Mountsorrel and Rothley Community Heritage Centre
Caring for our History
With under 8 weeks to go to the opening of the Heritage Centre our volunteers are working tirelessly to get the site ready to accept visitors.
Some tasks can only be tackled if we have enough volunteers, such as laying track, whilst others rely on donations of materials, such as chipped bark. Continue reading Progress: 6th March
A big thank you to everyone who applied for a job at our new Granite’s Coffee Shop.
We are pleased to say that we now have our small team of staff for the opening in April. Continue reading Granite’s Coffee Shop Recruiting
As the Mountsorrel and Rothley Community Heritage Centre rapidly approaches completion, the restored quarry line railway has won a prestigious national award from the Heritage Railway Association. At the Association’s Annual Awards Presentation held in Wolverhampton on the 6th February, the resurrected branch line was short listed, and then… Continue reading Heritage Railway Association Awards
On Saturday we had a visit from a group of young people from all over the midlands who came to us for a team building exercise ahead of a charity working trip abroad. We set them on the task of laying the last track panel in the back of… Continue reading Young volunteers
Loughborough MP and Education Minister Nicky Morgan has long been a supporter of the Mountsorrel and Rothley Heritage Centre Project. On Friday she took time out from her busy schedule for a tour of the Heritage Centre, quarry area and nature trail. Continue reading Nicky Morgan MP tours the Heritage Centre
We offer a wide range of hot and cold drinks, a selection of cakes and treats to suit all pockets, light meals and even speciality ice creams.
In the twelve months of taking pictures around the quarry and Nunckley trail, to-day was the first opportunity to take views in the snow. We hope you enjoy them.
Our half mile nature trail gives excellent views towards Old John tower and Bradgate park.
We try to keep you informed about our progress through regular updates and the Heritage Centre timelapse.
By way of a change we thought you might like an insight into what we have planned for the coming year.
Continue reading Our plans for 2016
Why not take a few minutes out to watch our video review of 2015. Continue reading Video Review of the year