The Ashby Canal, the longest contour canal in England, passes through the Borough from Hinckley in the south of the Borough through Stoke Golding, Dadlington, Market Bosworth and Shackerstone before heading North to its current terminus at Snarestone.
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St. James Church at Dadlington is the place where many of the dead were buried and where a chantry was founded on their behalf.
The river meanders gently through the West Leicestershire flood plains, passing near the villages of Dadlington, Shenton, Sibson and to Ratcliffe Culey where it flows into the River Sence and thenceforth into the River Anker, itself a tributary of the River Trent.