Continuation Walks - Charnwood January - March 2015 Distance / Date Location Walk Leader Level 11:00am Meet Quorn Car Park, Station street. An easy walk to Thursday 1st Quorn New 6 miles / see in the New Year via Woodthorpe and Woodhouse. WC. This Lboro Ramblers (John) Years Walk Level 3 January walk is FREE of charge. Foxton Locks Meet at 10:00am in Foxton Locks long stay car park for a walk Saturday 3rd 10 miles / and Grand past the locks and along the Grand Union Canal. This walk is Lboro Ramblers (Peter) Level 3 January Union Canal FREE of charge. Ghost Walk - Meet at 7:30pm at the Bulls Head public house, Thringstone. LE67 5BP. Take a walk around one of the most Friends of Grace Dieu Priory. Only 12 Thursday 8th Ghost Walk - 1.8 miles / haunted locations in the county. This walk will incorporate a places available so booking essential Thringstone Level 1 January talk on local hauntings and the history of the Priory. Please through John on 01530 458872 bring cameras and torches. This walk is FREE of charge. Melbourne to Sunday 11th Park at Castle Street Car Park at 10:00am, Melbourne for a walk 8 miles / Breedon via The Lboro Ramblers (Steve) to Breedon via The Cloud Trail. This walk is FREE of charge. Level 3 January Cloud Trail Wednesday Rothley - Health Meet at Rothley Library at 11:00am, Rothley. Accessible for 1-2 miles / Charnwood Action Group 14th January Walk those with disabilities. This walk is FREE of charge. Level 1 South from Meet at the car park at Quorn Great Central Railway Station at Thursday Quorn & 5 miles / 10:00am. Optional Café lunch after walk. CP, TR, WC. This walk Lboro Ramblers (Margaret) Woodhouse Level 3 15th January is FREE of charge. station For further details please contact: [email protected] or call South Charnwood Leisure Centre on 01162 640 057 Meet at Hunts Hill car park at 10:00am, near Old John, Bradgate Friday 16th 4 miles / Hunts Hill Park. There is a car park charge to pay. This walk is FREE of John Mumford level 2 January charge. Hathern - Starting at the Three Crowns Pub at 10:00am, Wide Lane, Hathern, LE12 5LN, this walk heads out towards Dishley Tuesday 4.5 miles / Hathern pool and back along the riverside. Relatively easy walking Lorraine level 2 20th January through undulating countryside. There are no hills & it is all off road walking. This walk is FREE of charge. Thursday From Rearsby Mill Lane Church Lane junction circular route 6 miles / 22nd Rearsby via Brooksby/ Rotherby. Meeting at 10:00am. This walk is FREE Alan Level 3 January of charge. Thursday A 2 to 3 mile health walk on a route to suit attendees. Buggies welcome. Meet at Sorrel Youth Café for the walk at 10am. 2-3 miles / 22nd Mountsorrel Mat Richardson You're welcome in to the café before and after the walk to level 2 January refuel. This walk is FREE of charge. A 3 to 4 mile lunchtime walk to local greenspaces. Meet at Friday 23rd Bishop Meadow, 3-4 miles / 12.30pm at the mini-roundabout at the junction of Bishop Mat Richardson Loughborough level 2 January Meadow Rd and Belton Rd West. This walk is FREE of charge. Meet at Oakley Road car park at 10:00am, take a walk through Sunday 25th 4.5 miles / Samantha Chamberlain and Shepshed piper wood, towards Long Whatton and return through Smithy Level 3 Catherine Devonshire January lane to Shepshed. This walk is FREE of charge. Meet at Swithland Wood Car Park at 10:00am (voluntary car Swithland Wednesday park charge), Roecliffe Road. This walk will take us out through 5 miles / Woods, Village Lboro Ramblers (John) Swithland Woods before we reach the reservoir and return via Level 3 28th January and Reservoir the Village. This walk is FREE of charge. For further details please contact: [email protected] or call South Charnwood Leisure Centre on 01162 640 057 Ab Kettleby - Meet at 10:00am outside Ab Kettleby Community Centre, Nature Watnerby Road. Plenty of roadside parking. A walk on the ridge Saturday 10 miles / Reserves, Stocks dividing Leicestershire and Nottinghamshire. Through unspoilt Lboro Ramblers (Jeanette) Level 3 31st January and the villages and Holwell Nature Reserves. This walk is FREE of Gunpowder plot charge. Meet at 10:00am at the White Lion, Main Street, Rempstone. Wednesday Rempstone The walk heads east via Rempstone church before skirting 5 miles / Lboro Ramblers (John) 4th February Ramble Stanford Park and returning over Sutcliffe Hill. Optional lunch at Level 3 Packe Arms, Hoton, after walk. This walk is FREE of charge. Thursday 5th From Swithland church circular route via Old John’s Tower. 