Short Walks in Hinckley and Burbage However, by Answering the Following Questions We Can Use It to Improve Services and Support for Specific Groups

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Email Address �� Please return the completed form to: Access Officer, Strolls on your doorstep, Environment and Transport Department, Leicestershire County Council, County Hall, Glenfield, Leics, LE3 8TE The free prize draw will take place at the end of July, October, January and April – winners will be notified shortly afterwards. All entries to the prize draw must be submitted by an adult over 18 years of age. The decision of Leicestershire County Council is final and no carrespondance will be entered into. Members of the Countryside Service are not permitted to enter the prize draw. Personal data Strolls supplied will be held on computer and will be used in accordance with the Data H1078 Protection Act 1998 for statistical analysis, management, planning and in the provision of services by Leicestershire County Council and its partners. on your When out and about please observe the Countryside Code • Be safe – plan ahead and follow any signs Doorstep • Leave gates and property as you find them • Protect plants and animals, and take your litter home • Keep dogs under close control • Consider other people Published 2010 Key This booklet contains 10 lunchtime walks, taking less than 1 hour, within Hinckley and Burbage. The walks range from Time Distance a 15 minute stroll around the local park to an hour long miles / km / steps ramble in the local countryside. Wheelchair Friendly Walking boots required, Muddy in places The walks vary in length and difficulty, route 1 being the Pushchair Friendly easiest and 10 being the hardest. So if you fancy trying Toilets something different the challenge is to complete all the Stiles / Gates walks, building up to over 30,000 steps, over 16 miles in total. Type of surface/gradient

Flat Gradual uphill Moderate uphill Routes Difficulty 1 Richmond Park 6 Argents Mead & Queens Park Beginners Intermediate Advanced 2 Hollycroft Park 7 Canal Towpath 3 Henry St & Outlands Dr Please remember when 8 Sketchley 4 Barwell Footpath walking to follow the 9 Burbage Village & Lash Hill countryside code and to 5 Clarendon Park 10 Burbage Common & Woods wear appropriate clothing and footwear. 1 10

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1 1 2 9 2 ROUTE 1

Richmond Park, - Richmond Park, Hinckley

Route 1 Hinckley Hinckley

Starting from Tudor Road, follow the public footpath adjacent to the pub car park to Richmond Park and follow the surfaced path around this local park. Please note the route of the surfaced path around the park may change to allow for the development of the new Hinckley Club for Young People (HC4YP). Route Information 0.6 miles / flat, Start Here 15 minutes 1 km / tarmac 1,250 steps 100m Wheelchair Pushchair Beginners (C) Crown Copyright 2005. All rights reserved Friendly Friendly Leicestershire County Council 100019271 ROUTE 2 Hollycroft Park, - Hollycroft Park, Hinckley

Route 2 Hinckley Hinckley

Just follow the path around the perimeter of this lovely park, 100m (C) Crown Copyright 2005. All rights reserved where Tennis, Bowls and Miniature Golf are available. Leicestershire County Council 100019271

Route Information

15-20 minutes 0.5 miles / 0.8 km / 1000 steps

Beginners / Moderate uphill, Tarmac Intermediate Pushchair Toilets available at Friendly the Pavilion Start Here 3 3 4 4 ROUTE 3

Henry Street and - Henry Street and Outlands Drive, Hinckley

Route 3 Outlands Drive, Hinckley Hinckley

Starting at the junction of Henry Street and Beryl Avenue, follow the public footpath beside house number 10 to Wykin Community Park. Cross the access road via the Zebra crossing and follow the surfaced path around the perimeter of the park. At the fork in the path, turn left and then at the next fork turn right and walk past the BMX track. Follow the path round to the right beside the housing development to join Outlands Drive. Turn left and walk along Outlands Drive past the school. Turn left after house number 128 and follow the public footpath to Frederick Avenue. Walk along Frederick Avenue and at the cross roads turn left and walk along Henry Street to return to the start.

