The footpath on the Stanford Stomp trail will take you alongside the King’s Brook for just under half the circuit, before gently climbing up to Rempstone, and then back across the top of the Hoton Hills ridge to Stanford Lane. The trail will afford you fine views of Stanford Hall to the northwest, and to the south you will have a scenic vista across the Soar Valley and over Loughborough to the Charnwood Hills on the southern skyline. All of the caches on this trail are on public footpaths and public bridleways, with the exception of #23, which is located alongside a new permissive path and Stanford Lane on open access land. The total distance of the circuit is about 11 km, which will take between 2-2.5 hours (plus caching time). You may need to walk along the busy A60 road for a short way at the northern side of the circuit. However, this has a footpath set away from the road but please do take extra care if accompanied by children and/or dogs.
A wide variety of geocache containers and disguises have been used on the trail: some are very easy but some are designed to be challenging. We hope you enjoy the variety.
Many of the field margins are being managed to help conserve farmalnd and woodland wildlife under the Higher Stewardship Scheme. Please keep to the footpaths and keep dogs under control. Keep a look out for a large variety of birdlife, and if you are lucky you may even get a rare sighting of an otter along the King's Brook or along Stanford lane (we have)
Stanford Stomp #22: Moat Hill Spinney cache is a traditional micro-cache which now replaces the original bonus puzzle cache,because the information needed along the trail has gone missing over time. It contains only a log sheet so please bring your own pen to sign it.