Loughborough Canal Walk - British Canals VIDEO TOUR (Leicestershire, UK)
Doing the Loughborough Canal Walk!
A waterside walk from Loughborough to Leicester along a section of the Grand Union Canal and the River Soar. It's about a 13 mile route, so it's possible to do in a day. At the end of the walk you can get the train directly back to Loughborough from Leicester.
The walk starts on the canal just to the east of the train station. You can access the towpath from Moor Lane Bridge and then follow it south east towards the village of Barrow Upon Soar.
The route continues through the lovely Soar Valley to Mountsorrel and Syston, where you pass through Watermead Country Park. It's a real highlight on the route with 12 lakes, wildflower meadows, woodland, grassland and reedbeds. Look out for a whole host of wildlife on this section of the walk.
The final section takes you through Birstall and Belgrave, before finishing at Abbey Park in Leicester. It's a lovely finish to the walk with the attractive park including formal gardens, a sensory garden, a boating lake, a model boat lake, a miniature railway and pretty bridge over the River Soar.
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4 Leicestershire castles in one day challenge
#castles #history #Leicester
I recently attempted to visit 4 Leicestershire castles in one day, why? because as I was looking on the map at directions for one of them I noticed the others were not too far apart, so I thought 'why not, what have I got to lose'
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A visit to Mountsorrel & Rothley Community Heritage Centre
A visit to Mountsorrel & Rothley Community Heritage Centre
Deep in the Leicestershire countryside on a branch off the Great Central Railway is Mountsorrel & Rothley Community Heritage Centre. You can reach this site by train if you alight at Nunckley Hill Railway Station on the Mountsorrel Branch.
We explore this site situated in an old quarry with its garden railway, narrow gauge railway, railway museum and nature trial this is a hidden gem well worth a visit.
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Places to see in ( Loughborough - UK )
Places to see in ( Loughborough - UK )
Loughborough is a town in the Charnwood borough of Leicestershire, England. Loughborough is the seat of Charnwood Borough Council and home to Loughborough University. Loughborough is close to the Nottinghamshire border and is within a short distance of locations such as Nottingham, the East Midlands Airport and Derby.
Loughborough has the world's largest bell foundry — John Taylor Bellfounders, which made the bells for the Carillon war memorial, a landmark within the Queens Park in the town, Great Paul for St Paul's Cathedral, and York Minster. The first mention of Loughborough is in the 1086 Domesday Book. Loughborough's local weekly newspaper is the Loughborough Echo. The town of Loughborough is also served by Leicestershire's daily newspaper, the Leicester Mercury.
Loughborough railway station is the mainline national station serving the town. Network Rail has recently redeveloped the station, increasing the length of platforms and improving access. The local council has made concurrent improvements to the surrounding area. The M1's Junction 23 lies just to the west of Loughborough. The River Soar passes by to the east of the town. Navigation from Loughborough north towards the Trent was achieved in 1778 by the Loughborough Navigation, which terminates at Loughborough Wharf between Derby Road and Bridge Street.
Alot to see in ( Loughborough - UK ) such as :
Bradgate Park
Charnwood Museum
All Saints Church, Loughborough
Loughborough Carillon
Grace Dieu Priory
Watermead Country Park
Great Central Railway
Beacon Hill Country Park
Swithland Wood
Bradgate House
Beacon Hill, Leicestershire
Stoneywell
East Midlands Aeropark
Swithland Reservoir
War Memorial Museum
Beacon Hill & Broombriggs Farm Country Park
Blackbrook Reservoir
Bardon Hill
Mountsorrel & Rothley Community Heritage Centre
Stonehurst Family Farm & Museum
Old John Tower
Bridge Graffiti Mural
( Loughborough - UK ) is well know as a tourist destination because of the variety of places you can enjoy while you are visiting the city of Loughborough . Through a series of videos we will try to show you recommended places to visit in Loughborough - UK
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Mountsorrel - leicestershire
A drive through mountsorrel leicestershire england.
Leicestershire Round from Thornton to Mountsorrel
Countryside walk from Thornton Reservoir, through Markfild Hill, Bradgate park, Swithland Woods, Swithland Reservoir to Castle Hill in Mountsorrel, following mostly the Leicestershire Round and a bit of the National forest way.
