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F RE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION EVENTS DIARY: GETTING AROUND E OTHER PUBLICATIONS SEE WHAT’S ON... Christmas TRAVEL INFORMATION Other publications available for the area include: IN MELTON • Heritage Trail • Aspects of Melton Mowbray MELTON • Gourmet Taste of • What’s On in Melton Mowbray, Events Calendar. Melton Mowbray is host to a wide variety of vibrant events with Melton Mowbray celebrates Christmas to the full Melton Mowbray is situated in These are available either to download from something going on every month of the year. For details on events with events, markets, campaigns and promotions the north east of Leicestershire please visit www.melton.gov.uk where you can view, download www.goleicestershire.com or by contacting the Melton Town galore – there’s no need to venture afar! in the heart of the country. It’s MOWBRAY Centre Managers. Email: [email protected] or request a copy of the What’s On in Melton Events Guide. easily accessible from AND THE SURROUNDING AREA PHOTOGRAPHY Also check out shows, films and gigs at Melton Theatre • Dreams are discovered as the 70 acre Twinlakes throughout the UK. With thanks to Melton Borough Council, Leicestershire County (www.meltontheatre.co.uk), the Regal Cinema Park is transformed into a stunning illuminated VISITOR GUIDE Council, Shire Promotions, Lionel Heap, Justin P Brown (www.regalcinemamelton.com) and www.meltongigguide.co.uk Winter Wonderland from mid November onwards. (Pass through Glass) and all the establishments that provided • Celebrate the start of the festivities and join the images to use in this guide. To whet your appetite, here is a selection of some of the area’s most prestigious events. thousands of locals as they countdown to the CONTACT DETAILS switching on of the town’s Christmas illuminations. Melton Borough Council, Parkside, Station Approach, Burton APRIL • View over 800 festive trees in the stunning St Street. Melton Mowbray. Leics. LE13 1GH. British Pie Awards Mary’s Church at the five day Christmas Tree Festival. Tel: 01664 502335 Spring Rare Breeds Show • Collect your santa costume and run (or amble) Email: [email protected] to Melton CiCle Classic BY RAIL: Website: www.melton.gov.uk the 5k Melton Santa Run around the 137 acre Melton Mowbray Train Station, Burton Street. LE13 1AF. WHERE TO STAY MAY country park. 08457 484950 www.nationalrail.co.uk DISCLAIMER Artisan Cheese Fair • See the finest animals and produce from the There’s a great choice of places to stay throughout This guide has been produced by Leicester Shire Promotions MDTG Horse Driving Event Cross County Trains - operates an hourly service to Leicester, Melton, from country estate 4* hotels to traditional area at the Christmas Fat Stock Show. Birmingham, Peterborough, Cambridge and Stanstead Airport. Limited, the official destination management organisation for Graze the Vale farmhouse b&bs and deluxe log cabins. Leicester and Leicestershire. All information was correct at the • Meet Queen Victoria and enjoy a taste of From Melton, connect at Leicester for Trains to time of going to press. Leicester Shire Promotions cannot JUNE Dickensian Britain at the Victorian Christmas Fayre. St Pancras. Stapleford Miniature Railway accept liability for inaccuracies and omissions in, or • Get your gifts wrapped for free, whilst enjoying East Midlands Trains – operates a service to and For a full list of accommodation or to book online please Melton Mowbray Country Fair subsequent alterations to, information supplied. You are advised a free pint, courtesy of the Melton Elves at the Stamford with connections to East Midlands Airport. visit www.goleicestershire.com/meltonmowbray to check opening times, prices etc, with establishments before Blokes Shopping Day. your visit. JULY BY BUS: Leicestershire County Livestock • Grab those last-minute bargains and fresh For all bus enquiries contact Traveline on 0871 200 22 33 Show festive produce at the Christmas Eve Market. www.travelineeastmidlands.org.uk PLACES TO EAT & DRINK • Meet the horses and hounds of the three local Centrebus - operates a service to the surrounding villages in AUGUST the Borough, Rutland, , & Leicester. The town of Melton Mowbray and