Oaks in Charnwood
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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Hamlet
- Description: hamlet in Leicestershire, England, UK
- Also known as: “The Oaks”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Church of St James the Greater and Blackbrook Reservoir.
Blackbrook Reservoir
Reservoir
Photo: Richard Guise, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Blackbrook Reservoir is a 33.4-hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest between Shepshed and Whitwick in Leicestershire. The reservoir was constructed in 1796 in order to feed the Charnwood Forest Canal, which has long since vanished.
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.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Bardon Hill 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. Bardon Hill is situated 2 miles south of Oaks in Charnwood.
Nanpantan
Village
Photo: MaltaGC, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Nanpantan is a historic village, ward and suburb of Loughborough, in the Charnwood borough of Leicestershire, England. It is located in the south-west of the town of Loughborough. It is home to Nanpantan Reservoir. Nanpantan is situated 2 miles east of Oaks in Charnwood.
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. Copt Oak is situated 2 miles south of Oaks in Charnwood.
Oaks in Charnwood
- Category: locality
- Location: Charley, North West Leicestershire, Leicestershire, East Midlands, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
52.74247° or 52° 44′ 33″ northLongitude
-1.30135° or 1° 18′ 5″ westElevation
551 feet (168 metres)Open location code
9C4WPMRX+XFOpenStreetMap ID
node 2673252490OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamlet
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