A Friendly Guest House Minutes from Leicester Station
Step off the train at Leicester Railway Station and you are barely five minutes from your room. Cross London Road, turn into Saxby Street, and Comfort Guest House is the red-brick Victorian terrace with the white-painted porch and bay windows on the right. It is small, family-run and adults-only, the sort of place where the owner greets you by name, keeps a flask of fresh milk topped up for your tea, and the resident cat does the rounds. After a long day of travel, that personal welcome is the whole point.
The pitch is simple and honest: a spotlessly clean, well-priced room in a quiet conservation-area street that is still a short stroll from the city centre, the universities and London Road's restaurants. There are six rooms only, so you are a guest rather than a room number, and the cleanliness guests rave about is the thing that comes up first in review after review. The fast free Wi-Fi reaches every room, so you can work or stream without hunting for a signal.
You should know what this is and is not before you book. Bathrooms are shared rather than en-suite, the upper floors are reached by stairs with no lift, and check-in starts at 16:00. None of that troubles most guests, because the trade is clear and worth it: you swap an en-suite for a genuinely clean, friendly, brilliantly located budget stay. Comfort Guest House works well for independent solo travellers and couples who care most about location, value and a warm welcome.
Clean, Simple Rooms Done Well
The rooms are bright and uncluttered, with crisp white walls, soft grey carpet, plaid or plain white bedding and a beachscape print or two on the wall. They are compact and to the point, but reviewers keep returning to the same word, clean, and the beds win their own praise for comfort. Most rooms have a corner wash basin with a mirror, so you can freshen up without queuing for the shared bathroom, and there is a flat-screen TV, a fan and a clothes rack in every one.
Each room comes set up for an easy stay: a tea and coffee tray with an electric kettle, heating, a socket by the bed, hand sanitiser and the fast free Wi-Fi that guests single out for its speed. A hairdryer is yours for the asking at reception. There are three room types to choose from, a single, a double and a twin, and they share the same spotless housekeeping and the same friendly host, so the only real decision is how much space you need and how many of you are travelling.
What to Expect on Arrival
Plan your arrival for the afternoon and the rest looks after itself. Check-in runs from 16:00 to 23:00, with the latest possible arrival by midnight if you let the family know in advance, and check-out is by 10:00, or 11:00 on request. There is no morning check-in, because this is a small guest house that needs the morning to turn the rooms around, so book a later train if you are arriving the same day. If you finish early, you can leave your bags, as long as you collect them by 20:00, which several graduation-weekend guests put to good use.
Getting here without a car is the easy option, and the one most guests choose, with the station five minutes away on foot and city buses passing nearby. If you do drive, on-road parking is sorted with a £2 permit from the guest house, valid for 48 hours in the residents' zone. Bring a little cash for that and for any extras, since the room itself is paid online and the property takes cash on site. Pets and children are not accommodated, so this is a calm, grown-up base for exploring Leicester.
Why Book Comfort Guest House?
Comfort Guest House is strongest for travellers who want a spotlessly clean, friendly, well-located budget room near Leicester station, and who value cleanliness, walkability and a warm welcome over an en-suite or a lift.
Five minutes to the station
A short, level walk from Leicester Railway Station and a stroll into the city centre, the universities and London Road's restaurants.
Spotless and friendly
Cleanliness and friendly service are the standout strengths, with reviewers praising the immaculate rooms, comfortable beds and the warm, helpful owner.
Honest budget value
Value for money and fast free Wi-Fi (63 Mbps) both draw steady praise, and the signal reaches every room.
Best-fit guests
Best for solo travellers and couples who want a clean, central, walkable base near the station and don't need an en-suite, a lift or a morning check-in.
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Interesting Points About Comfort Guest House
- Guests keep mentioning the same homely touch: real fresh milk in a flask for your tea, alongside the warm personal welcome from the owner and the charming resident cat
- The guest house sits on Saxby Street, a Victorian conservation-area terrace built between 1872 and 1881 and originally called Saxe-Coburg Street, renamed during the First World War, so the street is quiet at night yet a few minutes' walk from the station by day
- From the front door it is roughly 500 yards to Leicester Railway Station: exit onto London Road, cross over, follow it a short way and turn into Saxby Street, with No. 20 on the right
- On-road parking is by a £2 permit obtained from the guest house and valid for 48 hours, in the residents' Zone E, so you do not feed a meter every day
Rooms & Accommodation at Comfort Guest House
Budget Single Room
Sleeps 1 · 7.2 m² · Shared bathroom · Free Wi-Fi
The cheapest way to stay and the right pick for a solo traveller. About 7.2 m² with a single bed, a tea and coffee tray, a flat-screen TV, a fan and fast free Wi-Fi, using the spotless shared bathroom on the landing. Choose this if you want the lowest rate and a clean, central base for a night or two by the station, and you are happy with a snug room and shared facilities.