the surrounding Melton by the Sea hunts at the New Year’s Day Meet. Arriva - operates a service to Leicester. villages have a wealth of places to eat and drink. produced by: The Melton Mowbray Bus Map & Guide can be downloaded at: SEPTEMBER Whether you are looking for a fine dining experience, Look out for other Christmas www.leics.gov.uk Traditional Rare Breeds Show Italian bistro or just good old pub grub, Melton has CLUDES: promotions such as free parking IN ces, BY ROAD: k experien it all. od & drin OCTOBER campaigns, the Melton Fo t & things Melton Mowbray has close access to the major motorways ces to visi pla Brought to you by Melton Mowbray Food and Drink Christmas Shopping Crawl & of the M1, M42 & M69 and the A1. to do Festival FREE Gift Wrapping. For a comprehensive list of places to eat and drink, Xtreme Scream at Twinlakes BY AIR: please visit www.melton.gov.uk/tourism. Melton Mowbray is just a 40 minute drive to East Midlands DECEMBER Airport. Victorian Christmas Fayre www.goleicestershire.com/meltonmowbray FOOD & DRINK HISTORY MELTON MOWBRAY & THE SURROUNDING AREA SHOPPING & GREAT EXPERIENCE & HERITAGE MARKETS OUTDOORS

Melton Mowbray is world renowned for its pork pies and There was a time when Melton Mowbray was one of the Melton is a vibrant market town with an abundance of Explore the and surrounding countryside © cheese, however there’s much more to most fashionable places in Europe with royalty and specialist independent retailers, tasty bistros and cafes, whilst visiting some of Melton’s top outdoor attractions. experience! Add a loaf of King’s Road speciality bread, a aristocrats flocking to the town to spend the winter local producers and markets which can be dated back to slab of Aged Red Leicester with a chutney months hunting with hounds. The town now has a wealth the 1086 Domesday Book. The town offers a truly unique 26. Burrough Hill and chimenea plus all garden made by Rutland Preserves and wash it down with a pint of history illustrated on buildings with ‘blue plaques’ and shopping experience and promotes its ‘Think Melton Shop Country Park accessories. The Gift Shop of local beer, a fruit presse drink from the Belvoir Fruit displayed along its Heritage Trail. Melton’ branding. Somerby Road, sells produce from local craft Farms or a shot of Sloeberry Spirits. Then finish off with a Burrough on the Hill, makers and artists that have slice of Melton Hunt cake, a Brockleby fruit pie or one of 10. & Gardens 14. Woolsthorpe Manor 17. Melton Livestock 19. Melton Street Market Leics, LE14 2QZ green morals close to their Coco’s cupcakes - Melton has everything you could want Belvoir, Leicestershire. Water Lane, Woolsthorpe Markets Come and visit one of the Tel: 0116 305 5000 hearts. Ski-hire and repair for a perfect picnic platter. Tel: 01476 871002 by Colsterworth. The Cattle & Sheep Market, country’s oldest and finest www.leics.gov.uk/burrough service and a renowned www.belvoircastle.com Tel: 01476 860338 held every Tuesday, is one of markets. Every Tuesday and Visit this striking Iron Age Alpine log cabin restaurant 1. Hand raise a pie 6. Private Dining at Ancestral home to the Duke www.nationaltrust.org.uk/ the largest and most Saturday you can experience Hill Fort, sitting over 210m serves both authentic French at Ye Olde Shoppe Bouverie Lodge Farm & Duchess of Rutland, the woolsthorpe-manor successful remaining the hustle and bustle of the above sea level with superb Alpine cuisine and 8-10 Street, , Castle stands high on a hill Birthplace of Sir Isaac markets in . A wide town’s busy street market. views over the counties. A traditional local produce. Melton Mowbray. Melton Mowbray. overlooking 16,000 acres of Newton, this 17th century variety of livestock is Based around the Market prominent landmark and Tel: 01664 482068 Tel: 01664 822114 woodland in the beautiful manor now houses a hands- auctioned and a visit to the Place in the safe ready-made arena, the hill 30. Naturescape Wildflower www.porkpie.co.uk www.bisons.org Vale of Belvoir. It houses on Science Discovery Centre main auction sales ring is an pedestrianised area of the is a great place for public Farm & Visitor Centre Melton’s oldest and last Embark on this unique experience not to be missed. town, the streets are filled