Wanlip Gravels
Wanlip Gravels is a quarry in Wanlip, Charnwood District, England. Wanlip Gravels is situated nearby to Pochin Bridge, as well as near John Merricks‘ Lake.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Church of St Nicholas and Syston railway station.
Church of St Nicholas
Church
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.5.
Church of St Nicholas is situated 2,000 feet southwest of Wanlip Gravels.
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 Wanlip Gravels.
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 1¼ miles south of Wanlip Gravels.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Broadnook and Cossington.
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.
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.
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. Birstall is situated 1½ miles south of Wanlip Gravels.
Wanlip Gravels
- Type: Quarry
- Category: industry
- Location: Wanlip, Charnwood District, Leicestershire, East Midlands, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
52.69813° or 52° 41′ 53″ northLongitude
-1.10635° or 1° 6′ 23″ westOpen location code
9C4WMVXV+7FOpenStreetMap ID
way 205631812OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=quarry
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