Places of Interest
Canal village, locks and tunnel at Braunston
Watford Lock Staircase
Foxton Locks and Inclined Plane
Market Harborough
Leicester
Shardlow restored canal port and village
Burton on Trent breweries and ale
Coventry Cathedral
Possible Holidays on the Leicestershire Ring
One Week
There are a number of superb one week out-and-back routes in the
Leicestershire Ring area.
Towards Market Harborough: from Braunston turn at Norton
Junction onto the Leicester Ring through tunnels, staircase locks,
and open countryside. A shorter option is to the Welford branch.
Ashby and North Oxford Canals: A very leisurely route
with only four locks up the Ashby Canal to Snarestone. Famous
for the death of King Richard III, the Bosworth Battlefield with
Visitor Centre and Country Park is less than a mile from the canal.
Towards Oxford: at Napton take the beautiful meandering
historic South Oxford Canal to Cropredy village and Banbury. (See
Thames Ring Guide)
Towards Stoke Bruerne: at Braunston head down the Grand
Union Canal to Stoke Bruerne and its Waterways Museum. A rural
route with two tunnels including Blisworth Tunnel (3056 yards,
the longest in England). (See Thames Ring Guide).
Short Breaks
Mid-week and weekend breaks are available from all Holidays in
the UK bases on the Leicestershire Ring. These can be adapted
from the one-week routes above.
Longer Holidays
A two week trip on the Leicestershire Ring gives ample time for
seeing the many interesting sights; it may be possible to link
in the Warwickshire Ring section through Birmingham. In three
weeks it will be possible to cover the Thames Ring.
