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Places of Interest

Cropston Reservoir

Reservoir

Photo: Charlie629, CC BY 3.0.

Cropston Reservoir lies in Charnwood Forest in Leicestershire, England. The dam and associated water works are in Cropston, while the bulk of the reservoir is in the neighbouring Newtown Linford parish.

Rothley railway station

Railway station

Photo: Ronstar308, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Rothley railway station is a heritage railway station on the preserved section of the Great Central Railway's London Extension. Built to the standard island platform pattern of country stations on the line, it originally opened on 15 March 1899 and has been restored to late Edwardian era condition, circa 1910.

Swithland Wood and The Brand

Park

Photo: Benjaminianwatson, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Swithland Wood and The Brand is a 87.9 hectares biological Site of Special Scientific Interest south of Woodhouse Eaves in Leicestershire. Swithland Wood is a Nature Conservation Review site, Grade II.

Places in the Area

Sileby

Village

Photo: Kev747, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Sileby is a former industrial village and civil parish in the Soar Valley in the Charnwood borough of Leicestershire, England. It is located between Leicester and Loughborough.

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.

Quorn

Village

Photo: Mat Fascione, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Quorn is a village and civil parish in Leicestershire, England, near the university town of Loughborough. Its name was shortened from Quorndon in 1889, to avoid postal difficulties owing to its similarity to the name of another village, Quarndon, in neighbouring Derbyshire.

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