Walk from Rugby to Lutterworth famed for its connections via St. Mary’s church to the 14th Century radical theologian John Wycliffe (father of Lollardism), and its rare, well preserved late medieval doom painting. Continue reading Rugby – Lutterworth
Walk through the West and East Midlands borderlands between the Staffordshire town of Tamworth and Netherseal perportedly Derbyshire’s most southerly village. Takes in 3 (nearly 4…) and much surprisingly hilly countryside. Continue reading Tamworth – Netherseal
Walk from central Leicester through the city’s inner suburbs via the New Walk and Victoria Park to the University of Leicester home to Jame Stirling’s Engineering Building and the Attenborough Arts Centre. Continue reading Leicester – University of Leicester
Circular walk from Market Harborough Railway Station across and around the upland limestone plateau in Northamptonshire where the Battle of Naseby occured in June 1645, ending Charles I’s hopes of winning the 17th Century Civil Wars. Continue reading Market Harborough – Naseby
Easy going walk mostly along the banks of the River Trent and the Trent and Mersey Canal, along the boundary between Derbyshire and Leicestershire, ending at the historic, well preserved, canal village of Shardlow. Continue reading Long Eaton – Shardlow
Walk from Bottesford in the far north east of Lincolnshire. Out to Belvoir, the site of Belvoir Castle. The two locations are connected through the story of the Belvoir Witches in the early 17th Century. Continue reading Bottesford – Belvoir
Walk through the rolling hills of the south east Midlands from Market Harborough to Northampton all the Brampton Valley Way, a former railway line, and now one of the longest ex-trackbed multipurpose paths in the UK. Continue reading Market Harborough – Northampton
Walk to the top of Bardon Hill the tallest hill in Leicestershire rightly famous for commanding views across the Midlands region. Continue reading Bardon Hill
Mostly urban and suburban walk from central Leicester out to Anstey where the legendary Ned Ludd reputedly broke a spinning machine in the late 18th Century. Continue reading Leicester – Anstey
Rural walk across the gently hilly landscape lying between the towns of Market Harborough and Desborough, an area with a surprisingly radical past Continue reading Market Harborough – Desborough
