Meynell’s Gorse

Meynell’s Gorse is a forest in Leicester Forest East, Blaby, England. Meynell’s Gorse is situated nearby to the suburb Kirby Frith, as well as near Thorpe Astley.

Places of Interest

Highlights include King Power Stadium and Kirby Muxloe Castle.

King Power Stadium

Stadium

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King Power Stadium is a football stadium located in the city of Leicester, East Midlands, England, and the home of Leicester City. The stadium opened in 2002 as the Walkers Stadium and has a capacity of 32,259.

Kirby Muxloe Castle

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Kirby Muxloe Castle, also known historically as Kirby Castle, is a ruined, fortified manor house in Kirby Muxloe, Leicestershire, England. William, Lord Hastings, began work on the castle in 1480, founding it on the site of a pre-existing manor house.

Kirby Frith Nature Reserve

Nature reserve

Photo: Dudley Miles, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Kirby Frith is a 2.1-hectare Local Nature Reserve on the western outskirts of Leicester. It is owned and managed by Leicester City Council. This site is described by Natural England as the richest wildflower grassland in the county, with species such as devil's-bit scabious, betony and yellow rattle.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Leicester and Braunstone Town.

Leicester

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Leicester is the largest city and county town of Leicestershire in the East Midlands of England. With a population of 388,000 in 2024, it's industrial, with a heritage spanning from Roman times to the Space Age.

Braunstone Town

Village

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Braunstone is a town and civil parish in the district of Blaby in Leicestershire, England. At the 2011 census the population of the town was 16,850. Braunstone is mentioned in the Domesday Book of 1086, giving a population of "two sokemen and four villeins".

Glenfield

Village

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Glenfield is a large village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Glenfields, in the Blaby district of Leicestershire, England. At the 2011 Census, Glenfields had a population of 9,643.

Meynell’s Gorse

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

52.6282° or 52° 37′ 42″ north

Longitude

-1.1992° or 1° 11′ 57″ west

Open location code

9C4WJRH2+78

OpenStreetMap ID

way 207109229

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=wood

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