Dickinson & Morris has been baking pork pies in Melton Mowbray since 1851. We are the oldest remaining bakers of the authentic Melton Mowbray Pork Pie in the town centre today. Visitors can purchase an authentic Melton Mowbray pork pie and a link or two of our mouthwatering sausages from The Sausage Shop. We also have wide range of delicious food items including Melton Hunt cake, Dickinson & Morris chutneys and preserves, Stilton Cheese and a variety of quiche, freshly baked breads and rolls, an extensive takeaway section and so many more tempting fine foods.

Explore Foxton Locks, a historic canal marvel in Leicestershire, offering picturesque landscapes, canal heritage, boat trips, and a glimpse into 19th-century engineering brilliance.

How do you lift a fully loaded narrowboat up a 75ft hill? Engineers of the past 200 years have come up with not one but two ingenious solutions at Foxton and, together, they offer a day out like no other.

There are flights of locks all over the nation’s canal network but there’s nowhere quite like Foxton Locks – the longest and steepest staircase of locks in the country. Ten locks back-breakingly carved by hand through the Leicestershire countryside.

An innovative boat lift, or inclined plane, was built next to the locks to carry boats up and down the steep hill in giant bathtubs, or caissons, of water. Expensive to operate, and under increasing competition from the railways, it was mothballed after just 11 years but today visitors can stand on the remains and find out more about how it worked in the nearby museum.

Two centuries ago Foxton would have bustled with the sights, sounds and smells of a working waterway but today it offers a peaceful escape where you can almost feel life slowing down. There’s a friendlier feel too, where people passing on the towpath say hello and there’s always a smiling lock keeper on-hand for a chat.

Maybe you’ll enjoy a spot of ‘gongoozling’, the art of watching the beautifully painted narrowboats make their way through the locks. With around 5,000 boats passing through each year, Foxton is the perfect place to try it.

Stamford is praised for serval different qualities, from its unique blend of history and Georgian architecture to its unique quality shopping. There is a thriving high street with coffee shops, restaurants and a vast rage of retailers to tempt you.

Fosse Park is one of Britain’s biggest out-of-town shopping parks with over 30 retails stores. It has two areas, the original site consisting of mainly fashion retailers and a food court , and a newer development with electrical and furniture retailers.