Gun Hill
Gun Hill is a locality in Charley, North West Leicestershire, England. Gun Hill is situated nearby to the locality Drybrook Wood, as well as near High Sharpley.Places of Interest
Highlights include Blackbrook Reservoir and Mount St Bernard Abbey.
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.
Three Horseshoes
Pub
Photo: Mat Fascione, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Three Horseshoes is a Grade II listed public house at 11 Leicester Road, Whitwick, Leicestershire LE67 5GN. It is on the Campaign for Real Ale's National Inventory of Historic Pub Interiors.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Whitwick and Oaks in Charnwood.
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.
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.
Thringstone
Village
Photo: Trevor Rickard, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Thringstone is a village in the North West Leicestershire district, in Leicestershire, England. About 3 miles north of Coalville, it lies in the English National Forest. Thringstone is situated 1½ miles west of Gun Hill.
Gun Hill
Latitude
52.74815° or 52° 44′ 53″ northLongitude
-1.33151° or 1° 19′ 53″ westOpen location code
9C4WPMX9+79OpenStreetMap ID
node 9896763868OpenStreetMap feature
place=locality
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