Leicester — Kibworth Harcourt
Leikib two
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By Hugh Hudson on 19 Nov 2023
Description
This alternative and slightly longer route removes several problem areas I found while testing LEIKIB one. The main one is to use the Grand Union canal rather than walking through Great Glen, which avoids both an unpleasant stretch of road walking and what appears to be a trespass using a farm lane that is not a right of way. I have also changed the route out of Leicester city centre and the route through Oadby - the golf course path is wet and goes through a new housing development, and the A6 has a good pavement, so the straighter line seems preferable.
There are some sections that I have not yet walked, so I won't review it yet
This alternative and slightly longer route removes several problem areas I found while testing LEIKIB one. The main one is to use the Grand Union canal rather than walking through Great Glen, which avoids both an unpleasant stretch of road walking and what appears to be a trespass using a farm lane that is not a right of way. I have also changed the route out of Leicester city centre and the route through Oadby - the golf course path is wet and goes through a new housing development, and the A6 has a good pavement, so the straighter line seems preferable.
There are some sections that I have not yet walked, so I won't review it yet
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Geography information system (GIS) data
Total length
Maximum elevation
Minimum elevation
Start and end points
Leicester
Grid Ref
SK5875604622
Lat / Lon
52.63619° / -1.13321°
Easting / Northing
458,756E / 304,622N
What3Words
newly.assure.cook
Kibworth Harcourt
Grid Ref
SP6827793724
Lat / Lon
52.53712° / -0.99479°
Easting / Northing
468,277E / 293,724N
What3Words
rigs.caravans.liberty
| Leicester | |
|---|---|
| Grid Ref | SK5875604622 |
| Lat / Lon | 52.63619° / -1.13321° |
| Easting / Northing | 458,756E / 304,622N |
| What3Words | newly.assure.cook |
| Kibworth Harcourt | |
|---|---|
| Grid Ref | SP6827793724 |
| Lat / Lon | 52.53712° / -0.99479° |
| Easting / Northing | 468,277E / 293,724N |
| What3Words | rigs.caravans.liberty |
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review
Tod Wood
11 Aug 2024A great walk. The Leicester end is more urban/residential as you’d expect but the route for the most part avoids main roads. Once out of Leicester then you walk along countryside footpaths or fields, before hitting the canal for the final third of the journey. If you do the walk starting at Kibworth then there’s one bit where there is a fence with a narrow road/trackto the left and fields to the right. It’s not clear which side of the fence you should walk. The answer is the road side. At the end of the road you come to a metal gate with a house beyond, and fields to the right with chickens and pigs. The route isn’t signposted and you do feel like you’re on private land here. As I looked lost the owner of the house came out and was very nice and told me how to proceed. The answer btw is to climb the gate on the left and then round the corner hop over the wire fence into the field. Once you get to the corner of the field then the public footpath is marked again.
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