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 an 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

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

Photo: Kev747, Public domain.

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

Photo: Mat Fascione, CC BY-SA 2.0.

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

Type: Body of water
Location: Swithland, Charnwood District, Leicestershire, East Midlands, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

52.7046° or 52° 42′ 17″ north

Longitude

-1.20348° or 1° 12′ 13″ west

Open location code

9C4WPQ3W+RJ

OpenStreetMap ID

way 247134561

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=water

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