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Budget Double Room
Sleeps 2 · 11.6 m² · Shared bathroom · Free Wi-Fi
The standard couples room at about 11.6 m², with a double bed, a flat-screen TV, a fan, a tea and coffee tray and fast free Wi-Fi, sharing the immaculate bathroom on the landing. Choose this if you are a couple or solo traveller who wants a bit more room than the single and a comfortable bed, at a budget price a few minutes from the station.
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Budget Twin Room
Sleeps 2 · 11.6 m² · Two beds · Shared bathroom
The same 11.6 m² footprint as the double, set up with two separate single beds, a flat-screen TV, a fan, a tea and coffee tray and fast free Wi-Fi, sharing the bathroom on the landing. Choose this if you are two friends or colleagues who want your own beds, or a pair travelling together who would rather not share a double, on a clean, central budget stay.
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Best Suited For
- Train travellers: Leicester Railway Station is a five-minute walk, so you can arrive and drop your bags in minutes
- Solo travellers: the heavily solo guest mix, friendly host and snug single room make it an easy, safe-feeling base
- Couples on a budget: a comfortable double, with couples praising the location for a two-person trip
- Cleanliness-first guests: cleanliness is the single thing reviewers praise most
- City and university visitors: a short walk to the centre, the University of Leicester and London Road's restaurants
- Graduation and event weekends: book early and use the left-luggage service, as several reviewers did
Worth Considering Alternatives If
- You want an en-suite: bathrooms here are shared, not private, with no rooms en-suite
- You need step-free access or a lift: there are no ground-floor rooms, the upper floors are reached by stairs only, and guests note the stairs can be steep
- You are travelling with children or pets: this is an adults-only guest house with no cots or extra beds, and pets are not allowed
- You need to arrive in the morning: check-in starts at 16:00, so there is no morning check-in
- You want to pay by card on site: the room is paid online and the property takes cash for extras, so bring some with you
Amenities & Facilities
In-Room
- Flat-screen TV
- Tea and coffee maker with electric kettle
- Heating and a fan
- Socket near the bed
- Clothes rack and fresh linen
- Hand sanitiser
- Hairdryer on request at reception
- Carpeted, non-smoking rooms
Bathroom
- Clean shared bathroom with shower, towels provided
- Corner wash basin with mirror in most rooms
- Not available: En-suite or private bathroom
Connectivity
- Fast free Wi-Fi (63 Mbps) reaching every room
Services & Building
- Family-run reception, check-in 16:00 to 23:00 (latest midnight by arrangement)
- Left luggage available, collect by 20:00
- Six rooms only, personal welcome
- Not available: Lift (stairs only to upper floors)
- Not available: On-site restaurant
- Not available: 24-hour reception
Parking & Transport
- On-road parking by £2 permit from the guest house, valid 48 hours (residents' Zone E)
- Leicester Railway Station about 500 yards (5-minute walk)
- City buses nearby for the centre and universities
- East Midlands Airport about 19 miles by car or taxi
- Not available: On-site car park
- Not available: Airport shuttle
Policies & House Rules
- Adults only, no minimum age for check-in
- Payment by cash on site (room paid online in advance)
- Check-in from 16:00; check-out by 10:00 (11:00 on request)
- Not available: Children, cots or extra beds
- Not available: Pets
- Not available: Smoking
Saxby Street, South Highfields & the City Centre
Comfort Guest House sits on Saxby Street in South Highfields, a Victorian conservation area on the quiet edge of the city centre. The street is a leafy run of substantial Victorian terraces built between 1872 and 1881, originally named Saxe-Coburg Street and renamed during the First World War, so it is residential and calm at night yet remarkably walkable by day. Leicester Railway Station is about 500 yards away, a five-minute walk down to London Road, and the traffic-free Georgian promenade of New Walk makes a pleasant route up into the centre.
Leicester is one of England's oldest and most diverse cities, a self-styled curry capital put on the global map by the 2012 discovery of King Richard III under a council car park. Within an easy stroll or short ride you have the King Richard III Visitor Centre and the cathedral where he was reinterred, the wide lawns of Victoria Park and Lutyens' Arch of Remembrance, free museums at the Newarke and Leicester Castle's riverside gardens, and the family-friendly National Space Centre a short drive north. The University of Leicester is about 1.2 km away and De Montfort University a 19-minute walk, so this is a natural base for graduations and campus visits.
For food, you barely need to leave the doorstep: Mitsuki, a cherry-blossom-themed Japanese sushi and ramen spot at 109 London Road, is about 150 yards away and halal-friendly, with Rooster's Grill and Ji the Chicken Shop within a couple of hundred yards and the wider London Road and city-centre scene a short walk on. The single best tip for staying here is the simplest: arrive by train, leave the car at home, and walk.
