DISCOVER THE HISTORY OF FOOD & DRINK IN CHEESE & PIES BREWERIES & VINEYARDS , & Melton Carnegie Museum Dickinson & Morris Belvoir Brewery Welland Valley Vineyard Thorpe End, , Leicestershire, Street, Melton Mowbray, Crown Business Park, Station Road, Old Dalby, Martson Lane between LE13 1RB Leicestershire LE13 1NW Melton Mowbray, LE14 3NQ and Marston Trussell This guide will give you a taster of Food 0116 305 3861 01664 482 068 01664 823 455 01858 434 591 Cheese and Pork Pies from Melton Mowbray Dickinson & Morris has been baking pork pies at Situated in Melton Mowbray, the UK's Rural Capital This local vineyard produces wines such as and Drink history and heritage in are world renowned. Explore the history and Ye Olde Shoppe in Melton Mowbray since of Food and Drink, Belvoir Brewery offers visitors Farndale, Steeplechase and , along with Leicestershire, Northamptonshire and heritage of these trades and the impact they had 1851. Learn about the fascinating history of the the chance to find out how beer is made and discover ‘Roundhead’ Cider. Discover the processes behind Rutland. Find useful hints and tips of what on the town. There is currently a new Community shop and why Melton Mowbray became the original the ingredients that go into it. Why not grab your an English vineyard and buy your own bottle of to see and do – such as breweries, pubs, Archive under development which will be a local home of the pork pie industry. Watch demonstrations friends and arrange for a brewery tour, and find wine. You can visit the vineyard by prior appointment. restaurants, tea rooms and farmers history resource generated by people in the area. of hand raised pork pies and sample their unique out how the real ale is made and discover the taste. You can also buy Melton Hunt Cake and history of Belvoir Brewery. Once you have had a The Grainstore Brewery markets. To find out more and plan your Melton Cheeseboard other local delicacies. tour you can enjoy a meal made up of tasty local Station Approach, , Rutland, LE15 6RE visit, head to www.goleicestershire.com/ 8 Windsor Street, Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire produce and get to taste some of the brewery’s 01572 770 065 food-heritage LE13 1BU Rothwell Arts & Heritage Centre real ale. You can also take some ale home with you. TenFifty, Silly Billy, Rutland Panther and Rutland 01664 562 257 14-16 Bridge Street, Rothwell, Northamptonshire Beast are all brewed at this brewery. Enjoy a tour The Melton Cheeseboard offers the widest range NN14 6JW Melton Carnegie Museum (by prior arrangement) and then sit down and of cheeses in the county with over 120 different 01536 711 550 Thorpe End, Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire, enjoy a Ploughmans Lunch Supper which includes varieties, many of them sourced in Leicestershire Rothwell, Northamptonshire LE13 1RB tasty local produce. You will also have a chance to and the surrounding counties, as well as the best Each year the Rowell Festival takes place at 0116 305 3861 sample the brew! from the rest of the UK and a wide variety of Rothwell. Visit the arts and heritage centre where and Pork Pies from Melton Mowbray continental cheeses. you can find out about the ancient and unique are world renowned. Explore the history and Museum street fair. View historic images, photographs and heritage of these trades and the impact they had The Courthouse, Mill Road, Oundle PE8 4BW Stilton is Melton Cheeseboards speciality, as they artefacts and read the original words of the King on the town. There is a new Community Archive 01832 272 741 source their cheeses directly from John Charter. You will also find out about ‘Rowell under development which will be a local history This museum, located in a former Courthouse, Dairy, based just five miles outside Melton Curd Tart’ similar to a Bakewell Tart. resource generated by people in the area. will take you back to the time of Smiths Brewery Mowbray. They also stock Cropwell Bishop Stilton – a major industry in the town up until the 1960’s. which also comes straight from the dairy. Chevelswarde Vineyard Discover interesting facts and see historical The Belt, South Kilworth, , artefacts from the brewery. Leicestershire LE17 6DX 01858 575 309 Visit this organic vineyard during June, August and September and you can have a tour (by prior arrangement) to find out more about English vineyards. Volunteers are always needed during harvesting – what better way to find the in’s and out’s of running a vineyard!

