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Market Harborough Foxton Locks Loop

Harborough, Market Harborough, England

Market Harborough Foxton Locks Loop

Length11.6 mi
Elev. Gain383.8 ft
Est. Steps27000

Trail

Places to sit

Kid friendly

Dog friendly

Historic site

Lake or River

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Introduction
Market Harborough Foxton Locks Loop is a 11.6 mile (27,000-step) route located near Harborough, Market Harborough, England. This route has an elevation gain of about 383.8 ft and is rated as medium. Find the best walking trails near you in Pacer App.
Great walk along the canal tow path to Foxton locks pub for lunch! Then across the fields to Lubenham and back to MH via the old railway line

Foxton Inclined Plane

Historical
The Foxton Inclined Plane is a canal inclined plane that is located on the Leicester line of the Grand Union Canal about 5 km (3.1 mi) west of the Leicestershire town of Market Harborough and are named after the nearby village of Foxton. The plane was built in 1900 as a solution to various operational restrictions imposed by the Foxton Lock flight.

Foxton Locks

Place
Foxton Locks (grid reference SP691895) are ten canal locks consisting of two "staircases" each of five locks, located on the Leicester line of the Grand Union Canal about 3 miles west of the Leicestershire town of Market Harborough. They are named after the nearby village of Foxton.They form the northern terminus of a 20-mile summit level that passes Husbands Bosworth, Crick and ends with the Watford flightAlongside the locks is the site of the Foxton Inclined Plane, built in 1900 to resolve the operational restrictions imposed by the lock flight.

Foxton, Leicestershire

Place
Foxton is a village and civil parish in the Harborough district, in the county of Leicestershire, England, to the north-west of Market Harborough. The village is on the Grand Union Canal and is a short walk to the site of the Foxton Locks and Foxton Inclined Plane. Swingbridge Street still has a working swing bridge that allows people and vehicles to pass over the canal, which can be opened to allow canal boats to pass.

St Nicholas' Church, Marston Trussell

Place
St Nicholas's Church is an Anglican Church and the parish church of Marston Trussell. It is a Grade I listed building and stands on the south side of Lubenham Road at the eastern edge of the village.The record made in 1086 for Marston Trussell in the Domesday Book does not mention the presence of a priest or a church.

Thorpe Lubenham

Place
Thorpe Lubenham is a deserted settlement and former civil parish in the English midland county of Northamptonshire.Thorpe Lubenham lies to the south of the Leicestershire village of Lubenham and south of the River Welland which forms the county boundary. The area is part of the civil parish of Marston Trussell and the district of Daventry.

The Tower House, Lubenham

Place
The Tower House, formerly known as The Cottage or Lubenham Cottage is a Grade II listed Georgian house in Lubenham, Leicestershire, England. It is situated to the north of the churchyard on Rushes Lane. Originally a farmhouse, it was enlarged by Cubitts in 1865 as a hunting box for Benedict John "Cherry" Angell, with adjoining stables added in 1852.

Lubenham railway station

Place
Lubenham railway station was a railway station serving Lubenham in the English county of Leicestershire. It was opened on the Rugby and Stamford Railway in 1850.

Lubenham

Place
Lubenham is a small rural village and civil parish 2 miles (3.2 km) west of the market town of Market Harborough, in the Harborough district, in the south of Leicestershire, England. The first National Hunt Chase Challenge Cup was held in Lubenham, on the grounds of what is now Thorpe Lubenham Hall. Lubenham Parish extends to Gartree in the north and Bramfield Park in the west.

Welland Park Academy

School
Welland Park Academy, or Welland Park School as it is better known, is a state-funded middle school in Market Harborough, Leicestershire for students aged 11 to 16.

Boy and Horse

Tourist Attraction
Route Details

Length

11.6 mi

Elev. Gain

383.8 ft

Est. Steps

27000
Created by
Zig
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