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There are local shopping facilities at the eastern end of the
community, including a newsagent, a post office, a bank, and
a small supermarket with a cash-dispenser; there are also some
small local shops and a garage on the western end. A veterinary
practice is located on the east side, as well as a medical centre
housing a general practitioners, a pharmacy and a dentist's
office.
There are two pubs - both on the A47, one adjacent to the M1
motorway overbridge called The Forest Park Inn, which many locals
refer to as the 'Moat House', a reference to its previous name.
The other is a much older establishment called The Red Cow.
Both serve food and offer accommodation.
Transport links in Leicester Forest East are excellent. There
are bus services to Leicester, Hinckley, Nuneaton and other
local destinations. There is also a park and ride service from
Meynells Gorse on the eastern edge of LFE to the city centre.
LFE does not have a railway station, although a railway does
run through the area, carrying freight. Road links are similarly
excellent, with the A47 bisecting the community - running to
Hinckley, Birmingham and Leicester. There is good access to
the A46 road where it bypasses Leicester, and from there to
the M1.
There are two primary schools in LFE, Holmfield Primary School
and Stafford Leys Primary School. Secondary education will typically
continue at either Winstanley High School in Braunstone, or
Charnwood High School.
Most people know LFE for Leicester Forest East motorway service
station on the M1 motorway, however there is no legal access
for the public's motor vehicles to the motorway from within
LFE (although many have been known to use the slip-road [reserved
for service station employees and emergency vehicles] as a means
of getting on and off the M1).
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