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A copy of this guide is available online – www.goleicestershire.com/food-heritage . i To request a large print format of this guide, please call 0844 888 5181. TOURIST INFORMATION GARDENS CENTRES This brochure is produced by Shire Promotions Rutland County Museum Limited, the official destination management Catmose Street, Oakham, LE15 6HW For more information on Leicestershire, organisation for Leicester and Leicestershire, funded 01572 758 440 Northampstonshire and Rutland contact one of the by Leicester City Council and Leicestershire Council. This museum tells the life of the county, including local tourist information centres who will be able All information was believed to be correct at the time living in rural Rutland. You will also find out to give you lots of information about other places of going to press. Leicester Shire Promotions cannot historical facts and fascinating archaeology. to visit, special events and where to eat and drink. accept liability for inaccuracies, omissions or Why not extend your visit? The tourist information subsequent alterations in information supplied. You Barnsdale Gardens centres can book a short break for you in a quality are advised to check opening times, prices with The Avenue, Exton, Oakham, Rutland, LE15 8AH assessed hotel, bed and breakfast or self-catering establishments before your visit. 01572 813 200 cottage. Visit the award-winning gardens of Geoff Hamilton in Leicestershire, Northamptonshire where you will find an ornamental kitchen garden, Anglian Water Tourist Information Centre and Rutland a well-stocked herb garden, a fruit orchard, Sykes Lane In partnership with Elizabethan vegetable garden and an Apple Arch. Empingham MLA logo – Renaissance , Once you have explored all the gardens, visit the Rutland Enterprise Limited, Rutland Barnsdale Tea Rooms or take home some plants LE15 8PX for the nursery. Telephone: 01780 686 800 © Leicester Shire Promotions 2011 Email: tic @anglianwater.co.uk Prebendal Manor www.anglianwater.co.uk Nassington, Nr Peterborough, PE8 6QG 01780 782575 Prebendal Manor is a Grade I listed buildings, with Leicester Tourist Information Centre parts of it dating back to between the 13th and 7-9 Every Street 15th Century. It’s gardens were established for Town Hall Square practical and decorative reasons. Some of the Leicester plants have medicinal use – which you can find LE1 6AG out more about in a 15th Century ‘Leech Book’. Telephone: 0844 888 5181 Email: info @goleicestershire.com Hall www.goleicestershire.com Kelmarsh, Northampton NN6 9LY 01604 686543 The walled kitchen gardens of this 18th Century Northampton Tourist Information Brought to you by house will offer you an insight into a traditional Session House Brought to you by garden offering herbs and vegetables. Be part of George Row the exciting new project ‘Growing Kelmarsh’ that Northampton enables visitors to learn more about food and Foody Fact: In 1904 Symington Soups supplied NN1 1ED growing your own. pea flour to Scott's first Antarctic Expedition Telephone: 01604 367 997/8 in partnership with Email: TIC @northampton.gov.uk in partnership with EE For more information please visit www.explorenorthamptonshire.co.uk For more information please visit R www.goleicestershire.com/Food-Heritage www.goleicestershire.com/Food-Heritage F LEICESTERSHIRE, Melton Mowbray Markets Northamptonshire 0844 888 5181 NORTHAMPTONSHIRE AND Melton Mowbray holds a Brackley Market variety of markets and is the only place in RUTLAND ARE HOME TO 01280 702 441 Leicestershire with a market recorded in The historic weekly general market can HISTORICAL MARKETS AND the Domesday Survey of 1086. Tuesday is be found in the Upper Town square the main market day, with a busy street FARMERS MARKETS SELLING outside the Town Hall each Friday. The market in the square, and a cattle market Market's origins date back to the early A WIDE VARIETY OF LOCAL at Road in the morning. This is 1700's when it was considered an one of the largest cattle markets in the PRODUCE. important centre where the Town Crier country, and a wide announced any news or information. variety of livestock is Although its form has changed over the auctioned weekly. Leicestershire years, it is still a meeting place for many people. Leicester Market Leicesters Farmers Market 0844 888 5181 0844 888 5181 A varied selection of traders include: This market takes place on the first Visit Leicester's award-winning market Fruit and vegetables, Shoes, Fresh Fish Thursday of each month and offers food and discover exotic vegetables and spices. and shellfish, Greetings cards, Plants, lovers the chance to taste and buy Ostrich Venture into the indoor market where bulbs and shrubs, Cakes and Sweets. you'll find a great selection of fresh fish, meat, beef, honey, home-made cakes and a range of chutney. a variety of meats and fascinating stalls to Northampton Market browse. This 700 year old market is also 01604 838 444 home to a series of exciting foody events Held in the town's large Market Square throughout the year. surrounded by shops, banks and cafes, Northampton market dates back to 1235. Monday is fresh fruit, vegetables, cut flowers and plants only. Tuesday to Saturday are the general market days.

Rutland Other Markets in and around Leicestershire: Oakham Farmers Market 01572 722 577 Ashby de la Zouch In Oakham, the Farmers’ Market takes Daily (including Sundays) place on the 3rd Saturday of every month, Indoor Market in the Victorian Market so if you want to reduce your food miles Hall, Market Street and be assured of the origins of your meat this is the place to shop. In between the Farmers Markets, regular markets still Tuesdays, Fridays & Saturdays provide top quality local fruit, vegetables Indoor Market in the Market Hall, adja - and other goods to local people. Oakham cent to car park has a weekly market on Wednesdays and Saturdays plus and Stamford's market days are Friday. Mondays, Fridays & Saturdays Street Market in the Market Place and along Castle Street

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Motorway Main Roads Wednesdays Secondary Roads Street Market in the Market Place Railway & Passenger Station Preserved Railway & Passenger Station FOOD & DRINK TRAILS Canal Tuesdays, Fridays & Saturdays For more facts about food and drink heritage, River, Lake or Reservoir

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