Explore Leicestershire ... on foot

View towards Hungarton, by Mat Fascione

Want to get out and enjoy the Leicestershire countryside now the days are getting longer? Why not try a walk from one of Leicestershire County Council's Parish Walks leaflets? There are currently 40 leaflets, each one describing a choice of walks starting and finishing in a particular village, and all are downloadable from the the council's website.
http://www.leics.gov.uk/index/environment/countryside/walking/parishwalks.htm

Tucked away in beautiful countryside a few miles to the east of Leicester, lies Hungarton, (pictured above) one of the 40 villages covered in the Parish Walk series. It's a charming, unspoilt village, with many of its houses showing the red and buff brick chequer pattern built by Shukbrugh Ashby who lived there in the mid 18th century. It has a very good pub called the Black Boy Inn.
The leaflet has two walks around Hungarton (3.5 and 4 miles), one of which will take you past the lovely Quenby Hall, built in 1627.