Café Ventoux – Foxton Locks loop from Lubenham

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Café Ventoux – Foxton Locks loop from Lubenham

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Café Ventoux – Foxton Locks loop from Lubenham

03:59

60.9km

660m

Cycling

Hard bike ride. Very good fitness required. Mostly paved surfaces. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: October 15, 2026

Tips

Includes a segment in which cycling is not permitted

After 56.2 km for 248 m

Waypoints

Start point

Bus stop

Get Directions

354 m

The Tower House, Lubenham

Highlight • Historical Site

19.2 km

Hallaton Pond

Lake

33.2 km

Great cycling themed cafe serving high quality, reasonably priced, coffee and cake. They've got a boutique bike shop and loads of memorabilia about the place. Plus good bike storage, tools for use in an emergency, and a bottle refilling tap.

Tip by

45.0 km

Mint and Ginger Café

Highlight • Cafe

A fine cafe stop with plenty of outside space for bikes and a good terrace. Good food too, from full breakfast to pastries and cakes.

Tip by

51.4 km

Long Hill Bridge

Highlight • Bridge

Look closely - the sign on the bridge says "Long Hill bridge"!

Tip by

52.9 km

Gumley Wood

Forest

53.7 km

Saint Helen's Church and Gumley Hall Clock Tower

Highlight • Monument

Gumley is a quaint village featuring the historic Saint Helen's Church, a Grade II listed building. The village is also notable for Gumley Hall, a historic estate with a tall clock tower, adding character to this rural village.

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56.3 km

Foxton Locks

Highlight • Historical Site

Foxton Locks are a series of no less than ten canal locks consisting of two "staircases" each of five locks, on the Leicester line of the Grand Union Canal.

Alongside …

Tip by

56.7 km

Bridge 61

Highlight • Pub

Bridge 61 offers a fantastic location and is a cozy spot where you can relax and slow the pace of life down to canal speed.

Tip by

58.0 km

Foxton Swing Bridge

Highlight • Structure

Foxton road swing bridge is the very first navigational feature tourists trying their hand at narrow boating will encounter on leaving Market Harborough marina.

It is a piece of road …

Tip by

60.9 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

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