- Leicester Railway Station: 500 yd · 5-min walk. The mainline station for London, Birmingham and the north, the guest house's single biggest convenience.
- Victoria Park & the Arch of Remembrance: 750 yd · 10-min walk. A 69-acre park, once a racecourse, with Lutyens' Grade I-listed Portland-stone WWI memorial arch at its heart.
- King Richard III Visitor Centre: 0.9 mi · 18-min walk. The award-winning “King in the Car Park” exhibition, built over the Greyfriars grave where the king's remains were found in 2012.
- Newarke Houses Museum: 1 mi · 20-min walk. Two Tudor-era houses from around 1511 with regiment galleries, a 1950s street scene and walled gardens; free entry.
- Leicester Castle & Castle Gardens: 1 mi · 20-min walk. A medieval castle precinct beside St Mary de Castro church, with riverside gardens along the Soar.
- Abbey Park: 1.6 mi · 30-min walk or 10-min cycle. Leicester's premier Victorian riverside park, with the ruins of 12th-century Leicester Abbey, a boating lake and a miniature railway.
- National Space Centre: 2.2 mi · 10-min drive. Home to the UK's largest fulldome planetarium and the 42 m Rocket Tower housing upright rockets and Tim Peake's spacesuit.
- Mitsuki (Japanese restaurant): 150 yd · 3-min walk. A cherry-blossom-themed sushi and ramen restaurant at 109 London Road, widely praised and halal-friendly.
Getting to Key Locations
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Victoria Park
10 min walk
About a ten-minute walk away, Victoria Park is the city's big open green, used as a racecourse until the 1880s and now home to Lutyens' towering Arch of Remembrance. It is the obvious spot for a morning run or a picnic, and the focus of the Caribbean Carnival each August.
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King Richard III Visitor Centre
A short walk into the centre, this award-winning exhibition tells the “King in the Car Park” story on the very spot where the king's remains were unearthed in 2012. It pairs naturally with the cathedral opposite, where he was reinterred in 2015.
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Leicester Cathedral
The medieval cathedral in the old town is the resting place of Richard III, reinterred here in 2015, and a quiet stop on any walk through the centre. Its spire is one of the landmarks you will steer by as you wander between the museums and the Lanes.
View on MapHow to Get to Comfort Guest House from Leicester Railway Station
- Leave the station onto London Road: Exit Leicester Railway Station onto London Road. The guest house is about 500 yards away, roughly a five to seven minute walk on the level.
- Cross and follow London Road: Cross London Road and head a short way along it, away from the city centre, keeping the main road on your route.
- Turn into Saxby Street: Turn into Saxby Street. Comfort Guest House is No. 20, on the right, a red-brick Victorian terrace with a white-painted arched porch.
- By car or taxi: If you drive, there is no on-site car park; use on-road parking with a £2 permit from the guest house, valid 48 hours in the residents' zone. From East Midlands Airport it is about 19 miles, roughly 35 to 45 minutes by car or taxi.
Leicester City Guide
Leicester rewards walkers, which is exactly why a base by the station works so well. From Saxby Street you are minutes from the old town, where the King Richard III story anchors a compact run of free museums, the cathedral, the medieval Guildhall and the boutique-lined Lanes. Spread a little wider and you reach the wide lawns of Victoria Park, the riverside walks of Abbey Park, and the family-friendly National Space Centre a short ride north, all without needing a car.
The city has a real festival calendar. October brings Leicester Diwali on Belgrave Road, one of the largest celebrations outside India, with the famous Wheel of Light. Summer is for the Caribbean Carnival, centred on Victoria Park since 1985, while match days at the King Power Stadium and rugby at Mattioli Woods Welford Road spike demand on fixture weekends, and university graduations fill rooms in predictable bursts. Book early around any of those. For other Leicester stays close to the station, see our Grafton House guest house and the Victorian Croft Hotel.
Is Comfort Guest House worth it?
Yes, if you want a spotlessly clean, friendly, well-priced room a five-minute walk from Leicester Railway Station and a short stroll from the city centre: reviewers keep praising the cleanliness, the value, the comfortable beds and the warm, helpful owner. Skip it if you need an en-suite, a lift or step-free access, a morning check-in, or you are travelling with children, as bathrooms are shared, the upper floors are stairs only, and it is adults-only.
What Guests Say About Comfort Guest House
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Superb
Guests love how spotlessly clean Comfort Guest House is, how comfortable the beds are for the price, and how genuinely warm and helpful the owner is, with cleanliness and value the standout strengths. The location by the railway station and the short walk into the city centre come up again and again as the reason people book. The honest trade-offs are shared rather than en-suite bathrooms and the stairs to the upper floors, which suit independent travellers happy to swap frills for a clean, friendly, central budget stay.