Route Information

20 minutes

1.1 miles / 1.7 km / 2125 steps Start Here Flat, Tarmac and solid stone surface paths

Beginners

100m

(C) Crown Copyright 2005. All rights reserved Leicestershire County Council 100019271 5 6 ROUTE 4 Barwell Footpath Route Information - Barwell Footpath and Leicester Road, Hinckley and Leicester Road, 30 minutes Route 4 Hinckley Hinckley 1.1 miles / 1.7 km / 2125 steps

Pushchair Friendly Starting at the far end of Dean Road West, turn left, and follow the public footpath past the cemetery and the Flat, tarmac supermarket. At the end of the path turn right and walk along Stoneygate Drive. When you reach the cross roads Beginners / Intermediate at the end of the road turn right and walk along Leicester Road. Take the second right onto Dean Road and walk to the end of the road to return to the starting point.

Start Here

100m

Hinckley Leisure - Hinckley Leisure Centre and Clarendon Park, Hinckley

Route 5 Centre and Hinckley Clarendon Park, Hinckley

Starting at Hinckley Leisure Centre on Coventry Road, turn right and walk along Coventry Road. Turn right after the Industrial Buildings and follow the footpath / cycleway through Clarendon Park. At the end of the path, cross the car park, and follow the tarmac path on the right alongside Battling Brook. At the end of the path turn right onto Orkney Route Information Close, take the first right ontoBurnsway and Start Here then left onto Tennyson Road. At the end of the road turn right on to St George’s Avenue and at the end of the road follow the footpath / cycleway to Trinity Vicarage Road. Turn left to walk up Trinity Vicarage Road, past Holy Trinity Church and then turn right to walk through the public car park and follow the path back to the entrance to Hinckley Leisure Centre. 100m

20-25 minutes

1.2 miles /2km / 2500 steps

Flat apart from a Gradual Uphill section along Trinity Vicarage Road. Tarmac Surface.

Wheelchair Friendly

Pushchair Friendly

Beginners / Intermediate

9 10 ROUTE 6 Argents Mead Route Information - Argents Mead and Queens Park, Hinckley 25-30 minutes

Route and Queens Park, 6 1.4 miles / 2.2 km / 2650 steps Hinckley Hinckley Flat apart from a Gradual uphill section along Church Walk. Tarmac and solid stone Surfaces

Starting at the junction of Station Road and Church Walk, Pushchair Friendly - although care should be taken along Clarence Road which has no pavements walk up Church Walk and after passing St Mary’s Church turn right and then left to follow the surfaced public footpath Toilets available on Station Road through Argents Mead to Hill Street. Turn right and cross Hill Street onto Orchard Street. At the end of Orchard Street Beginners / Intermediate turn right and cross the road to follow the tarmac path through Queens Park. At the end of the park, turn right onto London Road and turn right to walk along Clarence Road. At the end of the road turn right onto Queen’s Road then left onto Priesthills Road. Between house numbers 83 and 85 follow the public footpath to Mount Road. Cross Mount Road and turn left to walk down the hill. After the hospital buildings turn right and follow the path towards the council offices. Cross the access road and follow the pavement that leads to Station Road. Turn right and walk along Station Road to return 100m to the starting point. (C) Crown Copyright 2005. All rights reserved Leicestershire County Council 100019271

Start Here

11 12 ROUTE 7 Canal Towpath, - Canal Towpath, Hinckley

Route 7 Hinckley Hinckley

Starting at the Allotment Gardens on Brodrick Road go left then turn left again onto Brascote Road and after house number 5 turn left and follow the tarmac path running at the side of the houses. At the end of the path turn right, walk along Odstone Drive, and then left along Brascote Road to Roston Drive. Turn left and walk along Roston Drive and then left at the roundabout onto Dodwells Road. After walking across the canal bridge take the path down to the Towpath, turn right, follow the canal until the next canal bridge, then take the slope up to join Coventry Road. Turn left and walk along Coventry Road and then take the first left ontoSunnydale Avenue, walk past the roundabout and continue along Brodrick Road to the start of the walk at the Allotment Gardens.

