This year-end, morning walk of 6½ miles took an impressive 21 members from Bingham Market Place along the old sunken track of Jebb’s Lane to view Bingham’s Roman Well near the cemetery. A short climb up Toot Hill then gave us views over the Vale of Belvoir towards the buildings of RAF Newton. At the Tythby Road Bridge, we dropped down to Bingham's Linear Park on the disused Bingham to Melton railway line and followed it as far as the River Smite which we walked alongside for a short distance. Turning north-west, we headed back across open fields to re-join the Linear Park and then walk back through Bingham to the Buttercross in the Market Square.
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| The start near Bingham's Buttercross |
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| Gathering round the Roman Well |
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| This well was relocated to Bingham following its discovery during archaeological investigations at the Margidunum Roman settlement on the nearby Fosse Way |
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| Dropping down to the Linear Park |
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| Information about the Linear Park - more on the website |
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| Friends of Bingham Linear Park, 2002 - 2020 Fine mosaic which used to be on display at the Tythby Road Tunnel |
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| One of two murals under Tythby Road Bridge |
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| Not always dry going on the old railway track |
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| River Smite in full flood |
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| Open, flooded, hedge-less fields as we head back to Bingham |
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| Group assembling after re-joining the Linear Park |
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| Journey's end - the other Butter Cross |
