The Gresham Leicester

You're standing on Market Street, Leicester's buzzing retail heart, and you've found yourself a proper base that actually feels like staying with someone who knows the city. The Gresham Leicester does the aparthotel thing right—these aren't cramped hotel rooms but actual living spaces where you can breathe. Whether you're here for a long weekend or settling in for a few weeks, you get a kitchen, separate living areas, and that rare thing in city-centre digs: the feeling you're not just passing through. The location's brilliant too; you're minutes from the King Richard III visitor centre, the Highcross shopping centre, and all the independent cafés tucked into Leicester's lanes.