Discovery Station
Discovery Station is a railway station in Ashby Woulds, North West Leicestershire, England. Discovery Station is situated nearby to the theme park Conkers, as well as near the rideable miniature railway Conkerchoo.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Donisthorpe Woodland Park and Moira Furnace.
Donisthorpe Woodland Park
Park
Donisthorpe Woodland Park is located on Church Street, Donisthorpe, in North West Leicestershire. Donisthorpe Woodland Park is situated 1 mile south of Discovery Station.
Moira Furnace
Industrial building
Photo: MaltaGC, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Moira Furnace is a nineteenth-century iron-making blast furnace located in Moira, Leicestershire, on the banks of the Ashby-de-la-Zouch Canal. Built by the Earl of Moira in 1804, the building has been preserved by North West Leicestershire District Council as a museum featuring lime kilns and craft workshops. Moira Furnace is situated 3,300 feet southeast of Discovery Station.
Church of St John the Evangelist
Church
Photo: Bikeboy, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Church of St John the Evangelist is situated 1¼ miles south of Discovery Station.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Moira and Short Heath.
Moira
Village
Photo: MaltaGC, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Moira is a former mining village about 2.5 miles south-west of Ashby-de-la-Zouch in North West Leicestershire, England. The village is about 3 miles south of Swadlincote and is close to the boundary with Derbyshire.
Short Heath
Hamlet
Photo: cris sloan, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Short Heath is a hamlet near Overseal, in South Derbyshire. It is on the border with Leicestershire and has a sign where it claims to be the centre of England.
Donisthorpe
Village
Photo: Mat Fascione, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Donisthorpe is a village in the North West Leicestershire district of Leicestershire, England, historically an exclave of Derbyshire.
Discovery Station
- Type: Railway station
- Wheelchair access: yes
- Categories: station and transportation
- Location: Ashby Woulds, North West Leicestershire, Leicestershire, East Midlands, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
52.74095° or 52° 44′ 27″ northLongitude
-1.54328° or 1° 32′ 36″ westOpen location code
9C4WPFR4+9MOpenStreetMap ID
node 5364278857OpenStreetMap feature
public_transport=stationOpenStreetMap feature
railway=stationOpenStreetMap attribute
wheelchair=yes
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