Cotgrave — Melton Mowbray
Cotmel one
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This is a Slow Ways route connecting Cotgrave and Melton Mowbray.
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This is a Slow Ways route connecting Cotgrave and Melton Mowbray.
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Status
This route has been reviewed by 2 people.
This route has potentially been flagged (1 time) for reasons relating to access.
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Route status - Live
Reviews - 2
Average rating -
Is this route good enough? - Yes (1) Maybe (1)
Problems reported - Access (1)
Downloads - 5
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| Grade 4: Route includes very rough surfaces including deep ruts, steep loose gravel, unmade paths and deep muddy sections. Wheelchairs may experience traction/wheel spin issues. Access grade X: At least one stile, flight of steps or other obstacle that is highly likely to block access for wheelchair and scooter users. |
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Start and end points
Cotgrave
Grid Ref
SK6445335366
Lat / Lon
52.91189° / -1.04301°
Easting / Northing
464,453E / 335,366N
What3Words
nights.bandwagon.violinist
Melton Mowbray
Grid Ref
SK7527519116
Lat / Lon
52.76443° / -0.88585°
Easting / Northing
475,275E / 319,116N
What3Words
liner.pulse.libraries
Cotmel One's land is
| Cotgrave | |
|---|---|
| Grid Ref | SK6445335366 |
| Lat / Lon | 52.91189° / -1.04301° |
| Easting / Northing | 464,453E / 335,366N |
| What3Words | nights.bandwagon.violinist |
| Melton Mowbray | |
|---|---|
| Grid Ref | SK7527519116 |
| Lat / Lon | 52.76443° / -0.88585° |
| Easting / Northing | 475,275E / 319,116N |
| What3Words | liner.pulse.libraries |
| Arable | 51.7% |
| Pasture | 30.2% |
| Urban | 16.6% |
| Woods | 1.5% |
Data: Corine Land Cover (CLC) 2018
reviews
Ken
24 Sep 2024An enjoyable but challenging country walk, stiles, steps, cattle and horses. Limited refreshment opportunities depending on time and season which will also affect fields that are cropped.
I walked from Melton on a warm and dry autumn day. The road walk out of town is easy with safe road crossings and pavements. The path start point is subject to a diversion so may increase the road walking a little if it goes ahead. The stiles here are rather a challenge being high but the rails are firm and in one place I ducked under the top rail rather than over it. The path is not well walked but the plot and yellow posts offer precise guidance.
Crossing a road we enter the old iron works, long gone and repurposed. The path starts as a private road before well used paths enter scrub, continue ahead to locate a bridge over the railway. From this there is a good view of the test line and perhaps sight of some trains on trial before entering service.
It’s a short hop now to the road which is busy with walkers and cyclists but no cars as I progressed. Turning back into fields the path crosses a field but a track offers better walking so I stayed on that while on offer. We pass through a narrow belt of trees and now enter a field, no sign of a marked path but the crop had been cleared and only light cultivation made passage straightforward. There had been an overgrown boundary crossing so when I spotted an open gate onto the next road I headed for that.
The next cross field was also cultivated while the next offered a decent headland which showed signs of use by walkers this allowed me to avoid the recent heavy plough which would have been serious hard work to cross.
Entering Wartnaby I considered a detour to the church where there might be a seat alongside the grave to Lord King one time head of British Airways and Margaret Thatcher favourite businessman. We are now in ironstone country and the field we cross shows this well. A very short walk along the busy road, improved when mining was proposed at Asfordby, needs care. A wide headland leads to perhaps the highlight of this walk. On this bright day the view north was superb and I paused to pick out the villages.
For me the path was spoilt when the farmer turned to rearing bison because of the fencing needed to keep the stock away from the path. There is a cafe here, says the website. Nether Broughton offers an inn just off route or seats in the village and at the church.
The path to Hickling showed signs of use and is all grass but if you prefer, the road may not be too busy. One boundary cross had had the brambles cut which I appreciated. The path crosses a stream and enters Nottinghamshire but the path quality remains unchanged although approaching the village it does show more use.
The village road has a pavement passing the Village Hall. At the canal there is the Plough Inn and Old Wharf Tea Room along with public seats overlooking the basin, a good spot to take a break. From here there is some very easy walking along the surfaced towpath, then a section of quite lane and a byway, Herrywell Lane, restricted to non motorised vehicles. This climbs gently to the ridge that the Roman’s followed with their Fosse Way.
Our lane originally continued with a level crossing of the A46 but since improvements for traffic we have to make a detour as there are no level crossings of the road between Widmerpool and Newark. In theory we use a bridleway through Cotgrave Gorse but the route as shown on the map is impossible to follow so here the route fails and a new plot along a walked route is required. Rather a shame as I’d enjoyed the route to this point.
Hugh Hudson
29 May 2022 (edited 16 Nov 2022)This is a long and fairly challenging route. The canal and road parts are easy, but the path between Hickling and Nether Broughton has a lot of stiles, many of which are surrounded by nettles and could cause problems for older walkers and those wearing shorts or skirts. There was also one field where finding a route through dense crops was a little awkward. The route into Melton also has a few awkward high stiles requiring long legs, and the hill between Nether Broughton and Wartnaby is quite steep and overgrown in places. The route out of Cotgrave into the wood cannot be followed exactly because the rights of way on the OS map do not match the footpaths on the ground.
Overall, For fit walkers the route is quite enjoyable.
On reflection, I have decided that the problems with this route are not sufficient to flag it, because it is not at all obvious how to find a better one that does not have similar issues.
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