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Public Guided Walks Programme For 2023

Market Harborough and District Guided Walks

Below is the List of this year's public guided walks sponsored by Harborough District Council.

 A number of the more popular walks are repeated on different dates offering a greater choice. To guarantee your place, it is better to book in advance. However, on most of the walks it is possible to pay on the day.

The following walks are booking only walks:

Harborough and The Battle of Naseby

Kibworth Harcourt and Windmill Visit

Haunted Harborough ghost walks

Christmas in Harborough

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  • Thu 08 Jun
    BOOK
    08 Jun, 19:00
    The Old Grammar School, 40 The Square, Market Harborough LE16 7PA, UK
    Life behind the prosperous high street. This walk takes you in to some of the 50 or so yards of Harborough to discovery the history and the people who lived there.
  • Tue 13 Jun
    BOOK
    13 Jun, 19:00
    The Old Grammar School, 40 The Square, Market Harborough LE16 7PA, UK
    The Harborough people you would've loved to have met. The man who invented tourism, the female centenarian who ran an Inn and the nobel prize winner, are just some of the characters included on this fascinating walk.
  • Sat 17 Jun
    BOOK
    17 Jun, 10:00
    Northampton Road Sports Fields, Market Harborough LE16 9HF, UK
    Enjoy a guided walk across the lovely countryside close to Harborough, including a tour of the community garden, Gt. Oxendon. Then on to East Farndon where you will stand in the footsteps of King Charles I before the Battle of Naseby and pass the ancient deserted village of Little Oxendon.
  • Sun 18 Jun
    BOOK
    18 Jun, 14:30
    The Neville Arms, 12 Waterfall Way, Medbourne, Market Harborough LE16 8EE, UK
    A picturesque village with its medieval pack horse bridge. Come and find out about its ancient Roman ancestry and local tales such as the blacksmith who burned down a pub.
  • Wed 05 Jul
    BOOK
    05 Jul, 19:00
    The Shoulder of Mutton Green, Great Bowden, Market Harborough LE16 7EU, UK
    Visited by European royalty in the early 20th century, this charming village's ancient royal estate was responsible for the birth of Market Harborough.
  • Sat 15 Jul
    BOOK
    15 Jul, 14:30
    The Buttercross, Eastgate, Hallaton, Market Harborough LE16 8UB, UK
    This beautiful village, best known for the traditional Easter Bottle kicking, has an amazing past. Once a place of holy pilgramage, with a medieval castle and so many attractive stone buildings, it is one of the jewels of South leicestershire.
  • Sun 20 Aug
    BOOK
    20 Aug, 14:00
    The Old Grammar School, 40 The Square, Market Harborough LE16 7PA, UK
    Enjoy a leisurely stroll from Harborough to Great Bowden along St Mary's road, Great Bowden road and back into the town via the ancient path across the fields and over Bowden ridge. There are so many interesting things to discover.
  • Thu 24 Aug
    BOOK
    24 Aug, 19:00
    The Old Grammar School, 40 The Square, Market Harborough LE16 7PA, UK
    Life behind the prosperous high street. This walk takes you in to some of the 50 or so yards of Harborough to discovery the history and the people who lived there.
  • Wed 13 Sept
    BOOK
    13 Sept, 19:00
    The Old Grammar School, 40 The Square, Market Harborough LE16 7PA, UK
    Established as a medieval market town. Later famed for Corsets and blancmange, with links to the Civil War and beginnings of tourism. Learn more about its intriguing past and the people that have made it their home.
  • Sat 21 Oct
    BOOK
    21 Oct, 14:30
    The Old Grammar School, 40 The Square, Market Harborough LE16 7PA, UK
    The Battle of Naseby in 1645 was the decisive battle in the English Civil War. Discovery the town’s roll in this famous battle and how the civil war affected the people who lived there. Proceeds from the walk will be donated to The Naseby Battlefield Project.
  • Tue 24 Oct
    BOOK
    24 Oct, 19:00
    The Old Grammar School, 40 The Square, Market Harborough LE16 7PA, UK
    Join me if you dare, for tales of ghosts, ghouls and Poltergeist in 'Haunted Harborough'
  • Thu 26 Oct
    BOOK
    26 Oct, 19:00
    The Old Grammar School, 40 The Square, Market Harborough LE16 7PA, UK
    Join me if you dare, for tales of ghosts, ghouls and Poltergeist in 'Haunted Harborough'
  • Wed 06 Dec
    BOOK
    06 Dec, 18:30
    The Old Grammar School, 40 The Square, Market Harborough LE16 7PA, UK
    The Christmas crib, Santa, Christmas carols, mince pies, cards and crackers. Your Victorian guide will explain how these traditional elements of Christmas have evolved to become an essential part of our seasonal festivities. The walk finishes at Duncan Murray Wines for mince pies and a season drink.
  • Thu 07 Dec
    BOOK
    07 Dec, 18:30
    The Old Grammar School, 40 The Square, Market Harborough LE16 7PA, UK
    The Christmas crib, Santa, Christmas carols, mince pies, cards and crackers. Your Victorian guide will explain how these traditional elements of Christmas have evolved to become an essential part of our seasonal festivities. The walk finishes at Duncan Murray Wines for mince pies and a season drink.
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