Sileby Mill, Mountsorrel, Loughborough, Sileby village, Steam trains
A day off the boat. The river is very high, navigation is not happening, so I have done all the unpleasant jobs on the boat - changed the fuel filter, pumped out the bilge, cleaned the raw water filter, emptied the Elsan, vacuumed, washed up... so now I have the whole day free! I take a look at Mountsorrel Lock, with its very low bridge immediately below the lock. Then it's into Loughborough to have a look at the Great Central Railway, the longest double track steam heritage railway in the UK, running at speeds of up to 45mph from Loughborough to Leicester. On the way home I do some shopping at Aldi, and we drive through Sileby to have a look at the shops that are available to boaters staying in the boatyard just 15 mins walk away.
Please have a look at my other videos of cruising the cut.
Discovering Leicestershire - St Morrell's Round Pilgrimage Trail #rambling #hiking #leicestershire
The trail was taken from the British Pilgrimage Trust's website. 17 miles, which turned out to be 18.6 miles according to my Strava recording.
The ramble took us over rolling farmland, ancient woodland and various quaint little English villages along the way. We stopped at Launde Abbey's cafe for lunch which was well priced and the food was amazing.
It was a tough ramble and towards the end we really did start to feel it in our legs and feet.
I'd like to say a special thank you Selina and Snay for joining me on this tough trail.
This walk was part of a fundraiser for the Samaritans. If you'd like to make a small contribution, it would be greatly appreciated. Here is the link for the just giving page:
For more information on the Samaritans and the good work they do, please visit their website:
If you would like to walk the trail please visit this link, you can also request the GPX file too.
Here are various please to stop along the way for refreshments.
Cafe Near Tugby (on route)
Launde Abbey (on route)
The Sun Inn in Belton-in-Rutland (pub slightly off route)
The Fox Inn in Hallaton (on route)
Do check openings times before setting out to avoid disappointment.
Great Central Railway Mountsorrel DMU Services, March 2023
Heritage DMU services on the Great Central Railway between Leicester North and Mountsorrel, featuring Derby Lightweight DMU Iris and a Class 101 set.
Photos from this visit are at mkttransportphoto.smugmug.com.
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060 - Mountsorrel to Leicester || A Realtime Narrowboat Journey
From: Mountsorrel
To: Leicester
Waterways: Grand Union Canal - Leicester Line
Date Filmed: 1st May 2018
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Video Credit - Steve Cramp, Daniel Bowler
The Mountsorrel Branch Opening Day 24/10/15 - The Official Video!
This video film records the culmination of 8 years of effort by the group of volunteers who, under the leadership of Steve Cramp, have recreated the branch line from Swithland Sidings (on the Great Central Railway) to the new station at Bond Lane, Mountsorrel, Leicestershire.
Lewes Road to Brading Road / England Brighton
Lewes Road to Brading Road / England Brighton
Canal walk from Leicester to Loughborough
Canal walk from Aylestone Meadows in Leicester to Loughborough
The Rebuilding of the Mountsorrel Railway
This is a shortened version of a film first produced in 2013. It was made just as the last rails were being laid in the ambitious Mountsorrel branch line project.
It's presented as a tribute to the hard work involved.
Since then the scheme has gone from strength to strength with Royal visits, new stations and a heritage centre. For more information head to
Quarry Bottom Narrow Gauge Railway at the Mountsorrel and Rothley Community Heritage Centre
Mountsorrel and Rothley Community Heritage Centre
Ruston Hornsby 85049 Malcom is seen operating the Quarry Bottom Narrow Gauge Railway.
We take a look inside the main exhibition hall, including exhibits LMS 3F Jinty 47406, Powesland & Mason Works No. 921 0-4-0ST which formerly ran for Berry Wiggins & Co Ltd and Manchester Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway Coach number 946 of 1888.
(C) Lee Andrew Davies 2023
Swithland Reservoir / Mavic 2 Pro / 4K / Cinematic
Location: Swithland Reservoir in Leicestershire, UK
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37069+37604 on 6U77 Mountsorrel to Crewe 24/10/16
What a great sight seeing these tractors on a freight working at Rugeley Trent Valley, I also filmed 6U76 on the morning working which will be in a class 37 compilation.
Eldon hill quarry 2.7k 60fps dji mavic air
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Straight from craft
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Great central railway Mountsorrel branch line trains 4th March 2023
The great central railway is closed between Loughborough and Swithland sidings so for 4 weeks we have a dmu service using 2 sets the class 101 2 car set and iris the derby lightweight railcar between Leicester North and Mountsorrel up the branch line also calling at Rothley and the heritage centre at Nunckley hill