Sutton Bonington, Kingston on Soar and the River Soar, 5th June 2022

The VBR Jubilee Walk took eight of us on an eight-mile walk from the playground in Sutton Bonington, through fields to West Leake for coffee and then down Kingston Brook to Kingston on Soar for lunch.  Then we followed the Grand Union Canal / River Soar until we came to the path back to Sutton Bonington.

The predicted heavy rain did not materialise, nor did the forecast flooding near Kegworth !!



St Anne's Church, Sutton Bonington

St Anne's Manor (1848), Sutton Bonington

Bridge over Kingston Brook

Approaching the churchyard in West Leake from the ha ha

St Helena's Church, West Leak

Outnumbered  - Lunch at Kingston

St Winifred's Church, Kingston on Soar

You will miss it when it's gone.  My guess is that it will survive until its Diamond Jubilee in 6 year's time

Kegworth Shallow Lock #57

Kegworth (New) Deep Lock is No 56 on the Grand Union Canal (Leicester Section)/Soar Navigation. This new lock, built in 1986 provides a rise of twelve feet (3·65 metres)

Downstream of Kegworth Deep Lock circa 1900

River Soar

River Soar moorings