6 miles / Swithland Alan February Meeting at 10:00am. This walk is FREE of charge. Level 3 Meet at Loughborough Market Place beside the Fearon Saturday 7th 2 miles / Loughborough Fountain at 2pm. £5 on the day; £4 when paid in advance. For Colin Crosby Level 1 February full details please visit www.crosbyheritage.co.uk Meet at Mountsorrel Village Hall at 10:00am. (Alternative car parking at Soar Valley L.C.) The walk climbs out of Mountsorrel, Mountsorrel, Monday 9th skirts Swithland Reservoir and follows the path to Quorn. 6.5 miles / Quorn and John Mumford Through Quorn we follow the canal back to Barrow and then Level 3 February Barrow cross fields before picking up the river to return to Mountsorrel. This walk is FREE of charge. Wednesday 11:00am meet at Tesco Express, 139 Sibson Road, Birstall. LE4 Birstall - Health 1-2 miles / 11th 4ND. Accessible for those with disabilities. This walk is FREE of Charnwood Action Group Walk Level 1 February charge. For further details please contact: [email protected] or call South Charnwood Leisure Centre on 01162 640 057 Wednesday Shepshed - Meet at Wortley Close at 10:00am, off Hathern Shepshed / Road, Shepshed, LE12 9QU, and take pleasant walk to the 11th 4.5 miles Lorraine Garendon Garendon Estate. Walking boots recommended. This walk is February FREE of charge. Ghost Walk - Meet at the Bulls Head public house at 7:30pm, Thursday Thringstone. LE67 5BP. Take a walk around one of the most Friends of Grace Dieu Priory. Only 12 Ghost Walk - 1.8 miles / 12th haunted locations in the county. This walk will incorporate a places available so booking essential Thringstone Level 1 February talk on local hauntings and the history of the Priory. Please through John on 01530 458872 bring cameras and torches. This walk is FREE of charge. Meet at the Old Village Cross, Frisby on the Wreake at 10am. Sunday 15th Wreake Valley 10 miles / The walk will go through Hoby, Rotherby, Brooksby and Lboro Ramblers (Jane) Ramble Level 3 February Gaddesby. This walk is FREE of charge. Meet at Pasture Lane at 10:00am and walk along the canal Monday towards Sutton Bonnington and across the country side 5.5 miles / Samantha Chamberlain and 16th Hathern returning to Hathern. This walk is FREE of charge. Level 3 Catherine Devonshire February Shepshed to Park in free car park behind St. Winefride's School, Britannia Sunday 22nd 9 miles / Belton via Long Street, Shepshed at 10:00am. Walk over undulating farmland to Lboro Ramblers (Steve) Level 3 February Whatton Long Whatton and Belton. This walk is FREE of charge. Loughborough / Saturday Park in the Fisherman's Car Park at Zouch at 10:00am. The walk Zouch / 10 miles / 28th goes through one town and three villages via the Grand Union Lboro Ramblers (Peter) Normanton / Level 3 Canal and River Soar. This walk is FREE of charge. February Stanford Round For further details please contact: [email protected] or call South Charnwood Leisure Centre on 01162 640 057 Meet at 10:00am at buttermere way, Barrow on Soar. A 5 mile Tuesday 3rd Barrow Upon 5 miles / walk around the Wolds. Easy undulating walk, can be muddy. Lorraine Soar Level 3 March Boots are recommended. This walk is FREE of charge. A circular walk around Clumber Park in Nottinghamshire. This walk explores the former country estate of the Dukes of Newcastle taking in parkland, woods and heathland and visiting the Clumber Bridge, Grotto and Lime Tree Avenue along the way. There will be a mid-walk break at the Park's cafe. There will be some uneven terrain and slight moderate uphill/downhill gradients. Walking Boots are recommended. Coach Trip walk Pre-booking and pre-payment are required. Meet at Tuesday 3rd of 2014/15 to Loughborough Leisure Centre car park for departure at 9 miles / Mat Richardson February Clumber Park 08.30am. To book a place call the Sport & Active Recreation Level 3 Nottinghamshire team on 01509 634673 or email [email protected] Payment by post by cheque to ‘Charnwood Borough Council’ sent for the attention of Mat Richardson, Charnwood Borough Council, Council Offices, Southfield Road, Loughborough, LE11 2TX, or in person at customer reception (please ask for a Mat or a colleague in the Sport & Recreation team). Cost £8 – COACH TRIP WALK Start from School Lane Car Park and take a walk around Wednesday 5 miles / Birstall Watermead Park. Meetings at 10:00am. This walk is FREE of David Bacon Level 3 4th March charge. For further details please contact: [email protected] or call South Charnwood Leisure Centre on 01162 640 057 Explore a dubious case of insanity among the panoramic West Thursday 5th Mad for the Leake Hills. Roadside parking near West Leake Church, Gotham. 6 miles / Lboro Ramblers (Jeanette) March West Leake Hills Optional pub lunch after walk.