Leicester Forest East Spinney

Leicester Forest East Spinney is a nature reserve in , , . Leicester Forest East Spinney is situated nearby to the suburb , as well as near the locality .

Places of Interest

Highlights include Kirby Muxloe Castle and Kirby Frith Nature Reserve.

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

Nature reserve
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Kirby Frith is a 2.1-hectare Local Nature Reserve on the western outskirts of . 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.

Church
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is a church.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Leicester and Braunstone Town.

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is the largest city and county town of 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.

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".

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

Leicester Forest East Spinney

Latitude
52.6242° or 52° 37′ 27″ north
Longitude
-1.2101° or 1° 12′ 37″ west
Open location code
9C4WJQFQ+MW
Open­Street­Map ID
way 32138902
Open­Street­Map feature
leisure=­nature_reserve
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