Egerton Park
Park / Open Spaces / Outdoor Gyms
13.6 miles
Egerton Park has two football pitches let to both Saturday and Sunday league teams, showers and changing rooms. It is also the home of Egerton Park Cricket Club. It plays host to major Town events, like Melton Day and sporting events.
Coleorton Wood
Park / Open Spaces / Outdoor Gyms
13.6 miles
A 6.4 ha woodland now owned by Coleorton Parish Council. It was planted in 1991/2 on the site of the former Coleorton (or 'Bug and Wink') Colliery with funds raised through the Royal Mail and Woody Tree Campaign.
Play Close Park
Park / Open Spaces / Outdoor Gyms
13.7 miles
Play Close is the back garden of St Mary’s Church and hosts some of the town’s premier events throughout the year, including the Melton Country Fair, the annual hunt meet on New Year’s Day, fairs, circus' and other seasonal events.
Priors Close
Park / Open Spaces / Outdoor Gyms
13.7 miles
Priors Close is a beautiful park, with a lake and bridge and is a haven for wildlife, as well as a place to sit and reflect. There is also an open air Skate Park.
During the summer months, band concerts can be enjoyed on a Sunday afternoon in New Park.
Wilton Park
Park / Open Spaces / Outdoor Gyms
13.8 miles
Wilton Park is the sporting park with tennis courts, five-a-side football, pitch & putt, the Mowbray Train, outdoor Gym Equipment and small children’s playground, picnic areas and tranquil gardens.
Logan Street Play Park
Park / Open Spaces / Outdoor Gyms
13.9 miles
Green, spacious park with football goals, swings and other climbing equipment which suits younger children.
Sherrard Play Park
Park / Open Spaces / Outdoor Gyms
13.9 miles
Pleasant park with a mini football pitch and several play structures.
Great Bowden Recreation Ground
Park / Open Spaces / Outdoor Gyms
14.1 miles
Large green park with play equipment for younger children.
South Kilworth Recreation Ground
Park / Open Spaces / Outdoor Gyms
14.1 miles
A lovely park, with lots to do for kids of all ages.
Roman Way Park
Park / Open Spaces / Outdoor Gyms
14.1 miles
Spacious, green park which is suitable for children.
Symingtons Recreation Ground
Park / Open Spaces / Outdoor Gyms
14.3 miles
Great space used mostly for football and walks.
Welland Park
Park / Open Spaces / Outdoor Gyms
14.3 miles
Welland Park is the largest park in Market Harborough.
Melton Country Park
Park / Open Spaces / Outdoor Gyms
14.3 miles
Explore 140 acres of wildlife lakes, footpaths trails and children's play areas in Melton Country Park just ten minutes walk from the town centre.
Burford Green
Park / Open Spaces / Outdoor Gyms
14.4 miles
Large green field with a basketball court and some play equipment for children.
Thorpe Road Playing Field
Park / Open Spaces / Outdoor Gyms
14.5 miles
A green and open field which is best suited to walk through or to walk dogs.
Market Harborough Virtual Orienteering
Park / Open Spaces / Outdoor Gyms
14.6 miles
Virtual orienteering on your smart phone around Market Harborough.
Measham Valley (Church View & Wynn's Wood)
Park / Open Spaces / Outdoor Gyms
14.7 miles
This 36.11ha woodland was created in 2006/07 through the National Forest Company's Tender Scheme. It is an attractive site including some Cricket Bat Willows and Black Poplars. There is public access on this site.
Melton Virtual Orienteering & Trails
Park / Open Spaces / Outdoor Gyms
14.7 miles
Virtual orienteering on your smart phone,
Buggy Walking Group
Park / Open Spaces / Outdoor Gyms
14.7 miles
The Buggy Walking Group meets once a week to encourage parents / carers to get outdoors and do a local park walk in green space and meet others. Aimed at beginner level with a pushchair.
Bellfields Recreation Ground
Park / Open Spaces / Outdoor Gyms
14.7 miles
Nice little play area mostly aimed at the younger children, but there is also green space and benches for adults.
Woodland Survival Crafts
Park / Open Spaces / Outdoor Gyms
14.8 miles
Established in 1995 we provide high quality fun days and weekends for the family and schools, approved training courses for outdoor professionals such as Forest School Leaders, Wildlife Rangers and Outdoor Pursuit Instructors as well as great days out for
Little Bowden Virtual Orienteering Course
Park / Open Spaces / Outdoor Gyms
14.8 miles
Virtual orienteering on your smart phone around Little Bowden.
Quakers Wood
Park / Open Spaces / Outdoor Gyms
14.9 miles
Quakers Wood is a 12.4 ha site near Ravenstone, planted in 2003 and named after the adjoining Quakers Plantation.
Little Bowden Recreation Ground
Park / Open Spaces / Outdoor Gyms
15 miles
A green park with grass areas for walks or relaxing in. There is also play equipment which is fenced off from the rest of the park, as well as football pitch and basketball court.
