Colony Reservoir

Colony Reservoir is a reservoir in Charley, North West Leicestershire, England. Colony Reservoir is situated nearby to the locality Warren Hills, as well as near Flat Hill.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Blackbrook Reservoir and Mount St Bernard Abbey.

Blackbrook Reservoir

Reservoir

Photo: Richard Guise, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Blackbrook Reservoir is a 33.4-hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest between Shepshed and Whitwick in Leicestershire. The reservoir was constructed in 1796 in order to feed the Charnwood Forest Canal, which has long since vanished.

Mount St Bernard Abbey

Monastery

Photo: Gtatler, Public domain.

Mount St Bernard Abbey is a Roman Catholic monastery belonging to the Trappist Order, near Coalville, Leicestershire, England, founded in 1835 in the parish of Whitwick and now in that of Charley.

Church of St James the Greater

Church

Photo: Andrew Tatlow, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Coalville and Whitwick.

Coalville

Photo: Mark Anderson, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Coalville is a town in the North West Leicestershire district in the county of Leicestershire, England. The town is situated on the A511 between Leicester and Burton upon Trent.

Whitwick

Village

Photo: Kev747, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Whitwick is a large village and civil parish in the North West Leicestershire district of Leicestershire, England, some two miles north of Coalville in the northwest of the county.

Nanpantan

Village

Photo: MaltaGC, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Nanpantan is a historic village, ward and suburb of Loughborough, in the Charnwood borough of Leicestershire, England. It is located in the south-west of the town of Loughborough. It is home to Nanpantan Reservoir.

Colony Reservoir

Type: Reservoir
Category: body of water
Location: Charley, North West Leicestershire, Leicestershire, East Midlands, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

52.7332° or 52° 43′ 60″ north

Longitude

-1.314° or 1° 18′ 50″ west

Open location code

9C4WPMMP+7C

OpenStreetMap ID

way 261720501

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=water

OpenStreetMap feature

water=reservoir

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Localities in the Area

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