Broombriggs Farm was given to the County Council in 1970. The farm trail notice boards give interesting information about farming, and the views from the top are magnificent.
The River Wreake winds very prettily by Hoby and Brooksby. Rotherby village has pretty houses, an interesting church, the city greenhouses, but no public facilities.
This lovely walk starts at the pretty village of Ashby Folville near a good pub. It begins with an easy section of the Leicestershire Round through interesting countryside to the village of Thorpe Satchville.
Quiet road, track, pasture. The route between Burrough on the Hill village and Thorpe Satchville is usually ploughed. There are some quite steep inclines. (This is hilly countryside!)
One very steep hill (installation of steps has made this climb easy) and one very muddy section of path (on the Dalby Hills permissive path). Lovely views and pretty villages.
A very pleasant walk through rolling hill farm and pasture land of east Leicestershire, a landscape of small grass fields and low hills, well waymarked, with no difficult stiles.
Hilly, with lovely views over wooded countryside. The walk goes beside the little River Chater and then up and over the Ridlington Ridge on farm tracks. Rutland Water can be seen from the top of the ridge.
A mix of pasture and arable fields. Lots of hills, with com-pensatingly fine views from the high ground. Hallaton sits very prettily in a hollow to the east of its old castle site.
A climb up the Caudle then gently downhill and flattish. This is pasture country with very pretty villages. Views over the Welland valley towards the wooded hills of Northamptonshire.
Shearsby has a thatched yeoman's house by the church. The nearby Bath Hotel is a reminder that there was once a salt spring here, and it was hoped that it could become a prosperous medicinal spa.
In Peatling Parva on the path which leads from opposite the church to the back of the hall you can see llamas in the field. All the villages have lovely buildings.
Easy walking with good views. Look for Frolesworth almshouses, founded in 1725 with ten later ones added in 1760 by Baron John Smith, a local boy who remembered his birth place in a generous and practical way.
From the beautifully proportioned church at Claybrook Parva through gently undulating countryside for a tranquil walk from High Cross along the old Fosse Way, then across pasture fields to return via Claybrook Magna.
Beautiful countryside, in hilly arable land with superb views from the high ground. It can be a difficult walk as there are stiles wet and muddy areas. Also, beware of electric fences put up by farmers across their fields.
Carlton village has a church with a quaint bell tower and pretty village houses. Shackerstone has a castle site. The canal has colourful boats. There is a railway museum and it is possible to take rides on the steam trains.
This is former mining country, now part of the National Forest. The reclaimed spoil heaps are newly planted with trees. There are attractive views from the higher ground.
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