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== Hitching in ==
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'''{{Loughborough}}''' is a town in [[England]] with a huge university and not a huge noticeable hitchhiking scene!
== Hitching out ==
=== North/South/West/East towards [[Other CityLeicester]] === === South towards /[[Leicester/London]] on the M1{{Mgb|1}}=== AND ===North towards [[Derby]]/[[Sheffield]] on the M1 {{Mgb|1}} ===
Loughborough is right next to the M1, so pretty easy to travel on North or South. It's 3 miles out the center to get to the entrance to the M1, but if you walk down this road, west out of the city (Ashby Road, A512), you could try hitching along the way.
There's a service station 3/4 of the way down this road which could be good. Just before the turn off for Snells Brook Lane.Alternatively you could catch the bus 126/127/129 to Shepshed, and ask to be dropped off near the entrance to the M1. (This is before you arrive in the town shepshedShepshed.) You should see it, it's a big roundabout.
You can choose which side of the roundabout you'd like to hitch from, people coming out of Loughborough or people coming from out of shepshedShepshed. Out of shepshed Shepshed there seems to be more lorries, and out of Loughborough more cars.
There's a good spot to stand from the Shepshed direction (The ''other'' side of the roundabout to Loughborough), where there's a layby outside a motorway services depot.
OR going '''North''' there's a big service station at junction 23A, which could be good.
=== West towards [[Birmingham]]/Wales/The South West]] ===
Walk out of the town down Ashby Road, A512 in the direction of Ashby, and there's a service station before the M1 and before Shepshed, just before the turning for Snells Brook Lane. This is around 2 miles out of Loughborough. You could catch a bus (126/127/129) in the direction Shepshed and stop once you see the service station.
=== North towards [[Nottingham]] ===
Most cars from Loughborough heading to Nottingham won't go on the M1, but by the smaller road A60 (Loughborough Road). The road starts by Loughborough train station and preceeds through a bunch of small villages before Nottingham. There's a bus stop with a layby next to the train station which could be a good spot.
The best way to Leicester is probably by the A6, if you don't want to try and walk out of the town and go by the M1.
You might have to village hop but you'll probably find a ride straight to Leicester.
To reach a place to hitch, head East east out of town on the A6, past the AA center on your right, and past shelthorpe Shelthorpe road on your right, and then you're basically out of town and can start hitching, there are traffic lights and bus stops you can stand at.
Or if you're more near to Shelthorpe, the bypass Epinal Way which turns into Ling Road will take you the same way. You could try just after the McDonalds.
== Places to avoid ==
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