Breedon on the Hill

It was Rob's turn this week and we headed south again to the district of North West Leicestershire to visit Breedon on the Hill.

The Priory church of St, Mary & St. Hardulph

We parked in the tiny hamlet of Wilson and from there we walked along the old railway track to Tong and then onto the top of Breedon Hill. We past a couple of interesting buildings on the way with the railway track tacking us past the Tong and Breedon Railway Station, now converted into a residential dwelling. There were some great views of the church on the hill from Tonge.

Boot time

This is one of Robs short cuts

Geoff  being very careful over this fence.

This is Ike's photo stance

Ive got no idea what these are for.

The old Tonge and Breedon railway station.

Geoff snapping the bridge

A great door decoration in the hamlet of Tonge

The main street in Tonge

The Priory church of St, Mary & St. Hardulph

The Priory church of St, Mary & St. Hardulph

Breedon is notable for its Carboniferous limestone hill that rises 122 metres (400 ft) above sea level in a generally low-lying landscape and affords distant views across several counties. A large portion of the hill has been cut away by an active quarry now operated by Breedon Aggregates.

Looks like a gateway to nowhere

The village lock up { The Round House} in the foreground was built around 1793 where offenders were kept until they could be moved into the town prison. It was last used in 1885

On the track up to the church

The Priory Church of St Mary and St Hardulph was originally a monastery founded in about AD 676 on the site of The Bulwarks, an Iron Age hill fort. It was re-founded as an Augustinian priory early in the 12th century. Before becoming a monastery it was a hermitage.

Geoff sitting quietly in the church yard having his breakfast

Sun Dial on the church wall

The ministers off to work

The Breedon Beacon

Ike checking out the construction of this house wall

The main street in Wilson

This was another cracking little walk of 4 miles in nice warm conditions for this time of the year. None of us had previously had a good look around this area although Geoff had been on the railway track when there was actually track on it.
See you next week