Black Spinney

Black Spinney is a forest in Blaby, Leicestershire, England. Black Spinney is situated near the village Blaby, as well as near the suburb Glen Parva.

Places of Interest

Highlights: South Wigston railway station and Narborough Bog.

South Wigston railway station

Railway station

Photo: Kate Jewell, CC BY-SA 2.0.

South Wigston railway station serves the village of South Wigston, Leicestershire, England, on the Birmingham to Peterborough Line 4 miles south of Leicester and the west-north loop of Wigston Junction.

Narborough Bog

Nature reserve

Photo: Dudley Miles, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Narborough Bog is an 8.5-hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest east of Narborough in Leicestershire. It is owned and managed by the Leicestershire and Rutland Wildlife Trust.

Narborough railway station

Railway station

Photo: Mat Fascione, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Narborough railway station serves the large village of Narborough and the small village of Littlethorpe in Leicestershire. It is on the Birmingham to Peterborough Line about 7 miles southwest of Leicester.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Wigston and Aylestone.

Wigston

Town

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Wigston, or Wigston Magna, is a town in the Oadby and Wigston district of Leicestershire, England, just south of Leicester on the A5199. It had a population of 37,261 in 2024.

Aylestone

Suburb

Photo: NotFromUtrecht, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Aylestone is a suburb of Leicester in Leicestershire, England, southwest of the city centre and east of the River Soar. St Andrew's Church, Aylestone dates from the 13th century.

Narborough

Village

Photo: Kev747, Public domain.

Narborough is a large village and civil parish in the Blaby district of Leicestershire, England, around six miles southwest of Leicester. The population of the civil parish at the 2011 census was 8,498.

Black Spinney

Type: Forest
Location: Blaby, Leicestershire, East Midlands, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

52.5718° or 52° 34′ 19″ north

Longitude

-1.1595° or 1° 9′ 34″ west

Open location code

9C4WHRCR+P6

OpenStreetMap ID

way 1449264114

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=wood

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Localities in the Area

Places to explore: Blaby and Blaby Hill.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Bouskell Park and Blaby Thistly Meadow Primary School.

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