Best walks to or from Sileby
Leicestershire · East Midlands of England | Walks by train
MapBeautiful walks starting or ending at Sileby Station.
Sileby Station to Melton Mowbray Station
A walk on field paths with stiles and muddy sections that can be very slippery in places and sticky in others, plus a few slightly awkward and steeper short sections. Includes a road with no pavement but with verges wide enough to walk on fairly comfortably.
20km. Moderate ascents.
The A46 can only be crossed safely at very limited points; this route uses a road with no pavement but adequate verges instead. Stiles and slippery mud.
Lunch: A pub and a shop in Frisby-on-the-Wreake, and two pubs a short distance from the route in Rearsby.
Documented by Slow Ways — download GPX route
Sileby Station to Syston Station
A short, fairly easy, direct route starting on pavements, then crossing two large arable fields, passing under the A46 beside the river, over the River Wreake and along the Wreake Valley cycle path. The field paths may be unclear or wet when crops are growing; some sections on roads. Plank bridges over ditches. Public toilet in the Syston car park.
Easy: 5km, gentle ascents.
Field paths across the two large fields can be unclear and potentially wet when crops are growing. Plank bridges cross ditches. The path under the A46 can be a bit overgrown in summer.
End-of-walk reward: Hideaway Cafe.
Documented by Slow Ways — download GPX route
Loughborough Station to Sileby Station
A cross-country walk that starts along the Loughborough canal, then crosses fields and briefly woodland in the Soar valley, with narrow paths and bridges to negotiate. It can be quite muddy towards the end and is prone to flooding in wet weather and with a number of steps and stiles. Barrow upon Soar makes a good stop roughly halfway.
Easy: 10km, gentle ascents.
The Soar valley floods quite frequently and the route can become impassable after heavy rain, with stiles surrounded by water and lanes underwater; a couple of big roads to cross, and a herd of cows and a farm with a 'dogs loose' sign en route. Can be muddy.
Lunch: Quite a few nice pubs along the way, with Barrow upon Soar a good half-way stop for a drink.