Burrough Hill Country Park
Burrough Hill Country Park is a park in Somerby, Melton District, England. Burrough Hill Country Park is situated nearby to the forest Burrough Hill Covert, as well as near the archaeological site Burrough Hill Iron Age Fort.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Burrough Hill and Church of St Mary the Virgin.
Burrough Hill
Peak
Photo: Nev1, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Burrough Hill is an Iron Age hillfort in Burrough on the Hill, 7 miles south of Melton Mowbray in the English county of Leicestershire. Situated on a promontory about 210 metres above sea level, the site commands views over the surrounding countryside for miles around.
Church of St Mary the Virgin
Church
Photo: Kev747, Public domain.
Church of St Mary the Virgin is situated 1 mile south of Burrough Hill Country Park.
Church of St James, Little Dalby
Church
Photo: Tim Heaton, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Church of St James, Little Dalby is situated 1¼ miles northeast of Burrough Hill Country Park.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Burrough on the Hill and Burrough Court.
Burrough on the Hill
Village
Photo: Kev747, Public domain.
Burrough-on-the Hill is a small village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Somerby, in the Melton district, in the county of Leicestershire, England.
Burrough Court
Locality
Burrough Court is a former stately home and now a family-run diversified rural estate located in Burrough on the Hill near Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire, England in the East Midlands.
Pickwell
Village
Photo: Roger Templeman, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Pickwell is a small, hill-crest village 5 miles south-east of Melton Mowbray in the Melton district, in Leicestershire which used to have an ecclesiastical parish of its own and is since the early 20th century has been in the civil parish and Church of England parish of Somerby which is 0.5 miles to the SSW, connected by an almost straight lane. Pickwell is situated 1½ miles east of Burrough Hill Country Park.
Burrough Hill Country Park
- Type: Park
- Wheelchair access: limited
- Category: recreation area
- Location: Somerby, Melton District, Leicestershire, East Midlands, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
52.70177° or 52° 42′ 6″ northLongitude
-0.87419° or 0° 52′ 27″ westOpen location code
9C4XP42G+P8OpenStreetMap ID
way 100315514OpenStreetMap feature
leisure=parkOpenStreetMap attribute
wheelchair=limited
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Burrough Hill Covert and Burrough Hill Iron Age Fort.
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