Bardon Hill 2.5 Mile Hike - FULL VIDEO TOUR (Leicesershire, UK)

Starting Point: 23 Dauphine Cl, Coalville, England (52.722423, -1.322633) The start point above provides a nice free place to park! Climb to the highest point in Leicestershire on this walk near Coalville. The hill is located just a couple of miles east of Coalville town centre. A good start point for the walk is the village of Whitwick just to the north of the hill. From here you can follow the Ivanhoe Way long distance trail to the hill. It's about a 2.5 mile walk from the village to the 912 feet (278 m) high hill summit where you will find a radio mast and wonderful views over the Charnwood Forest and the extensive Bardon Hill quarry below. On a clear day you can see as far as the Malvern Hills, the Shropshire Hills and the Peak District. To extend your walking in the area you could pick up the Charnwood Forest circular walk which runs past the hill. Following it south will take you to the village of Markfield which is an alternative start point for visiting the hill. Official Guide: https://www.nwleics.gov.uk/files/docu... On Greenhill Road between numbers 172 and 174 take the footpath sign-posted Ivanhoe Way, cross Romans Crescent and go along Vercor Close to the kissing gate at the brook. Keep to the main path and, when you enter Bardon Hill Wood, turn left. Pass a large yellow rock (illustrated left) and then turn right through a gap by a gate to start your climb up through a mature pine forest. This section of the walk is steep but there are benches along the way. It will take you about 15 minutes to reach the top. As you reach the top enjoy the view but take care with children and do not cross any quarry fences or barriers. Go through the kissing gate and then you have a choice. To reach the summit and view the information board, bear right past the mast on an indistinct path over rocks, otherwise to go downhill, take the path slightly to your left. Bardon Quarry and the industrial estate dominate the foreground. Returning from the summit point, find the footpath in front of the mast and follow the path downhill, crossing one stile before you reach a track. At the track the Ivanhoe Way goes straight on but turn left, and then bear right at the next way marker post. Just before the wide quarry track, squeeze through a gap in the fence on the left and follow the wooded track all the way back, past the yellow rock and onto Greenhill Road. Video Title: Bardon Hill 2.5 Mile Hike - FULL VIDEO TOUR (Leicesershire, UK) Video File Created Date: 07 November 2018 (Video may or may not have been captured on this date, it shows the date the video was last converted.) -- Video uploaded and managed using YouTube Bulk Uploader for the Lazy! -- Manage and Auto-Tag your YouTube videos offline... Then upload! -- http://ginkosolutions.com/youtube-bul... -- GinkoSolutions.com Video Tags: bardon, hill, mile, hike, video, tour, leicesershire, uk, bardon hill, bardon hill hike, bardon hill hiking, bardon hill walk, bardon hill leicestershire, bardon hill quarry, bardon hill video, video tour, bardon hill trail, leicestershire walks, leicestershire hikes, hiking leicestershire, bardon hill mtb, bardon hill level crossing, bardon hill quarry extension, bardon hill quarry coalville, bardon hill coalville, coalville hikes, coalville walks, coalville trails