Route Information Start Here 30 minutes

1.6 miles / 2.5 km / 3125 steps

Flat with small gradual uphill sections to canal towpath. Tarmac pavements and unsurfaced canal towpath. Walking boots required, Muddy in places along the towpath

Sketchley - Sketchley Route 8 Sketchley

Start at the junction of Sketchley Lane and “Sketchley Old Village”. Walk along “Sketchley Old Village” and follow the road round to the right. Take the second left to walk along Hall Road. At the end of the road turn right onto Applebee Road, and then left onto Greenmoor Road. At the end of the road turn right onto Hillside Road and then left onto Rugby Road. Walk down the hill and past the industrial buildings before taking the first left ontoBrookfield Road. After the industrial buildings, turn left and follow the enclosed public footpath down some steps and between two fishing lakes before crossing a stile and entering a field. Walk straight across the field and head for a gap in the field boundary. Head for a yellow-topped waymark post and a kissing gate in the right hand corner of the next field boundary and then follow the public footpath beside the industrial buildings and pass through a metal kissing gate to exit back onto Sketchley Lane. Turn left and return to the start of the walk

Route Information

45 minutes 1.7 miles / 2.7km 3375 steps Walking boots required, Stiles / Gates Muddy in places 2 sets of steps Gradual uphill, Tarmac 100m Intermediate and field footpaths (C) Crown Copyright 2005. All rights reserved Leicestershire County Council 100019271 15 Start Here 16 ROUTE 9

To follow the longer route turn left along Balliol Road Burbage Village and Ratcliffe Road. At the junction, turn right along - Burbage Village and Lash Hill Twycross Road, cross Boyslade Road onto Tilton Road Route 9 and Lash Hill passing the shops and church before turning right and Burbage following the tarmac path through the recreation ground. Cross Featherston Drive and continue along Start at Burbage Library on Church Street, cross the the tarmac path beside the stream to Holt Road. Cross road and walk along “Horsepool”. At the bend in the Holt Road, walk along Farm Road, and at the end, road, take the public footpath on the right. Follow the follow the tarmac path through the recreation ground footpath until the bend in the path and walk through the to Higham Way. Turn left and then right onto Atkins garden on the right to Grove Road. Turn right to walk Way crossing Far Lash into Duport Road. After house along Grove Road. After house number 36 turn left and number 24, turn right and follow the “Lash Hill Path” follow the public footpath past the school and through past Hastings High School. After the playing field turn the recreation ground to Balliol Road. At this point if right to join “Sunnyhill”. Walk down Sunnyhill and you decide to follow the shorter route, walk straight on turn left onto Forresters Road. At the end of Forresters along “Sunnyhill South”, turn right onto Forresters Road turn right and walk along Hinckley Road and Road, and then turn right to walk along Hinckley Road Church Street back to Burbage library. and Church Street back to the Library. Route Information Shorter Route

20 minutes 1.1 miles / 1.7 km / 2125 steps

Flat tarmac paths

Pushchair Friendly Beginners

Shortcut Longer Route

50 minutes 2.3 miles / 3.7 km / 4625 steps Flat tarmac paths but Moderate Uphill on Lash Hill Intermediate / Pushchair Friendly Advanced 100m

17 Start Here 18 ROUTE 10 - Burbage Common and Woods 20 and and via a via Gates footbridge Advanced Longer route . Follow the path path the Follow . . . Burbage Wood Burbage again. Head up the slope slope the up Head again. on your right. Where the path path the Where right. your on visitor centre visitor railway bridge railway stream Burbage Common Common Burbage Woods and railway bridge railway

