Continuation Walks 2014

Date / Time / Meeting Point / Walk Details / Walk Leader
07/01/2014 / 10am / Mountsorrel Memorial Hall, Leicester Road, Mountsorrel. LE12 7AJ. / You will take a lovely walk down to the River Soar Stonehurst Farm. (5 miles) / Walter Brown
08/01/2014 / 11am / Rothley Library, Mountsorrel Lane, Rothley. LE7 7PS. / Take a short walk around the surrounding area. This walk is particularly accessible for people with disabilities. (1.5 miles) / Charnwood Action Group
09/01/2014 / 7:30pm / Bulls Head Pub, Thringstone. LE67 5BP. / Take a walk around one of the most haunted locations in the county. This walk will incorporate a talk on local hauntings and the history of the Priory.
Please bring cameras and torches. Only 12 places available so booking essential through John on 01530 458872. / Grace Dieu Priory
(£3 cost)
15/01/2014 / 10am / Derby Road Playing Fields Car Park, off Cotton Way, Loughborough. LE11 5FJ. / Take a walk around Dishley Pool looking at Winter migrants. (1-2 miles) / Charnwood Ranger Service
20/01/2014 / 10am / South Charnwood Leisure Centre, Parkstone Road, Syston. LE7 1LY. / Take a walk out from Syston, along the River Wreake before joining the GrandUnionCanal and into WatermeadPark before heading back into Syston. (6 miles) / Jo Grant
23/01/2014 / 10:30am / St Michael and All Angels Church, Rearsby. LE7 4YE. / Take a circular walk around the village up the WreakeValley via Brooksby. (4.5 miles) / Alan Mortimore
28/01/2014 / 9:30am / Causeway Lane, Cropston. LE7 7GD. / Take a walk through the village and around Swithland Woods. Walking boots recommended. (4 miles) / Lorraine Dormer
04/02/2014 / 10:30am / Mount St Bernard's Abbey, Oaks Road (off Ashby Road), Coalville. LE67 4UE. / Take a lovely walk around the surrounding area including Cademan Wood. (4.5 miles) / Alan Mortimore
12/02/2014 / 10am / Outwoods car park, Woodhouse Lane, Loughborough. LE11 3YG. / A short walk through the Outwoods identifying trees without leaves. (1-2 miles) / Charnwood Ranger Service
12/02/2014 / 11am / Tesco Express, Sibston Road, Birstall. LE4 4ND. / Take short walk around the surrounding area. This walk is particularly accessible for people with disabilities. (1.5 miles) / Charnwood Action Group
13/02/2014 / 7:30pm / Bulls Head Pub, Thringstone. LE67 5BP. / Take a walk around one of the most haunted locations in the county. This walk will incorporate a talk on local hauntings and the history of the Priory.
Please bring cameras and torches. Only 12 places available so booking essential through John on 01530 458872 / Grace Dieu Priory
(£3 cost)
17/02/2014 / 10am / Swithland Memorial Hall, Main Street, Swithland. LE12 8TQ. / You will be walking from Swithland, through Swithland Wood and the surrounding area. (4 miles) / Jo Grant
18/02/2014 / 9:30am / St James the Greater Church, Oaks in Charnwood. LE12 9YD. / Take a walk towards Blackbrook Reservoir. Walking boots recommended. (5 miles) / Lorraine Dormer
26/02/2014 / 7pm / Fearon Fountain in the Market Place, Loughborough. LE11 3EB. / Take a walk and learn some of the historical background to Loughborough, well known as a market, industrial, and university town. (1 mile) / Colin Crosby
(£4 advance / £5 on the day)
04/03/2014 / 10am / St John the BaptistChurch, Belton. LE12 9UH. / Take a stroll through the Low Woods and Fishpool Grange. (5 miles) / Walter Brown
05/03/2014 / 10am / Main Car Park on Station Road, Quorn. LE12 8BS. / Take a circular walk including Woodhouse and Woodthorpe. (5 miles) / David Bacon
09/03/2014 / 2pm / HolyTrinityChurch, Church Street, Barrow Upon Soar. LE12 8HP. / Take a stroll along the River Soar and on the edge of the Wolds. (2 miles) / Colin Crosby
(£4 advance / £5 on the day)
