Sharnford, Sapcote, Aston Flamville by Kathy

Sunday, 13th October, 2024.
Sharnford Fields Map

The Walkers ready for the off

We parked up at Fosse Meadows Car Park No. 2 (///delighted.spine.gliding) and, after shaking off numerous four-legged furry things, headed off along the track towards Sharnford. We joined the Leicestershire Round, and left it to pop over Soar Brook onto Bumble Bee Gardens. This led to Leicester Road (the B4114) and we passed the Sharnford Arms (hopefully back in business by now).

An open fieldWe wandered along the side of the busy main road until we reached Cooper Close. At the end of the close is a footpath through the fields. Don’t turn left off this footpath like we did, but head straight on keeping the hedgerow on your left. After a couple of stiles and some zig-zagging past the cemetery and the school, we entered Sapcote on Cook’s Lane and headed to the church for a brief stop.

A leafy pathway
A tree

Trekking' 

We came back down Church Street and turned right onto Bassett Lane and then onto Park Road. There are open fields on the left but just before the housing, there is a footpath heading west. After a short while, we joined a road through a fairly new housing estate and left it to traverse another footpath. When we reached a track that doubled as a bridleway we turned left and followed the bridleway past Manor Farm and onto Sharnford Road.

Lovely Shire horse

We ambled along the side of the road until Lychgate Lane appeared on the left. This lane took us through the village of Aston Flamville and we turned onto a footpath when the lane bore right. This footpath was another section of the Leicestershire Round, and it culminated at a stile leading onto Aston Lane. A short plod along the lane and we found ourselves turning left onto Leicester Road and heading for the Bricklayers. After some enjoyable refreshments in very comfortable surroundings, we headed back the way we came – almost!

The entire walk, including diversions (!), was less than 7 miles. There were a few easily manageable stiles and the undulation was hardly noticeable.