Melton Mowbray is famous across England for its pork pies and Stilton cheese, and sits in the gently rolling Eye Valley with Burrough Hill — a substantial Iron Age hillfort with sweeping views — just a few miles south. The Leicestershire Round long-distance path passes through the area on its 100-mile circuit of the county.

A characterful market town famous for its food heritage, Melton Mowbray makes a useful base for the gentle rolling countryside of the Leicestershire-Rutland border, with Burrough Hill providing one of the best short walks and viewpoints in the East Midlands.