Leicester Community Links Walk

Walks, England, Leicestershire, City of Leicester
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Leicester Community Links Walk

River Soar, Leicester

by choosehowyoumovelcc

  • 25 minutes / 1.3km
  • 6

A stroll from the Community Links’ Holden Street Allotment, along the River Soar, passing the National Space Centre.

  • Wildlife
  • Water feature
  • Great views
  • Picnic spot
  • Botanics

Walk preview

Map preview for Leicester Community Links Walk
  1. Step 1:

  2. Start at Community Links’ Holden Street Allotment, a community project to learn how gardening can help wellbeing, at the Ross Walk entrance.

    Step 2: Start at Community Links’ Holden Street Allotment, a community project to learn how gardening can help wellbeing, at the Ross Walk entrance.

  3. Step 3: Continue straight ahead on Ross Walk, towards Holden Street.

  4. Turn left onto the Ross Walk cut through, towards the River Soar.

    Step 4: Turn left onto the Ross Walk cut through, towards the River Soar.

  5. Continue straight ahead on the cut through. Then bear right.

    Step 5: Continue straight ahead on the cut through. Then bear right.

  6. Cross the Ross Walk Footbridge.

    Step 6: Cross the Ross Walk Footbridge.

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