Walking around our village is nice enough, but sometimes you want a touch of country air! As the village is on the south side of Leicester, it's not long before you hit open countryside….in fact about 400 yards from my house!!!
It depends what sort of walking you like, but here is a mix of ideas. These walks include along quiet(ish) country lanes to nice pubs to cross field plodding along not well signposted routes (often dependent on whether fields are ploughed/growing or clear!!)!! Something for everyone
Many of these walks, you could do in bits, so I've split them into numbered bits you can pin together.
* - You're real keen to explore and are never disappointed (rough!)
** - Not too bad - Maybe tricky walking or a bit bland
*** - Interesting, tranquil or both
**** - Nice one!!
I recommend walking boots and jeans for all the off road routes (most fields change year on year, season on season!!)
You don't really need a map. All paths are mark with either the standard Yellow Markers or Footpath Signs (sometimes need a quick search of the horizon to see!!). If you do want a map, try A Z Maps. The "Leicester" map has most paths in our area marked (I'm not on commission, it's just a clear map!!). Alternatively, Ordnance Survey
DON'T FORGET - The rules of the Countryside Code
Recommended nice walks:
Walk A - Add 5,6 and 7
Walk B - Add 7, 8 and 9 (weekend & take in Cock Inn Peatling Magna for
lunch-book!!!)
Walk C - Just 2 , Park at Crow Mill Bridge and walk to Navigation at Kilby
Bridge and come back!
Or, try any combination that takes your fancy!!!
These are just, ideas...experiment!!! Alternatively, Leicestershire
Council website has some great stuff on it.
1. Countesthorpe Road/Foston Road junction to Crow Mill Bridge and Weir
Approx 1 ½ miles - (About ¾ hour)
Rating - ***
Type - Footpath along quite busy roadside.
More Details on Walk 1…..
2. Crow Mill Bridge to Kilby Bridge [Double Rail Lock is approx 1 mile
- half way]
Approx 2 miles - (About 1 hour)
Rating - ****
Type - Towpath along canal.
More Details on Walk 2…..
3. Countesthorpe Road/Foston Road junction to Grand Union Canal (Double
Rail Lock)
Approx 1 ½ miles - (About ¾ hour)
Rating - *
Type - Footpath across & around fields. Mid section badly marked, across
overgrown unkempt land, near sewage works!!
More Details on Walk 3…..
4. Kilby Bridge to Foston
Approx 1 ½ miles - (About ¾ hour)
Rating - **
Type - Footpath along quiet lane.
More Details on Walk 4…..
5. Orkney Way to Foston
Approx 1 miles - (About ½ hour)
Rating - ***
Footpath across pastureland and fields. Generally fields planted with wheat
or ploughed. Path goes directly across this field.
More Details Walk 5…..
6. Foston to Great Peatling Lodge Farm to Peatling Magna
Approx 2 miles - (About 1 hour)
Rating - ****
Type - Footpath along quiet lane.
More Details Walk 6…..
7. Orkney Way via Reed Pool Spinney to Great Peatling Lodge Farm
Approx 1 ½ miles - (About ¾ hour)
Rating - ***
Footpath across pastureland and fields. Generally fields planted with wheat
or ploughed. Path goes around edge of fields.
More Details Walk 7…..
8. Great Peatling Lodge Farm to Peatling Magna
Approx 1 mile - (About ¾ hour)
Rating - ****
Type - Footpath along quiet lane.
More Details Walk 8…..
9. Peatling Road to Peatling Magna
Approx 2 miles - (About 1 hour)
Rating - **
Footpath across pastureland and fields. Generally fields planted with high
grass or pastureland. Paths go across some fields and round others. Some fields
have sheep or cows in. Cows will approach, but generally harmless!! (no liability
taken!!)
More Details Walk 9…..
10. Peatling Road/Austrey Lane via Westdale Farm loop round to Willoughby
Road and back to Peatling Road
Approx 4 miles - (About 2 hours)
Rating - **
More Details Walk 10…..
11. Crow Mill Bridge to All Saints Church, Church Street, Blaby
Approx 2 miles - (About 1 hour)
Rating - ****
Type - Footpath along quiet lane.
More Details Walk 11.....
12. Edgeley Road via Hospital Lane to All Saints Church, Church Street,
Blaby
Approx 1 ½ miles - (About ¾ hour)
Rating - **
A fairly non-descript easy walk across open fields, a few views of Blaby
and Countesthorpe, nice park at Blaby. Joins up Walk
1 and Walk 11 nicely
More Details Walk 12.....
13. Linden Farm Drive via Winchester Road to All Saints Church, Church
Street, Blaby
Approx 2 miles - (About 1 hour)
Rating - *
More Details on Walk 13..... (not much tho!)
