Blaby District Heritage Walk 4

Walks, England, Leicestershire, Blaby

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  • Your walk starts opposite the Elephant and Castle pub, on the junction of Main Street and Church Street.

    Step 1: Your walk starts opposite the Elephant and Castle pub, on the junction of Main Street and Church Street.

  • Turn right and walk along Main Street. You will pass Thurlaston Chapel, originally a Baptist Chapel, built in 1787 and rebuilt in 1842.

    Step 2: Turn right and walk along Main Street. You will pass Thurlaston Chapel, originally a Baptist Chapel, built in 1787 and rebuilt in 1842.

  • Approaching the end of the houses before the Garden Centre, you will see what remains of a Victorian sewage stench pipe.

    Step 3: Approaching the end of the houses before the Garden Centre, you will see what remains of a Victorian sewage stench pipe.

  • Shortly before reaching the garden centre, take the footpath on the left.

    Step 4: Shortly before reaching the garden centre, take the footpath on the left.

  • Continue along the footpath until you cross a small concrete bridge over the brook, then follow the field along the M69 motorway.

    Step 5: Continue along the footpath until you cross a small concrete bridge over the brook, then follow the field along the M69 motorway.

  • Cross over the M69 using the farm track.

    Step 6: Cross over the M69 using the farm track.

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