11/03/2014 / 9:30am / SoarValley Leisure Centre, Kingfisher Road, Mountsorrel. LE12 7FG. / Take a walk around the hills of this village. Walking boots recommended. (4 miles) / Lorraine Dormer
12/03/2014 / 10am / Top of Deans Lane, Woodhouse Eaves. LE12 8TE. / Felicity’s Wood …..Coppicing and its role, with a chance to cut your own bean poles. (1 mile) / Charnwood Ranger Service
12/03/2014 / 11am / Mountsorrel Library, The Green, Mountsorrel. LE12 7AS. / Take a short walk around the surrounding area. This walk is particularly accessible for people with disabilities. (1.5 miles) / Charnwood Action Group
13/03/2014 / 7:30pm / Bulls Head Pub Thringstone. LE67 5BP. / Take a walk around one of the most haunted locations in the county. This walk will incorporate a talk on local hauntings and the history of the Priory.
Please bring cameras and torches. Only 12 places available so booking essential through John on 01530 458872 / Grace Dieu Priory
(£3 cost)
13/03/2014 / 8:30am / Loughborough Leisure Centre, Browns Lane, Loughborough. LE11 3HE. / This coach trip walk will take you from the Leisure Centre to Ambergate Station, from there; take a walk through woodland to Crich before heading back along the CromfordCanal. Walking boots recommended. (7.5 miles) / Jo Grant
(£8 cost)
17/03/2014 / 10am / Village Hall, Melton Road, Burton on the Wolds. LE12 5AG. / Take a walk from Burton on the Wolds to Prestwold through the grounds of Prestwold Hall. (3 miles) / Jo Grant
20/03/2014 / 10:30am / All Saints Church, Newtown Linford. LE6 0HD. / Take a circular walk around the area via Groby Pool. (3 miles) / Alan Mortimore
01/04/2014 / 9:30am / Wortley Close (off the Hathern Road), Shepshed. LE12 9QU. / Take a 4 mile walk to the Garendon Estate.Walking boots recommended. / Lorraine Dormer
01/04/2014 / 10am / Hermitage Leisure Centre, Silver Street, Whitwick. LE67 5EU. / Take a walk to Cademan Wood, Thringstone and Swannington. (5 miles) / Walter Brown
02/04/2014 / 10am / Main Car Park, Main Street (A6006), Zouch. LE12 5EU. / Circular walk including Sutton Bonnington, river Soar and the canal. (5 miles) / David Bacon
02/04/2014 / 2pm / Main New Street Gate, QueensPark, Loughborough. / QueensPark …Stroll around the park looking for the start of another year. (0.5 miles) / Charnwood Ranger Service
09/04/2014 / 11am / Quorndon Fox Pub, High Street, Quorn, LE12 8DT. / Take a short walk around the surrounding area. This walk is particularly accessible for people with disabilities. (1.5 miles) / Charnwood Action Group
10/04/2014 / 7:30pm / Bulls Head Pub, Thringstone. LE67 5BP. / Take a walk around one of the most haunted locations in the county. This walk will incorporate a talk on local hauntings and the history of the Priory.
Please bring cameras and torches. Only 12 places available so booking essential through John on 01530 458872 / Grace Dieu Priory
(£3 cost)

Please note, there are other walks that are running regularly throughout this period;

-Health Walks every Tuesday 10am from WatermeadPark, meeting at Mill Lane Car Park, Mill Lane, Thurmaston, LE4 8AF.

-Health Walks every Wednesday at 10:30am from Gorse Covert Community Centre, Maxwell Drive, Loughborough, LE11 4RZ.

-Power Walks every Saturday 9am-10am from Loughborough Leisure Centre, Browns Lane, Loughborough, LE11 3HE.

-Power Walks every Tuesday 9:30am-11am from SoarValley Leisure Centre, Kingfisher Road, Mountsorrel, LE12 7FG.

-Buggy Walks every Wednesday at 9:30am from Loughborough Leisure Centre, Browns Lane, Loughborough, LE11 3HE.

For further enquiries or information, please contact Kate Leslie on r Nathaniel Leney on . Alternatively, you can contact Charnwood Borough Council directly on 01509 634673.