Perfect spot, close enough to walk into the town centre and well served by buses. A spacious, very clean room with a wonderfully comfortable bed, and a really friendly host who was on hand for any questions. Highly recommend.
Nas
Perfect spot, close enough to walk into the town centre and well served by buses. A spacious, very clean room with a wonderfully comfortable bed, and a really friendly host who was on hand for any questions. Highly recommend.
2025-12-03A very good stay, and we'll be staying again.
2025-10-28Everything was great, nothing to fault.
2025-11-05Ideal for an overnight in Leicester, with a warm welcome and no issues at all.
2025-10-19A lovely, welcoming little guest house, ideally placed for the city centre and a short hop from the station. The room was lovely and the whole stay went better than I had hoped, all at a very reasonable price.
2025-10-17A nice, easy-to-reach location and a brilliant host who was extremely helpful throughout.
2025-10-18Really clean and very comfortable, and perfect for getting to the university, the city centre and the train station. Very friendly and welcoming.
2025-10-01Great location near the railway station, with nice clean showers and tea and coffee in the room.
2026-05-10Good to Know Before You Book
Bathrooms are shared, and the rooms are upstairs
The rooms are kept spotlessly clean, and the shared bathroom is part of how this stays such good value. Bathrooms are shared rather than en-suite, the upper floors are reached by stairs with no lift, and guests note the stairs can be steep, so it suits independent travellers happy to trade an en-suite for cleanliness and location.
Adults only, so it stays calm
This is a grown-up, peaceful base, which is part of the appeal for solo travellers and couples. Children are not accommodated and there are no cots or extra beds, so plan a family trip elsewhere; for everyone else it means quiet nights in a residential conservation-area street.
Plan an afternoon arrival
Check-in runs from 16:00 to 23:00, with the latest possible arrival by midnight if you let the family know, and check-out is by 10:00 or 11:00 on request. There is no morning check-in, as this small guest house needs the morning to prepare rooms, but you can leave luggage if you collect it by 20:00.
Parking and payment
On-road parking is sorted with a £2 permit from the guest house, valid for 48 hours in the residents' zone, so bring a little cash for that and any extras. The room itself is paid online in advance, and cancellation and prepayment terms vary by rate, so check the conditions for your chosen option before you book.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Comfort Guest House is about 500 yards from Leicester Railway Station, a five-minute walk. From the station you exit onto London Road, cross over, follow it a short way and turn into Saxby Street, where the guest house is No. 20 on the right. The city centre is roughly a 15 to 18 minute walk on from there.
Bathrooms at Comfort Guest House are shared, not en-suite, with towels provided and clean showers that guests rate highly. Most rooms have their own corner wash basin and mirror, so you can freshen up in the room, and cleanliness is the single thing guests praise most about this stay.
There is no on-site car park at Comfort Guest House, but on-road parking is available with a £2 permit obtained from the guest house, valid for 48 hours in the residents' zone. The station is only five minutes away on foot, so many guests arrive by train and leave the car at home.
Check-in at Comfort Guest House runs from 16:00 to 23:00, with the latest possible arrival by midnight if you let the family know in advance. Check-out is by 10:00, or 11:00 on request. There is no morning check-in, as the small team needs the morning to prepare the rooms, and any bags left for collection need picking up by 20:00.
Breakfast is not guaranteed at Comfort Guest House and depends on the rate, so check whether a breakfast option is available for your dates before you book. There is no on-site restaurant, but tea and coffee facilities are in every room, and London Road's cafés and restaurants, including Mitsuki about 150 yards away, are a short walk from the door.
Comfort Guest House is adults-only, so children are not accommodated and there are no cots or extra beds. Pets are not allowed either, which keeps the small, residential guest house calm and quiet for the solo travellers and couples who make up most of its guests.
Comfort Guest House is one of the better-value clean stays near the station. Exact nightly rates depend on the room type and your dates, and the current price is shown before you confirm your booking. The room is paid online in advance, with cash needed on site for any extras.
There is no lift at Comfort Guest House and no ground-floor rooms, so the upper floors are reached by stairs only, and guests note the stairs can be steep. It is a Victorian terrace, so it suits travellers who are comfortable with stairs and packing light.
Other Great Stays in Leicester
Grafton House
Another friendly Leicester guest house a few minutes from the railway station, a good alternative if Comfort Guest House is full on a graduation weekend or a busy match day.
Croft Hotel Leicester
A character-filled Victorian former-school hotel on London Road with 24-hour reception and free parking, handy if you want en-suite rooms or to arrive late by car.
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A spotlessly clean, friendly, adults-only room a five-minute walk from Leicester Railway Station and a short stroll from the city centre. Consistently praised for cleanliness and value. Best for solo travellers and couples who want a clean, central, walkable base.
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