Hungarton and three Leicestershire Hall, 30th August 2026

Paul's 7.5 mile walk took 13 members and guests from the LDWG across pasture and rolling parkland to three Leicestershire halls, Baggrave, Lowesby and Quenby.

The walk also passed the sites of four medieval villages, now no more than a series of bumps and depressions in fields. There are many such sites in the East Midlands most of which have become deserted through a combination of epidemics and the spread of sheep farming which required fewer workers than arable farming.

Thanks Paul and Don for the photos.

The start near Hungarton Church

Baggrave Hall, an 18th-century Grade II listed country house

Baggrave Pond

Lowesby Hall in the background

Church of All Saints, Lowesby - "mainly constructed of Feruginous Limestone"

Cold Newton Manor

Sculptures in Cold Newton

Quenby Hall, a Grade 1 listed building described as the most important early-seventeenth century