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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Travel
Chris Moss

Where tourists seldom tread, part 19: three UK towns with industrial legacies

Huge street art of women in on the side of a building on Leicester's Golden Mile.
‘The Golden Mile (Belgrave Road) is a thriving, Asian gauntlet for clothes, jewellery, spices, fresh veg and restaurants.’ Photograph: Monica Wells/Alamy

Academics, journalists and pundits talk at great length about the conundrum of overtourism; the ready-made solution is simply to swerve the crowds. These three towns are regional centres where you will never need to queue, but will come away culturally stimulated and historically enlightened.

Leicester

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