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Before the tinsel goes up and the Christmas lists get serious, Leicester Market is already busy doing what it does best: feeding the city and arguing about breakfast. This slow loop around the stalls and side streets meets the traders, rituals and seasonal crates behind the counter.
A slow half-day ramble through Leicester's independent grocers, sweet counters and old-fashioned tills — from the Golden Mile down to Clarendon Park — with notes on what to buy, when to go and how to be the kind of customer these places actually need.
A slow Saturday morning, five independent bakeries and a flat, friendly walk from Clarendon Park into Leicester city centre. Here is the route, the bakes worth queueing for and how to pace it without peaking too early.