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Thurnby and Bushby Parish Walks Retrace your steps left along Dalby Avenue, right along the A47, cross Thurnby and Bushby the pedestrian crossing, and take the jitty next to the petrol station This leaflet is one of a series produced to promote to return to the start point. circular walking throughout the county. You can obtain Thurnby others in the series by visiting your local library or walk 3: Tourist Information Centre. You can also order them by and Bushby 1 3 1 phone or from our website. 7 ⁄2km (4 ⁄4miles), allow 2 ⁄2 hours, undulating countryside, some Bottesford circular Muston walks steep bits and some parts are Redmile 3 very muddy Follow the waymarkers to the right, then on reaching the 1 3kms/2 miles 1 3 From the Rose and Crown turn right onto Main Street and metalled road turn right towards Stoughton 2 4 ⁄2kms/2 ⁄4 miles walk on the right hand side of the road into Bushby. As Wymeswold Scalford 1 3 liii After about 400 metres turn right onto the bridle path Hathern 3 7 ⁄2kms/4 ⁄4 miles the road turns sharply to the left, walk into the cul-de-sac Burton on the Wolds across the middle of a large field and bear left around the Thorpe Acre & Prestwold Asfordby ahead, go past Bushby Lodge Farm on the right and onto Barrow edge of a spinney. Pass through a gap in the hedge and upon Soar Frisby a well-marked footpath to Houghton on the Hill. walk with the hedge on your left to join a farm track. Normanton le Heath Rearsby Barkby li Follow the waymarkers across several fields before liv Just before the road turn right over a stile and onto the Ibstock Twyford heading up hill to enter Houghton on the Hill. Appleby Swepstone Anstey Hungarton footpath to Thurnby. St. Luke’s Church is clearly seen on Magna Groby Tilton Carlton Ratby Keyham Keep to the path between the houses and bear right the hill before you. Skeffington following the cycleway to reach Stretton Lane. Turn right Follow the footpath downhill passing over a stile at the Thurnby Burton Overy and walk out of the village along the lane. Very soon corner of the spinney and then cross a field of ridge and Wistow Hallaton Narborough you reach a footpath on the right at the village sign. Kibworth furrow to reach a footbridge in the far right hand corner Medbourne The wide grass path takes you gently downhill, then of the field. Ridge-and-furrow is a remnant of open field Burbage into open fields. Walk with the hedge on your right to cultivation preserved by the enclosures of 1772. Ullesthorpe Laughton reach and cross the stream, where the ground can be After crossing Bushby Brook, climb the field ahead to extremely muddy. To the left there are interesting views return to the Rose and Crown public house. of Leicester Airport, built during the Second World War, and mostly used by the United States Air Force. Britain’s For another local walk try the Keyham and Ingarsby largest war time bomber, the Short Stirling flew from Your Parish or Local Community Group may wish to produce a Parish Walks. walking leaflet, please contact the Access Officer at County Hall here during the war. It had a wing span of over for more information. 99 feet! It is now a private airfield run by Leicester The routes are clearly marked with bold, yellow It is advisable to wear suitable footwear when walking. Stout shoes or walking boots are recommended. Aero Club. topped waymarker posts and waymarker discs with the Parish Walks symbol. Some stretches of the route follow minor country roads. Beware of In clear weather, Bradgate traffic approaching from both directions. If possible stay on the verge, if not walk in single file on the right hand side of the road. Park in Charnwood Enjoy the walks, whilst observing the Countryside Code. Forest can be seen Walking - Be fit and well directly ahead across Walking is a form of exercise that is suitable and enjoyable for all the spread of Leicester ages. It’s a free and fun way for families and friends to get fit together. Just 30 minutes of brisk walking on a daily basis can benefit your contact details: Access Officer, Community Services Department, County Hall. lying in a slight hollow. health and quality of life. Telephone: 0116 305 8160 Fax: 0116 265 3065 lii Climb up to the Minicom: 0116 305 7334 stile ahead and follow email: [email protected] Website: www.leics.gov.uk/paths the waymarkers useful information: across fields to reach Buses: Service 747 Leicester-Uppingham (Mon-Sat) The information in this leaflet is available in other Houghton