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Donisthorpe Woodland Park – Moira Furnace loop from Measham

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Donisthorpe Woodland Park – Moira Furnace loop from Measham

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Donisthorpe Woodland Park – Moira Furnace loop from Measham

01:33

24.6km

140m

Cycling

Easy bike ride. Great for any fitness level. Mostly paved surfaces. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: October 22, 2025

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Includes a segment in which cycling is not permitted

You'll need to dismount and push your bike.

After 4.20 km for 214 m

Waypoints

Start point

Bus stop

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244 m

Ashby Woulds Heritage Trail

Highlight (Segment) • Trail

3.34 km

Donisthorpe Woodland Park

Highlight • Forest

Lovely wide gravel tracks, lots of tracks through woods and down the canal

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3.37 km

Heart of the National Forest - Ashby Line

Highlight (Segment) • Cycleway

A raised disused railway line that passes through the National Forest and Donsthorpe Woodland Park. Very level gravel.

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4.79 km

Moira Furnace

Highlight • Monument

Revived stretch of Ashby Canal with excellent restoration of this building from the industrial revolution . It must have looked very different in its heyday!!

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5.76 km

Ashby Canal

Highlight • Cycleway

7.05 km

Bee Orchids

Highlight • Forest

You can see Bee Orchids here in June. They are difficult to see at first but if you persist then you should see a few specimens. The other types are (I think) common spotted and pyramidal.

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23.1 km

Winfields Outdoors

Highlight • Rest Area

More of a family camping type shop, but they stock Gas and have sleeping mats etc. Nikwax and socks!
Nice off road track to get there.

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24.6 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

10.4 km

7.62 km

2.39 km

2.05 km

1.88 km

221 m

103 m

Surfaces

12.4 km

7.78 km

2.26 km

1.99 km

155 m

Elevation

Highest point (170 m)

Lowest point (80 m)

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Donisthorpe Woodland Park – Moira Furnace loop from Measham

Ashby Woulds Heritage Trail

Donisthorpe Woodland Park

Heart of the National Forest - Ashby Line

Moira Furnace

Ashby Canal

Bee Orchids

Winfields Outdoors

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