Swithland into the Woods, up Beacon Hill, Causeway Lane and Cropston back to Swithland - 12.5k

Name: Swithland into the Woods, up Beacon Hill, Causeway Lane and Cropston back to Swithland - 12.5k
Start: 2025-08-31T09:30:00+01:00
Location: The Griffin Inn - Swithland

Schedule

Sun, 31 Aug, 2025 at 09:30 am

UTC+01:00

Location

The Griffin Inn - Swithland | Loughborough, EN

Please find details of our next planned walk for 9:30am on Sunday 31st August 2025.
https://explore.osmaps.com/route/28316047/swithland-and-the-woods-beacon-hill-cropston-reservoir-causeway-lane-to-swithland-round?lat=52.69591&lon=-1.19378&zoom=13.2994&style=Standard&type=2d
The start and finish are at The Griffin Pub, Main Street, Swithland - Please be considerate to park on Main Street, Swithland as The Griffin Pub car park is for patrons.
There is ample, free on street car parking and it's not a massively busy route so we should be good.
I will reccy the walk during the coming days, but I know this route like the back of my hand and it's a little beauty.
Some things to note....(comprehensive notes will be provided after the reccy)....
- Well behaved dogs are more than welcome - just be aware that there are some sections where they may need to be on a lead (especially thru' Bradgate Park). From what I remember, there are normally fluids for dogs at Bradgate Park main toilets, but this may be the only place until we get back to The Griffin.
- There may be a couple of stiles, but I believe most of them are 'kssing gates' and the whole route should be nice and dry under foot and there aren't many places which hold water from what I remember on this route.
- There may be some cattle in one of the fields we pass, but they are normally well away from our path and they are very used to walkers.
- There are two toilet stops - both in Bradgate Park (Hunts Hill & in the centre of Bradgate Park)
- We will stop for a little break at the top of Beacon Hill to take on fluids and gather our breath.
- The route can be rather exposed to the Sun, so please protect yourselves with a hat, sunscreen and plenty of fluids.
- We will reward ourselves with a nice drink at The Griffin and I will endeavour to ask them to reserve a table for X amount when I know how many people are joining us and who would want to stop for a refreshment.
- When I think of anything else, or have more information from my reccy, I'll let you know. I'll publish pictures of this walk and my Strava for your information.
- I hope this is useful and look forward seeing some of you lovely people again :)