Melton Mowbray

By car

Melton Mowbray lies about 15 miles (25km) north-east of Leicester.

By train

Train services are provided by East Midlands Trains and CrossCountry to Melton Mowbray station (not to be confused with Melton in Suffolk) on the Birmingham - Leicester - Peterborough line, with services about hourly in both directions (a bit more frequently during rush hours, and a very poor service on Sundays).

By bus

Buses also go to/from Leicester, Oakham, Nottingham, Loughborough and Grantham. There are no buses in or out of Melton in the evenings or on Sundays and Bank Holidays. The main two bus companies are Arriva and Centerbus.

The town centre is fairly small and can generally be done on foot. Most of the main shops and streets are wheelchair/pram friendly.
The main shopping area is pedestrianised apart from delivery vehicles.

• St Mary's Church

  address: Burton Street
  Building mainly 13th-15th century. The stonework in the lowest section of the tower, which has Norman windows, dates from 1170.

• Burrough Hillis a neolithic hill fort with high ramparts and excellent views over a lot of Leicestershire.

• Twinlakes Theme Park

  phone: +44 1664 567777
  address: Melton Spinney Rd

• Dickinson & Morris

  phone: +44 1664 482068
  address: 10 Nottingham Street

• Fern Mae's Traditional Sweet Shop

  phone: +44 1664 569501
  address: 8 Market Pl

• The Melton Cheeseboard

  phone: +44 1664 562257
  address: 8 Windsor Street

• Tandoori Knights

  phone: +44 1664 566460
  address: 33 Burton Street

• Apurba

  phone: +44 1664 410554
  address: 38 Leicester Street

• The Jasmine House

  phone: +44 1664 567871
  address: 44 Sherrard Street
  Chinese restaurant, is recommended and very popular at weekends.

Nearby villages

Some of the best places to eat out are the pubs in nearby villages, which often use locally sourced foods.

• The Nags Head

  phone: +44 1476 860491
  address: 1 Back Street
  particularly for their fish, chips and mushy peas

• The Crown Inn

  phone: +44 1476 860035
  address: Coston Road

• The Rose & Crown

  phone: +44 1949 869458
  address: 43 Bolton Lane
  for an excellent selection of guest ales

• The Golden Fleece

  phone: +44 1664 840275
  address: 77 Main Street

Further afield

• The Old Barn

  phone: +44 1858 545884
  address: Main Street

• Harboro Hotel

  phone: +44 1664 560121
  address: 49-51 Burton Street
  has a good variety of traditional real ales and offers an excellent Sunday lunch.

• Noel's Arms

  address: 31 Burton Street
  real ales, and live bands on Fridays and Saturdays. The bands tend to be formulaically loud.

• The Crown

  phone: +44 1664 564682
  address: 10 Burton Street
  is a splendid pub, the landlord Mr Trettis being the longest serving in the town. Sunday lunches are of a very high standard.

• The Anne Of Cleeves

  phone: +44 1664 481336
  address: 12 Burton Street

• Eye Kettleby Lakes

  phone: +44 1664 565900
  collection of holiday chalets with a good restaurant attached

• Sysonby Knoll Hotel

  phone: +44 1664 563563
  address: Asfordby Road
  30 bedroom family run hotel and restaurant on outskirts of Melton Mowbray. Traditional and modern food served in a very relaxed colonial style restaurant - not a typical hotel restaurant. Sysonby Knoll has excellent gardens and is also open for teas/ coffees etc during the day. Particularly popular for Sunday Lunch.

• Oakham
• Leicester
• Grantham
• Nottingham