Holwell Reserves
Park / Open Spaces / Outdoor Gyms
15.1 miles
Enjoy a walk at Holwell Reserves, disused quarries, with a mixture of grassland, woodland and exposed rock faces create a peaceful atmosphere throughout the year.
Sunnyside Wood
Park / Open Spaces / Outdoor Gyms
15.1 miles
A 25ha scheme between Packington and Ashby de la Zouch perfect for walks.
Lount Nature Reserve
Park / Open Spaces / Outdoor Gyms
15.2 miles
A nature reserve of the site of New Lount Colliery, the shortest-lived colliery in the area, which operated from 1924-1968. In 1997, Leicestershire County Council completed restoration with financial aid from the Government and through European funding.
Normandy Wood
Park / Open Spaces / Outdoor Gyms
15.3 miles
Normandy Wood is a 2.4ha woodland, planted near Packington, to commemorate the D-Day landings.
Park Pale Wood
Park / Open Spaces / Outdoor Gyms
15.4 miles
Park Pale Wood, a Tender Scheme winner from 2000, covers nearly 28 ha near Ashby de la Zouch.
Old Parks Farm
Park / Open Spaces / Outdoor Gyms
15.5 miles
Old Parks Farm is a 14.5ha Tender Scheme winner from 1999 on the outskirts of Ashby de la Zouch.
Willesley Wood
Park / Open Spaces / Outdoor Gyms
16 miles
Michael Heseltine planted the first tree in the development phase of the National Forest at this 42ha Woodland Trust site near Ashby in 1991.
Hood Park Orienteering Course
Park / Open Spaces / Outdoor Gyms
16 miles
Permanent Orienteering Sprint Trail for you to follow. Orienteering Town Trial nearby.
Ashby Town Orienteering Trail
Park / Open Spaces / Outdoor Gyms
16 miles
Permanent Orienteering Trails for you to follow around Ashby Town.
Bath Grounds
Park / Open Spaces / Outdoor Gyms
16.1 miles
Found in the heart of the town's heritage area, the bath grounds form part of the Ashby Green Corridor which connects the south of the town to Ashby Castle.
Woodcote Farm
Park / Open Spaces / Outdoor Gyms
16.6 miles
A 1997 Tender Scheme winner for the Woodland Trust, Woodcote Farm covers 9.47ha close to Smisby and Ashby-de-la-Zouch.
Oakham Virtual Orienteering
Park / Open Spaces / Outdoor Gyms
16.6 miles
Virtual orienteering on your smart phone, download map from British orienteering and download the latest Maprun app. Use the app to check you have done the course correctly and get your time and position on the leader board.
Prestop Park
Park / Open Spaces / Outdoor Gyms
16.8 miles
A 25.5 ha Tender Scheme winner in 1999 and 2001, Prestop Park lies on the outskirts of Ashby-de-la-Zouch. it is highly visible from the road with a permissive link created to the A511.
Marsh Wood
Park / Open Spaces / Outdoor Gyms
16.8 miles
An 11.1ha woodland adjacent to Smisby and the Ashby Bypass, the focus of Marsh Wood is the provision of wet woodland and other wetland habitats that favour wetland birds such as snipe, curlew and redshank.
Olivia's Wood
Park / Open Spaces / Outdoor Gyms
16.9 miles
Olivia's Wood is a 20 ha site created on former farmland two miles from Ashby de la Zouch.
Willesley Woods Virtual Orienteering
Park / Open Spaces / Outdoor Gyms
16.9 miles
Virtual orienteering on your smart phone around Willesley Woods.
Hicks Lodge Virtual Orienteering & Trail
Park / Open Spaces / Outdoor Gyms
16.9 miles
Virtual orienteering on your smart phone starting at Hicks Lodge..
Oakham Woodlands Virtual Orienteering & Trails
Park / Open Spaces / Outdoor Gyms
16.9 miles
Virtual orienteering on your smart phone, download map from British orienteering and latest Maprun app. Use app to check you have done the course correctly and get your time and position on the leader board.
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Permanent Orienteering Trails.
Welland Way Playground
Park / Open Spaces / Outdoor Gyms
17 miles
Wonderful play park for primary school age children with open green space and play equipment.
Saltersford Valley
Park / Open Spaces / Outdoor Gyms
17 miles
A 5.4ha site consisting of woodland, wet flashes and meadows on a landscape formed through mining subsidence. The site, owned by Leicestershire County Council, includes a rolled stone car park and link paths. Wheelchair users may need assistance in plac
John's Wood
Park / Open Spaces / Outdoor Gyms
17.2 miles
A 34.6 ha woodland in two parts near Ashby de la Zouch, which were planted in 1999 and 2002. John's Wood has a strong nature conservation focus and links with other new woodlands in the area.
Appleby Magna Recreation Ground
Park / Open Spaces / Outdoor Gyms
17.2 miles
Located next to the Appleby Magna Cricket Club there is some fenced off play equipment in a park for a range of ages.
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