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River Soar Trail Follow the river as it meanders through the Soar Valley. This out and back route can be walked from either Mountsorrel or Barrow. The towpath can be muddy in places and is not suitable for family cycling. Join the towpath from Sileby Road, close to Mountsorrel Lock. Follow the towpath keeping the river on your left, crossing to the other side when required. On reaching Barrow upon Soar, continue past the Navigation Inn, and Barrow ROUTE 6 - Mountsorrel to Barrow upon Soar 4.4 miles Boating, where a range of canoes, boats and hydrobikes can be hired by the hour. Continue 4.2 miles beyond Barrow Deep Lock until you reach Barrow Road and The Boat House. Stop for refreshments or retrace your steps to return to Mountsorrel. For more ideas and Start Mountsorrel: Sileby Road SAT NAV: LE12 7BB information for getting Barrow upon Soar: Bridge Street SAT NAV: LE12 around in Leicester and 8PN Leicestershire visit Finish As above choosehowyoumove.co.uk Public Mountsorrel: Regular services in the village centre to transport Leicester and Loughborough Barrow Upon Soar: Regular Kinchbus 2 service to Leicester and Loughborough. Also regular rail services to Leicester and Nottingham. Parking Barrow Upon Soar: Free parking is available at the High Street car park LE12 8PZ Route produced by the River Soar Mountsorrel: on street parking available in village & Grand Union Canal Partnership Facilities Refreshments available at the Waterside Inn, Navigation Inn and The Boat House, all situated adjacent to the towpath. www.leicestershirewaterways.com .

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Community Facilities: Roger (Coordinator), Steve
Community facilities: Roger (coordinator), Steve. Objectives: • To improve the health services and health facilities for the parish. • To ensure adequate provision of, and improved access to, community and recreational facilities. • To ensure sufficient capacity for children living in Rothley to access primary and junior education within the parish Education a) Schools The Rothley Church of England Primary School (Academy) is located at Burrow Drive, Rothley, Leicestershire LE77RZ (http://www.rothley.leics.sch.uk). The school capacity is 420 children across 14 classes. At the time of writing (Oct 2016) there are 401 children enrolled. The admission policy was changed with effect from the Autumn term of 2016-2017 to bring in a cap of 60 per year group to ensure a maximum of 30 per class. Prior to moving to its new site on Burrow Drive the school admitted children from out of the catchment area but because of the growing number of families in Rothley it is expected to be full with catchment area children in the future. When the new school building was first proposed by the planners at Charnwood Borough Council there was a possible option to build four more classrooms on the site. However, funds were not available and the additional classrooms were not built. This is still a possible future option should the demand for places dictate it and if the funds were made available. There is no senior school in Rothley and students from the primary school go on to schools beyond the parish, as follows: • Rawlins 34 (Loughborough Rd, Quorn, Loughborough LE12 8DY) • De Lisle 12 (Thorpe Hill, Loughborough LE11 4SQ) • Cedars 4 (Wanlip Lane, Birstal, Leicester LE4 4GH) • Humphrey Perkins 2 (Cotes Rd, Barrow upon Soar, Loughborough LE12 8JU) Some concern was expressed at a consultation event that the present school is not large enough to cope with the anticipated demand from new housing developments.
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