Newcastle or Leicester medicine?

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Full body cadaveric dissection (not sure if newcastle is prosection or dissection, but Leicester is very into dissection).

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Size of the city, which part of the UK do you want to be in. If you're keen to travel around, Leicester is more central/close to birmingham/london. If you'd rather be up north, go for newcastle

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examinations - leicester med is quite unique in that it only has exams at the end of the year, not around christmas as well unlike many other unis

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cost of living (can't speak to what it is at NCL, but Leicester is generally considered cheaper than other places in the UK)

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imo, prestige doesn't mean much in this case. Everyone graduates into the same crazy system. Leicester grads have, in my experience, positive views towards their time at Leics. Generally, it's well regarded for medicine and medical research. I haven't heard of NCL being overwhelmingly more prestigious (but again, not informed on it)

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having had a skim of the website, here's some other things I noticed: NCL does elective in 4th year not 5th, NCL does clinical year placements in zones where you spend the entire year in a zone (ex. third year in zone 1) while Leicester rotates you around regional hospitals but still has you in Leics for at least part of the year (so you have three blocs in third year, where up to 2/3 can be somewhere else in the midlands) - this only matters if you really want to have a home base, again I haven't experienced NCL med (so if this interpretation is wrong feel free to correct) but I'd imagine spending a whole year somewhere else would deter some.