October - the Fish Ponds

In 1804 Sir George Beaumont 7th bt. commenced the building of the new Coleorton Hall. He also embarked on some serious redesign of the gardens and surrounding land. It was proposed to damn the small stream running from the south of the Village across the then Loughborough to Ashby turnpike road (now the old Ashby Road) with the intention of creating a substantial lake, not only as a pleasing landscape feature, but also as a source of fish for the kitchens of Coleorton Hall and a place of recreation with a boat house. Fishpond Bridge was built to take the old Ashby Road over the stream and ponds.

The ponds are somewhat overgrown now but still very picturesque, especially in the autumn. The picture above is on the south side of the bridge. Below is a photo looking north and you can see the larger lake where Ashby Angling Club fished until a few years ago.


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