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Eye Kettleby Lakes Walks

3.4 miles (5.5 km)

Ordnance Survey Map Open Streetmap This holiday park is located just south west of Melton Mowbray in rural Leicestershire.
You can follow a series of footpaths around the site which includes a number of pretty fishing lakes. There are also public footpaths heading into the surrounding countryside and a lovely tea room where you can enjoy some post walk refreshment.
You can continue your walking in the area by heading to the nearby Burrough Hill Country Park and Melton Country Park. There's more lovely lakeside trails with ponds, lakes and weirs to enjoy here. The Mowbray Way, a long distance waymarked trail, can also be picked up in the park and used to further explore the area.

Postcode

LE14 2TN - Please note: Postcode may be approximate for some rural locations

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Eye Kettleby Lakes OS Map Ordnance survey map - Mobile GPS OS Map with Location tracking

Eye Kettleby Lakes Open Street Map Open Streetmap - Mobile GPS Map with Location tracking

Walks near Eye Kettleby Lakes

  • Burrough Hill Country Park - This circular walk climbs to the 210m (690 ft) high Burrough Hill
  • Melton Country Park - Explore 137 acres of open space in Melton Mowbray
  • Mowbray Way - A short walk through the Leicestershire countryside from Scalford, passing Waltham on the Wolds and Buckminster park before finishing at Buckminster
  • Leicestershire Round - Explore the countryside, villages, canals, rivers and reservoirs of Leicestershire on this interesting and varied circular walk
  • Breedon Hill - This walk explores the attractive Leicestershire village of Breedon on the Hill.
  • Bradgate Country Park - Bradgate is a very large, 830 acre park located just outside the city of Leicester
  • Rutland Water - This splendid Nature Reserve has a fabulous cycling and walking path around the perimeter of the huge artificial lake

Further Information and Other Local Ideas

To the south there's the historic Launde Abbey Estate to explore. Here you can explore the landscaped gardens and attractive parkland surrounding the fine Elizabethan manor house.

Photos

Eye Kettleby Lakes - geograph.org.uk - 559744

Eye Kettleby Lakes

Eye Kettleby Fishing Lakes - geograph.org.uk - 1760139

Eye Kettleby Fishing Lakes

Fishing Lake at Eye Kettleby - geograph.org.uk - 1760122

Fishing Lake at Eye Kettleby

House off Kirby Lane - geograph.org.uk - 2132499

House off Kirby Lane

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