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Abbey Park Tearooms and the bridge over the River Soar
Abbey Park - Get Walking Day - Members-only    
5.4km / 3.3mi  -  1 hour 37 minutes    Easy
This pleasant 3 mile walk takes in the green spaces of Abbey Park and Castle Gardens, canal and river towpaths with abundant wildlife and the old historical part of Leicester and the car park where the remains of King Richard III were found.
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The Spring Cottage Access Area
YHA National Forest: Walk 2 - Free    
6.8km / 4.2mi  -  2 hours    Moderate
This slightly longer walk covers some of the same ground as walk 1, but includes more mature woodland.
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One of the wildlife ponds
YHA National Forest: Walk 1. - Members-only    
6.4km / 4.0mi  -  2 hours    Leisurely
A gentle walk through a mixture of grassland, woodland and water habitats at the heart of the National Forest recreational area.
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Moira Furnace and canal
YHA National Forest (Overseal) - Moira / Donisthorpe Circuit - Members-only    
4.9km / 3.1mi  -  1 hour 30 minutes    Easy
A modest walk taking in a wide variety of landscapes and historic features; old rail tracks, a re-watered canal, a restored Napoleonic-period blast furnace, old lime kilns and landscaped/ reforested mining land. Part of new National Forest project.
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Macclesfield Canal Bridge 7
Cown Edge Way part 1 - Free    
5.0km / 3.1mi  -  1 hour 30 minutes    Leisurely
Apart from one 500 yard stretch of road, this is a quiet, gently rising, route through fields and woodland, passing alongside two golf courses. It crosses a steep-sided brook and ends with a short walk along the towpath of the Macclesfield Canal.
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