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This is a Slow Ways route connecting Shepshed and Markfield.
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This is a Slow Ways route connecting Shepshed and Markfield.
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Geography information system (GIS) data
Total length
Maximum elevation
Minimum elevation
Start and end points
Shepshed
Grid Ref
SK4801219558
Lat / Lon
52.77151° / -1.28978°
Easting / Northing
448,012E / 319,558N
What3Words
resources.unspoiled.ribs
Markfield
Grid Ref
SK4890010149
Lat / Lon
52.68685° / -1.27802°
Easting / Northing
448,900E / 310,149N
What3Words
level.racks.shampoos
Shemar One's land is
Shepshed | |
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Grid Ref | SK4801219558 |
Lat / Lon | 52.77151° / -1.28978° |
Easting / Northing | 448,012E / 319,558N |
What3Words | resources.unspoiled.ribs |
Markfield | |
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Grid Ref | SK4890010149 |
Lat / Lon | 52.68685° / -1.27802° |
Easting / Northing | 448,900E / 310,149N |
What3Words | level.racks.shampoos |
Arable | 21.8% |
Pasture | 47.2% |
Urban | 25.4% |
Woods | 5.5% |
Data: Corine Land Cover (CLC) 2018
reviews
Ken
21 Aug 2024This route has a very pleasant path with great northward views but it’s trapped between long sections of road walking. Seat at Copt Oak church and inn but looks a bit posh. Cattle and stiles grass and crops, paths not well used perhaps because of road walking to access them. Locked gate reported by Hugh had been sorted.
As Hugh I also walked to Shepshed the exit from Markfield starts well alongside allotments and the road bridge over the A50 offers a safer crossing. Ulverscroft Grange has a cafe, weekday openings only. The section of verge here is well mown and may invite walkers to visit as the next path did show signs of use.
Copt Oak church offers a seat but I didn’t see a tap, often located at a church. I did search for the plotted old road route but no sign of it so go up to the lights. Back on a field path which initially is alongside the noisy motorway. As we round Birch Hill the view north opens up and is worth a pause to spot landmarks. This is a little used path so the cropped field of maize had not been cleared but was not yet six feet tall so I was able to spot the yellow topped post plus follow the accurate plotting.
We can only see the roof tops of the well hidden Charley Hall and again as Hugh states the plotted path has been lost so follow the beaten route and we are soon back on track. The police dog training area appears to be a Scout camp so I do wonder if this is a misleading sign that should be removed. The approach to the road is along a stone wall lined disused farm drive.
The road is not unpleasant to walk along but does need care and after turning at the cross roads there was once a pavement but it’s long since that it was maintained and it’s also overgrown in places which forced me to cross the road to walk facing oncoming traffic. As soon as a decent pavement appears we leave the road.
From here there are no issues, a mix of suburban roads and potentially muddy footpaths. An interesting walk and very pleasant in places. The map offers little opportunity to avoid the roads without major detours.
Hugh Hudson
20 Jan 2024 (edited 21 Jan 2024)Walked from Markfield to Shepshed. A lot of road walking, but all felt fairly safe. Some sections that would have been muddy had they not been frozen. Plenty of stiles, one padlocked gate that I had to climb. Overall not a bad route.
From the rather undistinguished Markfield meeting point, we go south a short distance and follow an alleyway right up the hill. Beyond the houses we turn right again and follow a roughly surfaced lane out to Hill Lane, which has a pavement on the far side. We cross and turn right, then go left and right at Ashby Road to continue up Whitwick Road. The pavement on the right ceases to be fully surfaced beyond the A50 junction, but a thin roughly gravelled strip continues and the verge is quite wide. We follow the road for some distance then take the signposted footpath right, which is mostly gated but looked as if it might be wet and muddy in less frozen conditions.
The path passes two tall masts and emerges in the churchyard at Copt Oak. We follow the drive out back to Whitwick Road and the Copt Oak pub (the last facility before Shepshed, but no use to me in mid-morning). We cross Copt Oak Road (the shortcut across the junction doesn'r seem to work but in any case it is easier to cross at the traffic lights), We cross the M1 bridge and immediately turn right on a signposted footpath. This path has many stiles but appears to be quite well trodden, despite one gate that was padlocked and a few muddy sections. The views as we descend the hill are quite wide-ranging, and further down we pass through Charley Woods, a nature reserve (the paths here don't quite match the right of way lines, but are quite well signposted.
We cross another little wood that claims to be a police dog training site (no visible signs of activity on a Saturday morning), cross another couple of fields and turn right down a farm lane to reach Charley Road. There are no pavements here but the road is reasonably quiet and the verges are mostly wide enough to provide refuge if necessary. At a crossroads we turn right up Iveshead Road, which crosses a hill then heads down towards Shepshed. We cross a little roundabout then turn left beyond the pub into Jolly Farmers Lane, which leads to a paved path straight on. Brick Kiln Lane has no pavement but is quiet and fairly wide.
At Ashby Road West we turn right for a few meters, cross and turn left across a field and through a wood, another field and over an old railway to Rockingham Close. From here the rest of the walk is a simple matter of following the GPX line through pavements and one surfaced path between and park and a stream, then right down Held Street to the Shepshed meeting point, which is conveniently situated at the bus stop for Loughborough and Leicester.
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