Great Pit
Great Pit is in Swithland, Charnwood District, England. Great Pit is situated nearby to the park Swithland Wood and The Brand, as well as near the forest White’s Wood.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Swithland Wood and The Brand and Bradgate Park.
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 520 feet north of Great Pit.
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.
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.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Cropston and Woodhouse Eaves.
Cropston
Village
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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.
Quorn
Village
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Quorn is a village and civil parish in Leicestershire, England, near the university town of Loughborough. Its name was shortened from Quorndon in 1889, to avoid postal difficulties owing to its similarity to the name of another village, Quarndon, in neighbouring Derbyshire. Quorn is situated 3 miles northeast of Great Pit.
Great Pit
Latitude
52.7046° or 52° 42′ 17″ northLongitude
-1.20348° or 1° 12′ 13″ westOpen location code
9C4WPQ3W+RJOpenStreetMap ID
way 247134561OpenStreetMap feature
natural=water
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