Heather

Heather is a locality in , , . Heather is situated nearby to the village , as well as near .

Places of Interest

Highlights include Sence Valley Forest Park and Kelham Bridge.

Park
is located between Ibstock and in , and within the National Forest, England. It is situated on the site of a former open cast mine where, between 1982 and 1996, eight million tonnes of coal were extracted by opencast mining.

Nature reserve
Photo: John Talbut, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a 8.1 hectares nature reserve north of in . It is owned and managed by the Leicestershire and Rutland Wildlife Trust.

Church
Photo: Angella Streluk, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Coalville and Ashby-de-la-Zouch.

Photo: Mark Anderson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a town in the district in the county of , . The town is situated on the A511 between and .

Photo: Pahazzard, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a market town in , . Castle was an important fort in the 15th to 17th centuries.

Village
Photo: Ian Rob, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a former coal mining village and civil parish in , England. The population of the civil parish was 5,760 at the 2001 census increasing to 6,201 at the 2011 census and 7,615 at the 2021 census.

Heather

Latitude
52.6939° or 52° 41′ 38″ north
Longitude
-1.4273° or 1° 25′ 38″ west
Elevation
443 feet (135 metres)
Open location code
9C4WMHVF+H3
Geo­Names ID
7299151
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