Dog Friendly Walks in Leicestershire

A short circuit to one of Leicestershire's highest points with rocky outcrops and views towards the Derbyshire hills.

A Bradgate Park classic to the folly tower of Old John, with red deer on the open hillside and Lady Jane Grey's ruined home below.

A Leicestershire hills walk to an impressive Iron Age hillfort with wide views across the Melton Country.

A canal circuit centred on Foxton Locks, one of the Grand Union Canal's most impressive flight of staircase locks.

A circuit around the Hambleton Peninsula jutting into Rutland Water, with views across England's largest man-made reservoir.

A long north-shore circuit of Rutland Water from Egleton, with open water views, bird hides and off-lead stretches once clear of the Egleton reserve.

A Charnwood Forest classic combining ancient woodland with reservoir views, with bluebells in spring.

A Charnwood Forest walk past the atmospheric ruins of Ulverscroft Priory through bracken-covered outcrops and woodland.

An easy, dog-friendly circuit of lakes, wetland and meadows on the northern edge of Leicester, surfaced throughout and genuinely all-weather.

A long estate walk through the Vale of Belvoir, taking in the castle grounds, canal and open farmland, with dogs allowed off-lead in places but on leads around livestock.

A moderate circular linking the battlefield of 1485 with Shenton village and canal, mostly on field paths and gentle estate tracks with livestock to navigate.

A short circuit through The Outwoods, an ancient Charnwood Forest oak wood with rocky outcrops and bluebell glades.

A riverside and estate walk following the Avon through the Stanford Hall parkland near the Leicestershire border.

A short, hilly circular between the villages of Manton and Wing, taking in the medieval Wing Maze, ridge-and-furrow fields and wide Rutland views.

A long circular through the rolling Rutland-Leicestershire border country combining the ancient Fosse Way line with the wooded shoreline of Eyebrook Reservoir.