Lodge. Refreshments: tearoom and public house in Thurnby formats on request. Convert Lane 1 3 1 Thurnby and Bushby are twin 4 ⁄2 km (2 ⁄4 miles) allow 1 ⁄2 villages that were originally hours, undulating countryside, on the south side of the walk 2: some muddy bits. Uppingham turnpike (A47) but Starting from St. Lukes Church, walk down Main Street, Scraptoft Hill Farm have now spread to both sides. past St. Lukes CoE Primary School and take the jitty Station Lane 200m The boundary to the right of the school. This comes out at the A47 220 yards between the two villages Uppingham Road, next to the Petrol Station. passes through The Rose (Approx Scale) l and Crown – the bar is said 1 Cross via the pedestrian crossing and turn right. to be in Thurnby and the Cross the entrance of Hereward Drive, past the Thurnby Flood & Bushby United Reform Church and turn left down Relief lounge in Bushby. Basin Dismantled Railway Dalby Ave. Dismantled Railway Parking: along Main Street near Station Road l St. Luke’s Church 2 As the road bends right, go straight ahead following New the footpath fingerpost down an enclosed path. The Ingarsby or further along in the Rose and Farm Crown Public House path emerges into open fields. car park (by permission of Walk the left-hand boundary alongside the backs of the the landlord) houses. Follow the waymarkers into the flood relief Thurnby Hill basin (don’t go out to the road) cross to a footbridge and Hereward Dr. continue behind the housing. Thurnby Dalby Ave. St Lukes CofE l3 The path turns left at the end of the housing, along Primary walk 1: School 3km (2 miles), allow 1 hour, the ditch, then right heading straight up the field, under Uppingham Road (A47) Bushby Houghton gently undulating across open the telegraph wire and to the field corner, to the road. Main St. on the Hill countryside. Now turn right and walk back down the field diagonally Rose and From the Rose and Crown to the left, parallel with the left hand hedge to meet a P Crown Bushby Pub Lodge public house car park, take the brook at the bottom of the hill. Farm footpath to the left of the pub l4 Cross the footbridge, bear left and walk up the hill St Catherine’s and walk downhill through with the hedge on your left. Way the fields of ridge-and-furrow. Just before the farm turn right and continue with the Cross the brook, then ascend hedge on the left. the hill ahead to eventually Swinstead At the end of the hedgeline, cross Road Freer Close meet a farm track. Bushby Brook the next field diagonally to the right Thurnby Lane lA Turn right, then at the road aiming for the telegraph Newhaven cross over to the bridleway Road poles, to reach the opposite. Follow this towards disused railway the housing, and via a narrow cutting. path to Newhaven Road. Turn l5 Once over the stile right and at the end, right again bear right up the Sunny into Swinstead Road. Leys hill to the road lB Cross the stile at the end of and turn right. the road and follow the path diagonally across the fields, then turn left at the road. Stretton Lane Houghton lC Walk along the pavement into Lodge Farm Thurnby village and back to the starting point. Houghton Lane Retrace your steps left along Dalby Avenue, right along the A47, cross Thurnby and Bushby the pedestrian crossing, and take the jitty next to the petrol station This leaflet is one of a series produced to promote to return to the start point. circular walking throughout the county. You can obtain Thurnby others in the series by visiting your local library or walk 3: Tourist Information Centre. You can also order them by and Bushby 1 3 1 phone or from our website. 7 ⁄2km (4 ⁄4miles), allow 2 ⁄2 hours, undulating countryside, some Bottesford circular Muston walks steep bits and some parts are Redmile 3 very muddy Follow the waymarkers to the right, then on reaching the 1 3kms/2 miles 1 3 From the Rose and Crown turn right onto Main Street and metalled road turn right towards Stoughton 2 4 ⁄2kms/2 ⁄4 miles walk on the right hand side of the road into Bushby. As Wymeswold Scalford 1 3 liii After about 400 metres turn right onto the bridle path Hathern 3 7 ⁄2kms/4 ⁄4 miles the road turns sharply to the left, walk into the cul-de-sac Burton on the Wolds across the middle of a large field and bear left around the Thorpe Acre & Prestwold Asfordby ahead, go past Bushby Lodge Farm on the right and onto Barrow edge of a spinney. Pass through a gap in the hedge and upon Soar Frisby a well-marked footpath to Houghton on the Hill.
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