An overview of walking the Leicestershire Round including links to walking information, walking equipment, walking holidays, walking maps and travel related to walking
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Leicestershire
Round 163 km / 101 miles
part of the Walking on the Web guide to walking in England |
Start
and Finish Burrough Hill SK766115 |
Map
Ordnance Survey Explorer 232, 233, 234, 245, 246, |
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Grading |
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| gradual ascents or descents along well defined paths or tracks. Suitable for novice walkers | |
| considerable ascents and descents over moderate fell type terrain | |
| strenuous sometimes exposed routes requiring map reading and navigational skills |
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Starting at Burrough Hill
Foxton Locks
Bluestones Farm
Belton in Rutland to join with the Macmillan Way through Allexton and south west across Allexton Park
High Cross?
Cross Bosworth Park and into Market Bosworth itself
Carlton
The end of the Battlefield Line is just outside Shakerstone. The route takes the towpath of the Ashby de la Zouch Canal through the village.
Links with the Ivanhoe Way from Shakerstone through Odstone and Nailstone to Bagworth
Thornton and the north west tip of Thornton Reservoir
Markfield
John's Lee Wood and into Charnwood Forest
Shearsby
Saddington

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