There were nineteen on Rab's interesting and varied walk from Measham to Donisthorpe, Conkers and Moira taking in the Ennstone and Ashby Woulds Heritage Trails, Moira Furnace, a (very well restored) section of the Ashby Canal and parts of the National Forest.
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Setting out on the disused Ashby and Nuneaton Joint Railway, opened in 1873 and
built to serve the Leicestershire coalfield. It linked Moira and Coalville Town with Nuneaton. |
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| Entry to Donisthorpe Woodland Park created in 1996 on the site of Donisthorpe Colliery |
One of a series of markers along the route of the Ashby
Canal to identify the depth and names of underground
mine seams
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| Moira Furnace and Ashby Canal - lunch stop |
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| Moira Furnace, a coke-fuelled blast furnace for the smelting of iron from local iron ore, with an attached foundry for the manufacture of cast-iron goods |
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| Loading ramp spanning the Ashby Canal. |
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| More industrial archaeology - possibly part of the steam engine blower which supplied air to the bottom of the nearby furnace |
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| The Ashby-de-la-Zouch Canal is a 31-mile long canal which connected the mining district around Moira with the Coventry Canal at Bedworth in Warwickshire. |
