Puddle Dyke
Puddle Dyke is a pond in Thurcaston and Cropston, Charnwood District, England. Puddle Dyke is situated nearby to the forest The Alders, as well as near Exning Spinney.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Cropston Reservoir and Swithland Wood and The Brand.
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.
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. Swithland Wood and The Brand is situated 3,500 feet northwest of Puddle Dyke.
Bradgate Park
Park
Photo: Duncharris, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Bradgate Park is a public park in Charnwood Forest, in Leicestershire, England, northwest of Leicester. It covers 850 acres. The park lies between the villages of Newtown Linford, Anstey, Cropston, Woodhouse Eaves and Swithland.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Cropston and Woodhouse Eaves.
Cropston
Village
Photo: Kev747, Public domain.
Cropston is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Thurcaston and Cropston, part of the Borough of Charnwood in Leicestershire, England.
Woodhouse Eaves
Village
Woodhouse Eaves is a village in the Borough of Charnwood, Leicestershire, England. Nearby are the villages of Quorn, Swithland, and Newtown Linford. Breakback Road leads from the village to Nanpantan and Loughborough. Woodhouse Eaves is situated 2 miles northwest of Puddle Dyke.
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. Broadnook is situated 2½ miles east of Puddle Dyke.
Puddle Dyke
- Type: Pond
- Category: body of water
- Location: Thurcaston and Cropston, Charnwood District, Leicestershire, East Midlands, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
52.69959° or 52° 41′ 59″ northLongitude
-1.19187° or 1° 11′ 31″ westOpen location code
9C4WMRX5+R7OpenStreetMap ID
way 247132088OpenStreetMap feature
natural=waterOpenStreetMap feature
water=pond
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