Walk down the wide track from the car park past the playground. Before the spinney and pond go left across the wildflower meadow to the corner of the woods. Go right, into the trees, then left past the bird-feeding area. At a junction of tracks go left, through a kissing gate.

Go through this and follow the path for just under 0.5 mile (800m) along the edge of woodland and past Looking Glass Pond.

Go through a gate and on past the right of Woodhouse Farm. The path continues down along the left-hand side of a field, then crosses a stream to climb the right-hand side of the next.

As the hedge falls away head out across the middle of the field on the right of two waymarked paths. Go right, through a hedge gap, and along the top of the next field, then turn left across another to reach the car park of the Royal Arms Hotel. Turn right and walk through Sutton Cheney until, just past the church entrance, you turn right at the road junction (signposted 'Shenton').

Follow the lane as it forks left and in 550yds (503m) turn off left through Cheney Lane car park and follow the clearly marked path across the fields to the heritage centre.

Walk past the heritage centre below the car park and continue across a picnic area to a junction of paths. You can turn briefly left here to visit King Richard's Well and the memorial to Richard III. To continue the main walk, turn right and follow the waymarked Battle Trail across Ambion Hill to reach Shenton Station. Cross the railway line by the gate and turn left out of the car park entrance on to the lane. Walk along as far as the canal bridge.

Go over the bridge in order to double back and turn left beneath the bridge on to the tow path of the Ashby Canal, signposted 'Market Bosworth'.

After 2.5 miles (4km) of easy and peaceful tow path walking, leave the canal at King's Bridge (No 43), the one after the new marina. Cross this, then the railway bridge beyond for a field-edge path across stiles. This path heads half right across a golf course – aim to the left of the house in front of hilltop woodland. Go over another stile and along the top of a field before joining an unmade lane which takes you into Market Bosworth.

At the end join the narrowing road (Back Lane), left and ahead, that comes out in the Market Place. Cross over and walk past The Old Black Horse Inn, then turn left into Rectory Lane. At the end of the lane is the country park.