Charnwood Forest
Charnwood Forest is a hilly tract in northwestern Leicestershire, England, bounded by Leicester, Loughborough and Coalville. The area is undulating, rocky and picturesque, with barren areas.Places of Interest
Highlights include Church of St Peter and Bardon Park Chapel.
Bardon Park Chapel
Church
Photo: Tim Glover, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Bardon Park Chapel is a 300-year-old Christian meeting house at Bardon, Leicestershire, England. It stands back from the A511 road, between Coalville and Markfield, about 1.3 miles west of M1 junction 22.
Mount St Bernard Abbey
Monastery
Photo: Gtatler, Public domain.
Mount St Bernard Abbey is a Roman Catholic monastery belonging to the Trappist Order, near Coalville, Leicestershire, England, founded in 1835 in the parish of Whitwick and now in that of Charley. Mount St Bernard Abbey is situated 2 miles northwest of Charnwood Forest.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Copt Oak and Bardon Hill.
Copt Oak
Hamlet
Copt Oak is a hamlet in Leicestershire, England. It is located in the North West Leicestershire district near the large village of Markfield and the rural hamlets of Abbots Oak, Charley, Ulverscroft, and Nanpantan.
Bardon Hill
Locality
Photo: Mat Fascione, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Bardon Hill is the highest Hill in Leicestershire and on a clear day the Malvern and Shropshire Hills, summits in Derbyshire and Lincoln Cathedral can be seen.
Oaks in Charnwood
Hamlet
Oaks in Charnwood is a hamlet of scattered houses in the English county of Leicestershire within the Charnwood Forest. Oaks in Charnwood is located in and is part of the Civil Parish of Charley in North West Leicestershire. Oaks in Charnwood is situated 2 miles north of Charnwood Forest.
Charnwood Forest
- Type: Upland with an elevation of 722 feet
- Description: picturesque upland area in north-western Leicestershire, England
- Categories: royal forest and landform
- Location: England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Satellite Map
Discover Charnwood Forest from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Charnwood Forest” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Charnwood Forest”
- Chinese: “查恩伍德森林”
- French: “forêt de Charnwood”
- French: “Forêt de Charnwood”
- Irish: “Charnwood Forest”
- Japanese: “チャーンウッドの森”
- Japanese: “チャーンウッドフォレスト”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Charnwood Forest”
- Swedish: “Charnwood Forest”
Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Birch Hill and Bardon Hill.
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