Sand Martin
Sand Martin is a bird hide in Wanlip, Charnwood District, England. Sand Martin is situated nearby to Pochin Bridge, as well as near the quarry Wanlip Gravels.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Church of St Nicholas and Syston railway station.
Church of St Nicholas
Church
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.5.
Church of St Nicholas is situated 1,300 feet southwest of Sand Martin.
Syston railway station
Railway station
Photo: Mat Fascione, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Syston railway station serves the town of Syston, in Leicestershire, England. The station lies on the Midland Main Line between Leicester and Loughborough, 103 miles 63 chains down the line from London St Pancras. Syston railway station is situated 1 mile east of Sand Martin.
Watermead Country Park
Park
The Watermead Country Park is a network of artificial lakes in the valley of the River Soar and the old Grand Union Canal, in and to the north of Leicester and in and to the south of the Borough of Charnwood in Leicestershire. Watermead Country Park is situated 1 mile south of Sand Martin.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Broadnook and Cossington.
Broadnook
Village
Photo: Aethonatic, CC0.
Broadnook, officially Broadnook Garden Village, is a village and planned community located in Charnwood, Leicestershire. Described as the "first garden village" in Leicestershire, Broadnook sits directly to the north of Birstall and roughly 4 miles from Leicester's city centre.
Cossington
Village
Photo: Kev747, Public domain.
Cossington is a village within the Soar Valley in Leicestershire, England. It is between Sileby, Rothley, Ratcliffe-on-the-Wreake and Syston. The population of the civil parish at the 2011 census was 598.
Birstall
Village
Photo: Wesley Trevor Johnston, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Birstall is a large village and civil parish within the Charnwood borough of Leicestershire, England. It is three miles north of Leicester city centre and is part of the wider Leicester Urban Area.
Sand Martin
- Type: Bird hide
- Categories: building and recreation area
- Location: Wanlip, Charnwood District, Leicestershire, East Midlands, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
52.69629° or 52° 41′ 47″ northLongitude
-1.10706° or 1° 6′ 25″ westOpen location code
9C4WMVWV+G5OpenStreetMap ID
way 1001763293OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap feature
leisure=bird_hide
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