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Pennine Way, ASHBY-DE-LA-ZOUCH, LE65 1EZ

Near the apex of the road, near Windmill Hill. The road on the left is Windsor Road.

For many years, a house near Stuart Way raised lots of money for charity by installing an elaborate Christmas light display.

A view of the road that leads to Packington. The road to the left (Windsor Road) leads into a large housing estate.

Showing the former site of the clock tower, built to the south of the Bath Grounds. By 2006 it was derelict, and was demolished. This marker was installed days before this picture was taken, to mark the clock site on the Bath Grounds Heritage Trail. On the other side of the hedge is the Leicester-to-Burton railway line.

Despite initial impressions, this seems to be one of the oldest properties in this part of Ashby. Before the 20th Century, the Cottage was the only dwelling on or around Windmill Hill, aside from the Windmill of its namesake and a small quarry used for the various Robert Chaplin-designed developments around Ashby in the early 19th Century (i.e. Ivanhoe Baths/Terrace, Royal Hotel). In the early 20th Century it was joined alongside by the "Red House", a large Edwardian manor which survived until the end of the 1960s. This plot, to the North of the Cottage, was subsequently redeveloped into St Michael's Close; followed by the plots to the South from the mid-1970s onwards. The entirety of Windmill Hill is now developed with housing, yet St Michael's Cottage still survived, making for an unexpected sight when its deeply recessed roadside view (as per this photograph) came into view. Surprisingly, the cottage's comprehensive reconstruction and extension into a contemporary-styled house was approved without mention or acknowledgement of its history. This has unfortunately meant that any surviving historical characteristics of the cottage have been permanently lost.

A view of the railway that passes through Ashby de la Zouch. The railway station is just visible on the right of the tracks.

The small group of modern houses, built around 2006, within the large, 1970s estate to the south of the Bath Grounds. There is a small playground to the left, past the hedge. Ashby de-la Zouch.

Looking west from the Upper Packington Road bridge along the now freight-only line. No houses in sight as it runs through the town in a wooded cutting.

A track that branches from Lower Packington Road. The field to the left contains a large number of sheep (not shown).

Cricket matches are regularly held at the Bath Grounds, by the Ashby Hastings Cricket Club. The green building to the left is the Bowls pavilion, used by the Ashby Bowls Club. Ashby Castle can be seen through the trees.