Outwoods

The Outwoods is a 40 hectares ancient wood and visitor attraction overlooking Loughborough and the Soar Valley in Leicestershire, England. It has rare rock outcrops, many species of woodland plants and substantial wildlife, and it is part of Beacon Hill, Hangingstone and Outwoods Site of Special Scientific Interest.

Type: Forest
Description: park in Leicestershire, England
Also known as: “Outwoods, Leicestershire” and “The Outwoods”

Places of Interest

Highlights: Beacon Hill and Nanpantan Reservoir.

Beacon Hill

Peak

Photo: Mat Fascione, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Beacon Hill, near Loughborough, in Leicestershire, England, is a popular country park. It is one of several beacon hills in the United Kingdom. It is part of Beacon Hill, Hangingstone and Outwoods Site of Special Scientific Interest.

Nanpantan Reservoir

Reservoir

Photo: SMJ, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Nanpantan Reservoir is a reservoir in Leicestershire, near Nanpantan. The reservoir, with a capacity of 132,000 cubic metres, was built in 1870 to provide drinking water for Loughborough. It is owned by Severn Trent.

Felicity’s Wood

Forest

Felicity's Wood is a woodland in Leicestershire, England, near the village of Woodhouse Eaves. It covers a total area of 8.77 hectares. It is owned and managed by the Woodland Trust.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Loughborough and Shelthorpe.

Loughborough

Photo: Duncan Harris, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Loughborough is a market town in the Charnwood borough of Leicestershire, England. It is the administrative centre of Charnwood Borough Council and, in the United Kingdom 2021 census, the town's built-up area had a population of 64,884.

Shelthorpe

Suburb

Shelthorpe is a ward and suburb of Loughborough, in the Charnwood district, in the county of Leicestershire, England.

Nanpantan

Village

Photo: MaltaGC, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Nanpantan is a historic village, ward and suburb of Loughborough, in the Charnwood borough of Leicestershire, England. It is located in the south-west of the town of Loughborough. It is home to Nanpantan Reservoir.

Outwoods

Categories: woodland and park
Location: Woodhouse, Charnwood District, Leicestershire, East Midlands, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

52.7404° or 52° 44′ 25″ north

Longitude

-1.2374° or 1° 14′ 15″ west

Open location code

9C4WPQR7+52

OpenStreetMap ID

way 123064222

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=wood

Wikidata ID

Q7113102

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Places to explore: Blackbird’s Nest and Windmill Hill.

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Highlights: The Outwoods and Buck Hill.

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