recreation. Maple Farm, Coach Gap remaining producer of experience as you walk along outstanding collections of and frequent exhibitions. art, furniture, tapestries and The Fur & Feather auction, with stalls selling everything Lane, Langar, Notts, authentic Melton Mowbray the farm’s many footpaths from clothing to fresh Italian sculpture. Tours of the 15. Wymondham held on Tuesdays and the 1st 27. Melton Country Park BG13 9HP Pork Pies, the shop is indeed and view herds of American produce. a ‘shrine to the pork pie’. bison and red deer roaming castle on selected Sundays Windmill & Tearooms and 3rd Saturday of the & Visitor Centre Tel: 01949 860592 Demonstrations of the freely around the and Mondays. Butt Lane, Wymondham. month, can sell anything Wymondham Way, www.naturescape.co.uk Special Interest Markets traditional craft of hand Leicestershire countryside. Tel: 01572 787304 from parrots, peacocks, and Melton Mowbray, LE13 1HX 90 acres of Wildflower Farm Tuesday at the Cattle Market raising a pie can be arranged Why not extend your visit 11. Melton Carnegie www.wymondhamwindmill Rhode Island Red Chickens Tel: 01664 502502 / 480122 devoted to the production is also the day of the and also evening experiences and book one of the Lodge’s Museum .co.uk to rabbits and pets. It is no www.melton.gov.uk/tourism and sale of seeds and plants. where visitors are able to fine rooms, which all have Antique & Collectors Fair Thorpe End, Tearooms, woodland trails, wonder it carries a national Over 140 acres of beautiful On site Visitor Centre, raise and bake their own pie. stunning views over the farm where there is always an Melton Mowbray. craft shops and a caravan reputation for the range and parkland, just 10 minutes tearooms, wildflower trails, and surrounding hills. extensive array of antiquities Tel: 0116 305 3860 site are based around this excellence of livestock walk from Melton Town children’s play area and shop. 2. Cheese Tasting at Indulge in a private dining available. on display. Every Wednesday Melton Cheeseboard experience with a menu of www.leics.gov.uk/melton 200 year old windmill which Centre, which is perfect for shoppers can hunt for walking, cycling, bird- 31. Holwell Nature Reserve 8 Windsor Street, your choice prepared with museum is steeped in history. The bargains at the Antique / Melton Mowbray. locally bred and grown 18. Farmers’ Market watching and family picnics. Brown’s Hill Quarry Explore the history and food partially restored mill Bric-a-brac Market in the Tel: 01664 562257 produce. Farm shop on site heritage of Melton Mowbray provides superb views at this Melton’s farmers’ market Sports facilities, and play Holwell, Melton Mowbray. www.meltoncheese selling bison and venison. was the first of its kind in Market Place and on the first areas for children of all ages, Tel: 0116 2629968 in the Borough’s local unique visitor attraction. Wednesday of each month board.co.uk museum. The museum the region, focusing including a climbing forest www.lrwt.org.uk/nature- The cheese specialists in 7. Rare Breeds at exclusively on the promotion the Cattle Market runs an and iPlay, combined with a reserves/holwell-reserves Melton Mowbray with a Northfield Farm reveals the origins of the 16. Whissendine Windmill evening Tack & Sundries phrase ‘Painting the Town Melton Road, Whissendine, of local businesses and Sensory Garden, Visitor A lovely circular walk around range of over 140 cheeses, Whissendine Lane, Cold providing a diverse range of Auction where you can grab Centre and cafe, provides this diverse nature reserve many sourced locally. Overton, Leicestershire. Red’, which refers to an LE15 7EU. specialist produce, including some affordable equestrian and a tourist attraction to which is abundant in wildlife Stockists of Gold Award Tel: 01664 474271 incident in Melton town Tel: 01664 474172 supplies. The Sunday Car winning Leeson’s Pork Pies www.northfieldfarm.com centre. www.tcmg.org.uk/mill/ locally farmed bison, goat suit everyone. and plant life. Over 142 and ostrich meat. Held at Boot Sale is the biggest in different plant species have plus a wide range of local View rare and traditional whissendine-windmill the area attracting over produce including Belvoir breed cattle such as White the Cattle Market every 28. Gates Garden Centre been recorded on the reserve 12. St Mary’s Church One of England’s few 3000 buyers. Ales, Rutland Preserves, Park, Dexter, Aberdeen Angus Church Street, remaining fully operational Tuesday and Friday morning. & Nurseries which in turn has created a Manor Farm Yoghurts and & Highland and Britain’s Christmas markets are Somerby Road, unique haven for wildlife Melton Mowbray. 