Walking boots required, boots required, Walking Muddy in places

Shorter route Intermediate and across the field passing between the short blue blue short the between passing field the across and the to return to posts and Centre Visitor Burbage Common Start at the the car park. Follow the path walk to the far end of posts to the kissing gate between the short yellow the gate through . Walk at the edge of Sheepy Wood the surfaced path through and follow the left hand in the path. Turn roads a cross woods until you meet the wooden Kissing through left and exit the wood at this point turn route follow the shorter Gate. To the field the blue posts across left and walk between . centre to the visitor to return the follow and right turn route longer the follow To the underneath path the cross and hand-side right the on hedge the with entering before track access main this to keep and on straight Walk gate. kissing of perimeter the around you takes that path stoned straight carry compound, a reach you When wood. the the keeping on a across fork hand right the take forks area. parking a into gate kissing wooden a through Follow gate. access green the beside walk and left Turn pass to field the across walk then and track access the the under Route Hinckley 10 Toilets available at Toilets The Visitor Centre 0.8 miles / 1.2 km / 1,500 steps 2.6 miles / 4.1 km / 5,125 steps Longer Route Shorter Route Flat, grass footpaths Flat, grass and stone paths

Start Here 100m 20 Minutes / 20 Minutes / 1 hour

Leicestershire County Council 100019271 Leicestershire Route Information (C) Crown Copyright 2005. All rights reserved Copyright 2005. All rights (C) Crown 19 Win Walking is Wonderful £25 of Blacks There are many benefits from taking a purposeful, Vouchers brisk walk on a regular basis. It can: Have you found this walking guide useful? • Give you more energy and help you feel good • Reduce stress and help you sleep better • Keep your heart ‘strong’ and reduce blood pressure Tell us what you think. • Help build and maintain healthy bones, muscles and joints Help us improve future walking information by telling us what you • Help to manage your weight think of this guide and you will be entered into our free prize draw to Plus: WIN £25 of Blacks Vouchers. We value your comments and feedback. • Almost everyone can do it, anywhere and any time • It’s a chance to meet and make new friends How many of the 10 walks have you completed? �� • Its free and you don’t need special equipment Which route did you most enjoy? Number �� • You can start slowly and build up gently To obtain other Strolls on your Doorstep booklets, and further Were the directions easy to follow? Yes / No information on walking in Leicestershire please contact Comments: �� Access Officer, Environment and Transport, Leicestershire Could the routes be improved? Yes / No County Council, County Hall, Glenfield, Leicester, LE3 8TE. If yes, how �� Tel: 0116 305 0001, Fax: 0116 305 7965, Minicom: 0116 305 7334, Email: [email protected] Do you think other information is needed? Yes / No Website: www.leics.gov.uk/paths If yes, what �� The NEW Countryside Guide Where did you obtain this booklet? Packed with details about Leicestershire’s country parks, Direct from Leicestershire County Council Leisure Centre Library/ Museum/ Service Shop walking, cycling and horse riding routes and more, this Council Offices On a Health Walk FREE guide is a ‘Must Have’ to help you explore this beautiful Other �� county. Available spring 2010 from libraries, Service Shops, country parks and local Tourist Information Centres, phone: Do you currently partake in activities organised by Active 0116 305 0001 or email: [email protected]. Together or Walking for Health? Yes / No

If yes, please specify �� Active Together is a county-wide programme across Leicestershire that aims to If no, have you been encouraged to walk regularly? Yes / No encourage adults, aged 16+ to become more active more often. Have you visited our website for walking information, To find out what’s happening in theHinckley and Bosworth area, www.leics.gov.uk/paths and to be regularly updated on activity sessions, please contact the Over the past four weeks, how many days a week, on local Physical Activity Development Officer: Hinckley and Bosworth average have you taken part in 30 minutes or more of Borough Council, Council Offices, Argents Mead, Hinckley, LE10 1BZ, moderate intensity physical exercise? tel: 01455 255875, or visit the website www.lrsport.org.uk/active In this instance moderate intensity physical activity includes all types of activity that Natural England’s Walking for Health encourages you to makes your breathing and heartbeat faster and makes you feel warmer. It includes all sports and recreation including recreational walking and cycling, but does not include enjoy your local spaces and benefit your health by taking part gardening, housework, DIY or physical activity which is part of your work or travelling in health walks. Find your local Walking for Health scheme at to work. It can be built up of 10 minute bursts and does not have to be done all at once. www.wfh.naturalengland.org.uk/walkfinder 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 21 Please continue overleaf 22