Tour of Leicestershire 1999

The tour originally started from Number 27 Lubbenham Hill Market Harborough, however its no longer lived in by TR owners but the mileages relate to this as your starting point as you leave Market Harborough in the direction of Lubbenham.

Action Signpost /Direction Distance

Exit M Harborough Lubbenham 0.0

Turn Right Marston Trussell 1 1.7

Turn Left Sibbertoft 2 ½ 2.6

Turn Left East Farndon 1 ½ 2.8

Right Fork Oxendon 2 4.3

Turn Right Clipston 2 ¼ 4.4

Turn Left Gt Oxendon 1 ½ 4.8

Bear Left 6.0

Cross A508 Braybrooke 3 6.3

Turn Left Desborough 2 8.7

Turn Right Harrington 1 ¾ 8.9

Bear Right Harrington 9.7

Follow road to Harrington

Right fork Kelmarsh 2 ¾ 10.5

Turn Left Foxall 1 11.0

Turn Right Lamport 3 (B576) 11.9

Turn Left Lamport Hall 14.9

Enter Lamport Hall

(Depending on the day you visit, Lamport Hall hosts many different shows during the summer months)

Exit Lamport Hall

Turn Right A 508 Through Kelmarsh

Turn Left Clipston 2 22.1

Bear Right East Farndon 2 ¾ 22.1

Turn Right East Farndon 22.3

Turn Left Sibbertoft 2 22.5

Turn Right Theddingworth 2 ¼ 24.5

Turn Left Hothorpe 1 ¾ 25.3

Turn Left & immediate Right Mowsley 2 ½ 26.9

Turn Right Gated Road Laughton 2 ¼ 27.0

Turn Right Lubbenham 2 ¾ 28.5

Turn Left Gumley 1 ½ 29.9

Turn Right Gated Road Foxton 30.1

Turn Right Foxton 1 30.7

Turn Right after humpback bridge into Foxton Locks Car Park 30.9

(At the locks you will find a pub and tea rooms as will as this famous series of locks on the Grand Union Canal)

Exit Foxton Locks Car Park

Turn Left

Take Right Fork Gumley 31.0

Left Fork Gated Road Laughton 1 ¼ 32.1

Straight over crossroads Saddington 2 32.2

Turn Right Saddington ½ 33.6

Turn Left Shearsby 2 ½ 34.2

Straight over A50 Bruntingthorpe 36.3

Pass Bruntingthorpe Proving Grounds and continue through Bruntingthorpe

Straight over Crossroads Willoughby 1 40.1

Turn Left Ashby Magna 1 ½ 41.2

Turn Right “7.5 Tonnes Except for Loading” 41.7

Cross Staggered Junction Shuttleworth Lane 42.8

Turn Right 44.0

Turn Left Whetstone 1 ¾ 44.2

Turn Right Park Road 44.3

Turn Left Littlethorpe 1 44.6

End of tour.

Continue through Littlethorpe, cross the railway line. When you get to the mini roundabout you can turn left or right and you will come to the B4114. (Left takes you towards the A5, Right towards Fosse Park and the M1/M69 junction.