19th century windmills. A 60 extremely popular with the Little Dalby Honey. Cheese rarest breed pigs, the British Cold Overton, with over 95 species of Tel: 01664 562267 foot high tower mill, built in Victorian Christmas Market tasting sessions available by Lop, at this award winning Leics, LE15 7QB. moth, butterflies, dragonfly, www.melton.leicester. 1810, and restored in 1996 attracting thousands of appointment. farm. With its own butchery, Tel: 01664 454309 birds and bats. Entrances to this farm shop supplies meat anglican.org after being idle for 74 years. visitors from all over the www.gatesnurseries.co.uk old mine tunnels can be seen 3. Sample Beers at Belvoir and game from its own fields Over 800 years old, this The mill now produces flour country. Brewery & Visitor Centre and is also home to local impressive church is an for local bakers and can be A warm welcome and a which are now a haven for Crown Park, Station Road, producer Sloeberry Spirits architectural gem with parts bought on site. Tours of the great day out. Built within several species of bat. Other Old Dalby. which makes delicious spirits dating back to 1170. This mill available by the original 1818 Victorian areas of specific interest in Tel: 01664 823455 from the farm’s hedgerow rare example of a parish appointment. walled garden of Cold the Borough are Stonesby www.belvoirbrewery.co.uk fruits. With donkeys, Shetlands, church with aisled transepts Overton Hall, this nursery Quarry and Wymondham Visit, view and taste local llamas, goats, lambs and offers the widest range of Rough. ales which have been brewed chickens also taking (one of five in the country) MELTON MOWBRAY TOWN CENTRE is host to two of the town’s SPORTS & goods in this charming and using time-honoured residence, Northfield Farm is beautiful rural location. 32. Belvoir Castle Gardens brewing methods. The Visitor suitable for all the family. most prestigious events; The Centre includes brewery British Pie Awards & the LEISURE Farmhouse tea shop and Belvoir, Leicestershire. memorabilia, brewery shop, 8. Watch pies being made at Christmas Tree Festival. MAP KEY children’s play area. Tel: 01476 871002 www.belvoircastle.com on-site bar and restaurant the Farm Shop at The Grange Places To Visit serving lunch & evening Melton Road, Asfordby Hill, 13. St Mary’s The Virgin 1 Anne of Cleves 29. The Grange Garden The gardens facing Belvoir meals. Daily tours include Melton Mowbray. Rectory Lane, Bottesford, 2 Bede House Melton has an amazingly diverse range of activities to suit Centre, Alpine Bar & are a natural amphitheatre tasting sessions, a tour of Tel: 01664 810310 3 Bell Shopping Centre Restaurant left by the moraines of two Leicestershire. 4 Bowley Court Shopping all ages and abilities from falconry to skate boarding and the brewery and an www.thegrangefarm Asfordby Hill, glaciers. They display a educational video. Packages shop.co.uk Tel: 01949 842859 Centre sky diving to duck herding – Melton has it all! Why not have www.stmarysbottesford.co.uk 5 Cattle Market a go at some traditional English country pursuits during Melton Mowbray, Leics, strikingly colourful array of available to suit. This unique farm shop 6 Melton Carnegie Museum LE14 3QU. rhododendrons, azaleas and features a viewing window One of the largest churches 7 Melton Cheeseboard your visit and try your hand at shooting, archery, falconry and 8 Tel: 01664 812012 magnificent magnolias 4. Afternoon Tea at into the ever growing in England with a fascinating Melton Country Park even duck herding! Or relax and indulge yourself at one of Stapleford Park Brocklebys pie history. Houses a remarkable 9 Melton Market Place www.gardencentremelton alongside over 250 unusual 10 the luxury spas and health hydros which can be found at Melton Theatre mowbray.co.uk and rare trees. 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