Hicks Lodge Trail, Hicks Lodge
1.2 miles (1.9 km), circular. Starts and finishes at Hicks Lodge, Willesley Woodside. Under an hour, easy.
Start: SK 329 151, and finish. OS grid.
Take it with you: download the GPX file (it opens in OS Maps, Komoot, Outdooractive or a GPS unit) or open the start in OS Maps.
Up and down
Almost flat: about 15 m of climbing and 14 m of descent; highest point 119 m.
Facts
- Code
- EM 1200
- Distance
- 1.2 miles (1.9 km)
- Publisher’s page
- forestryengland.uk
- Type
- Circular
- Walking time
- Under an hour
- Difficulty
- Easy (how we grade)
- Designation
- Regional route
- Region
- East Midlands
- County
- Leicestershire
- Total ascent
- About 15 m. Highest point 119 m
Getting there
Starts and finishes at the same place, marked by the dot on the map.
- Car park
- Car park (pay), 450 m from the start. Directions SK 328 156
No bus stop or station within a kilometre of the start. Nearest: the bus stop at Daybell Road, 1.2 km away (Directions); Waterside Station (heritage railway), 2.1 km away (Directions).
What to expect
No steep climbs: no kilometre gains more than about 16 m.
From OpenStreetMap, where mappers have recorded it: check before you go.
Pubs and cafés
- Café
- National Forest Cycle Centre, Willesley: 0.2 miles in.
As OpenStreetMap records them. Opening times change, so check before you set off.
Walked it? Log it
Connecting routes
- EM 1194Dilworth Woodlands Trail, Hicks LodgeStarts on this route at Hicks Lodge.
Walks nearby
- EM 1168Coton in the Elms Circular Walk6 miles, circular. Starts 4.5 miles away
- EM 1149Spires and Steeples1 mile, one way. Starts 4.5 miles away
- EM 1179Cloud Trail13.3 miles, one way. Starts 6.1 miles away
- EM 116Ivanhoe WayLong-distance route, 35 miles, circular. Starts 8.9 miles away
- EM 114Derby Nomad WayLong-distance route, 50 miles, circular. Starts 9.5 miles away
- WM 1054Quarrymans Walk6.3 miles, one way. Starts 12.8 miles away
Sources
Checked against forestryengland.uk on 12 October 2026.
- Route line: Forestry England, Recreation routes, under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0 (Forestry England).
- Facts: forestryengland.uk
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