On foot

Hinckley and Burbage: Lights and a Weeping Gravestone

A short route around Hinckley and its neighbour Burbage. The UFO stops are open ground where nothing is left to see, but they mark where a teenager in 1970 and six young people in 1998 reported glowing objects. The route ends at St Mary's churchyard and the Haunted Antiques Museum on Regent Street.

4 stops · about 1.9 km · allow roughly 1 hr

  1. 1
    Aerial sightings
    Sketchley Hill disc, Burbage

    Sketchley Hill, Burbage

  2. 2
    Aerial sightings
    The Burbage Park UFO

    Grove Road area, Burbage, near Hinckley

  3. 3
    Folklore & legend
    The bleeding gravestone of Richard Smith, Hinckley

    St Mary's churchyard, Church Walk, Hinckley

  4. 4
    Hauntings
    Haunted Antiques Paranormal Research Centre

    Regent Street, Hinckley

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