De Montfort Street until you
reach the junction with Regent Road. Turn left at these traffic lights and follow the road to the
top. Just as the road begins to bend left you will see the gates to the car
park entrance straight ahead of you (warning: the big gates on the
right hand side are for De Montfort Hall and not for the car park). For the car park most suitable for Renaissance House
proceed down De Montfort Street until you reach the junction with Regent Road.
Turn right at these traffic lights and continue down Regent Road and cross two
more sets of traffic lights. At the next junction
turn right on to Duke Street and the access to NCP car park is on your left.
A limited number of spaces are allocated for official visitors on both sites *. To reserve a visitor’s space you must advise your named contact person in advance of your meeting. A reserved sign will be placed within the space allocated for you on your arrival.
* NIACE cannot guarantee that a space will be available, however will try our utmost to accommodate.
If we cannot reserve a space for you then you are advised to use the public car parks at Victoria Park (if you are visiting De Montfort Street Offices) or the NCP car park on Duke Street (if you are visiting Renaissance House). Directions to Victoria Park car park and the Duke Street NCP car park from all directions can found in the directions section above.
From Duke Street NCP car park to Renaissance House (recommended): On leaving the NCP car park, cross over Duke Street and proceed up Marquis Street. At the end of Marquis Street, turn right and then immediately left onto Princess Road West. Renaissance House is along here on your left hand side.
From Victoria Park pay & display car park to Renaissance House: you need to cross over Granville Road, using the pedestrian crossing, and proceed down the tree-lined, pedestrian area called New Walk. Continue down New Walk, crossing over two roads, until you reach the museum (you will pass another NIACE office on your right hand side but ignore this one). Immediately after the museum, there is a grassy area called Museum Square. Take the diagonal path across the green (navigating round the big tree in the middle) and this will take you onto Princess Road West. NIACE is situated 30 yards on the right hand side in Renaissance House.
From Victoria Park pay & display car park to De Montfort Street (recommended): you need to cross over Granville Road and proceed down the tree-lined, pedestrian area called New Walk. Continue down New Walk until you reach NIACE on your right hand side (crossing two roads on your way - NIACE is on the corner of the second road).
From Duke Street NCP car park to De Montfort Street: On leaving the NCP car park, cross over Duke Street and proceed up Marquis Street. At the end of Marquis Street, turn right and then immediately left onto Princess Road West. Carry on past our Renaissance House office until you reach a grassy area called Museum Square. Take the diagonal path across the green (navigating round the big tree in the middle) and this will take you onto New Walk pedestrian walkway. Turn right and walk past the museum. Continue along New Walk until you reach De Montfort Street. NIACE office is the first office on your left hand side.