OUR ROUTE

Our 100-mile loop starts and finishes in the middle of Leicester city centre, but heads out to take in the best roads Leicestershire and Rutland have to offer. The A47 whisks you away from the city quickly and easily, before the B6047 rollercoasters its way up to Melton Mowbray. The route then heads east, skirting south round Kendrew Barracks and Rutland Water, before leading to two belting runs of B-roads from Morcott to Caldecott and then Uppingham to Medbourne. After all that, there’s a calmer sequence of backroads that drops you back into Leicester from the south.

The route’s not long enough to need to fill up more than once, and there’s fuel in any of the big towns. Food and drink stops are scattered around, too – Uppingham has a few nice cafes, and the Nevill Arms in Medbourne is a pleasant place to stop.