After this junction, the road returned to single carriageway for about 1 mile (1.6 km), to Junction 23 of the M1, but was upgraded to dual carriageway with a new roundabout, in preparation for the Garendon Park housing development, with the works finishing in June 2021.[1]
At this junction, much of the traffic from Loughborough turns off, and it is a much quieter A512 that enters Shepshed. After Shepshed, the road passes through Northern Charnwood Forest, near the villages of Peggs Green, Thringstone, Griffydam, Belton and Osgathorpe. Shortly before Ashby it passes Coleorton Hall on the right – a house which has played host to Scott, Wordsworth, Coleridge and others – now converted to apartments.[2]
