Tollgate Brewery - Ashby Circular

Starting at the Ashby Information Centre, the Ashby Circular Walk has you walking to The Milking Parlour and Tollgate Brewery, and back from the Brewery into Ashby-de-la-Zouch for a total trip of 7.2 miles.

The walk also offers an alternative route back for those favouring a longer walk.

The Tollgate Brewery walks are available on the Komoot app and anyone looking for a more detailed map are suggested to use OS Explorer 245 – The National Forest.

The key highlights and points of interest on this route are:

• Ashby-de-la-Zouch
  • An ancient market town in North West Leicestershire with castle ruins, a museum and a good range of shops.
• Old Parks
  • Referring to an ancient deer park.
• Derby – Melbourne – Ashby Railway
  • An old railway line running from Derby to Ashby between 1874-1982.
• Staunton Harold
  • An 18th Century mansion on a much older site.
• Heath End
  • A tranquil spot that was formerly the site of a coal mining industry.
• Southwood / South Wood
  • A common woodland that is over four centuries old.
• Pistern Hills
  • An escarpment rising to the highest point in South Derbyshire.