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Lichfield has two
train stations
: Lichfield City, with regular connections to and from Birmingham, is about five minutes' walk south of the centre, while Lichfield Trent Valley, served by mainline trains from the northwest and London Euston, is on the eastern fringe of the city, about fifteen minutes' walk from the centre. The
bus station
is in between Lichfield City station and the centre. Clearly signed from all three stations, the city centre is dominated by the sprawling Three Spires Shopping Mall. The
tourist office
is on Bore Street, just off the Market Place (April-Sept Mon-Sat 9am-5pm; Oct-March Mon-Fri 9am-4.45pm & Sat 9am-2pm; tel 01543/308209,
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Once you've seen the sights, there's no strong reason to hang around, but Lichfield does have a long list of reasonably priced B&Bs . These include the appealing Mrs Jones's B&B , in a listed nineteenth-century town house by the Cathedral at 8 The Close (tel 01543/418483; A?40-50), and Mrs Taylor's B&B , with just one room, in a pretty, well-kept two-storey old house at 23 The Close (tel 01543/306140; A?40-50).
Generally speaking, Lichfield's
cafAŠs
and
restaurants
hardly inspire the palate, though the
Olive Tree
, 34 Tamworth St (tel 01543/263363), serves up tasty Mediterranean-style dishes at moderate prices. Also in the centre is
Don Paco
, a Spanish restaurant at 28 Bird St (tel 01543/300789; closed Sun); or you could sample the home-made food of the rather frugal
Cathedral Coffee Shop
, on the south side of the Cathedral (Mon-Sat 9.30am-4.45pm, Sun noon-4.45pm). Other useful information
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