3 stops, plotted to loop back where you started.
Sunday is a good day to stay local and make the most of it, and this route keeps everything within a short drive of each other in Loughborough. You have a farm, a working steam railway, and an outdoor gardeners' fair lined up, which is a solid combination for a day spent mostly outside.
- 1From the off≈ 150 min visit
Stonehurst Family Farm and Motor Museum
LoughboroughStart with Stonehurst Family Farm and Motor Museum in Loughborough. Sunlight bounces off a lovingly polished vintage bonnet while hens cluck past and children dissolve into laughter on the tractor ride — Stonehurst really is a one-of-a-kind Leicestershire treasure. Worth the fresh air today.
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- 28 min · 3.2 mi from the last stopAfter 2h 38m≈ 180 min visit
Great Central Railway
LoughboroughNext up — Great Central Railway in Loughborough. Great Central Railway is Britain's only double-track mainline heritage railway. Worth the fresh air today.
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- 32 min · 0.4 mi from the last stopAfter 5h 40m≈ 120 min visit
Love Loughborough - Gardeners' Fair
LoughboroughFinish at Love Loughborough - Gardeners' Fair in Loughborough . A celebration of gardening and plants held in the heart of Loughborough's market town centre. Worth the fresh air today. (open Suns only.)
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