Crake
Crake is a bird hide in Wanlip, Charnwood District, England. Crake is situated nearby to Church of St Nicholas, as well as near Reedbed Nature Reserve.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Church of St Nicholas and Watermead Country Park.
Church of St Nicholas
Church
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.5.
Church of St Nicholas is situated 470 feet west of Crake.
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 4,000 feet south of Crake.
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 Crake.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Broadnook and Birstall.
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.
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.
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. Cossington is situated 1½ miles north of Crake.
Crake
- 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
52.6928° or 52° 41′ 34″ northLongitude
-1.10851° or 1° 6′ 31″ westOpen location code
9C4WMVVR+4HOpenStreetMap ID
way 1001763295OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap feature
leisure=bird_hide
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