Pork pie aristocratic visitors carry lumps of pie with them on horseback". The main distinctive feature of a Melton pie is that it is made with a hand-formed crust. The uncured meat of a Melton pie is grey in colour when cooked; the meat is chopped, rather than minced. As the pies are baked free-standing, the sides bow outwards, rather than being vertical as with mould-baked pies. In light of the premium price of the Melton Mowbray pie, the Melton Mowbray Pork Pie Association applied for protection under European Protected designation of origin laws as a result of the increasing production of
Harston, Leicestershire Road. The engine shed has been removed and re-erected at Rutland Railway Museum, Cottesmore, Rutland. The last two steam locomotives are used on preserved railways. Harston is served by three weekday buses a day between Melton Mowbray and Grantham. Grantham is the nearest railway station (6.1 miles, 9.8 km). The main A607 road between Melton Mowbray and Grantham runs to the south of the village. Harston, Leicestershire Harston is a crossroads village in Leicestershire, England, near the border with Lincolnshire. The nearest town is Grantham, about to the north-east. It forms part of the civil parish of Belvoir, which in