ShepshedMarkfield

Shemar one
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By a Slow Ways Volunteer on 07 Apr 2021


Distance

12km/7mi

Ascent

271m

Descent

155m

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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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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

Arable 21.8%
Pasture 47.2%
Urban 25.4%
Woods 5.5%

Data: Corine Land Cover (CLC) 2018

review


Hugh Hudson

20 Jan 2024 (edited 21 Jan 2024) Winter

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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