Charnwood Heath

Charnwood Heath is a locality in Charley, North West Leicestershire, England. Charnwood Heath is situated nearby to the hamlet Oaks in Charnwood, as well as near the locality Hanging Stone.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Church of St James the Greater and Blackbrook Reservoir.

Church of St James the Greater

Church

Photo: Andrew Tatlow, CC BY-SA 2.0.

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 Oaks in Charnwood and Bardon Hill.

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.

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 Charnwood Heath.

Whitwick

Village

Photo: Kev747, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Whitwick is a large village and civil parish in the North West Leicestershire district of Leicestershire, England, some two miles north of Coalville in the northwest of the county. Whitwick is situated 2 miles west of Charnwood Heath.

Charnwood Heath

Type: Locality
Location: Charley, North West Leicestershire, Leicestershire, East Midlands, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

52.74318° or 52° 44′ 35″ north

Longitude

-1.30386° or 1° 18′ 14″ west

Open location code

9C4WPMVW+7F

OpenStreetMap ID

node 3166474000

OpenStreetMap feature

place=locality

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Localities in the Area

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