7th Trip
Hallaton, Market Harborough, Notts. CC CL 7th – 11th April 2008

A very pleasant, clean, tidy and quiet campsite is 38 Medbourne Road, Hallaton, Market Harborough, a Caravan Club CL for 5 caravans maximum at a time. Situated in Leicestershire, it's basically "a back garden" on a 1/4 of an acre of land belonging to a smallhold farmer who turned his land into a Caravan Club approved Certificated Location for caravans, motorhomes and tents.

It's open all year round and offers a choice of hardstanding and soft pitches with electric hook-up at only £7 per night. Hallaton is a lovely quiet village approx. 7 miles North East of Market Harborough. Market Harborough is located in a rural part of south Leicestershire, upon the River Welland. It is very close to the Northamptonshire border. The town is roughly 15 miles (24 km) south of Leicester and 10 miles north of Kettering. The town is near the A14 main road and Market Harborough railway station is served, by the Midland Main Line railway. There is also a branch of the Grand Union Canal which terminates on the north side of the town. Nearby to the town are the famous Foxton Locks.

Foxton Locks was one of the reasons for choosing this site for our 8th time away in the caravan. An acquaintance and his family took their holiday in nearby Rutland Water the same week and we arranged to meet up at Foxton Locks with their friends. A lovely time was had by all. Foxton Locks are ten canal locks consisting of two "staircases" each of five locks, located on the Leicester line of the Grand Union Canal about 3 miles west of Market Harborough, and are named after the nearby village of Foxton in which can be found one of a very few remaining road 'swing bridges' over the canal.

Hallaton is probably a bit out-of-the-way for most people planning a few nights away but the tranquillity and scenery is worth it if peace and quiet is all you're after. There's still plenty of places to visit in the area, something we didn't do this time because of a) the Foxton Locks meet and b) a trip the next day to my wife's folks. The final day was spent relaxing on the site. It's not somewhere we would have plucked off the map as a viable location but we would certainly go again.

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