Buck Hill
Buck Hill is a forest in Charnwood District, Leicestershire, England. Buck Hill is situated nearby to the locality Blackbird’s Nest, as well as near the village Nanpantan.Places of Interest
Highlights include Beacon Hill and Pilkington Library.
Beacon Hill
Peak
Photo: Mat Fascione, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Beacon Hill, near Loughborough, in Leicestershire, England, is a popular country park. It is one of several beacon hills in the United Kingdom. It is part of Beacon Hill, Hangingstone and Outwoods Site of Special Scientific Interest.
Pilkington Library
Library
Photo: Chemical Engineer, Public domain.
The Pilkington Library is the academic library at Loughborough University, situated in the West Park of the university campus at Loughborough, Leicestershire, in the East Midlands of England.
Nanpantan Reservoir
Reservoir
Photo: SMJ, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Nanpantan Reservoir is a reservoir in Leicestershire, near Nanpantan. The reservoir, with a capacity of 132,000 cubic metres, was built in 1870 to provide drinking water for Loughborough. It is owned by Severn Trent.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Loughborough and Shelthorpe.
Loughborough
Photo: Duncan Harris, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Loughborough is a market town in the Charnwood Borough of Leicestershire, England. The area has been represented since 2024, by Labour Party MP, Jeevun Sandher.
Shelthorpe
Suburb
Shelthorpe is a ward and suburb of Loughborough, in the Charnwood district, in the county of 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.
Buck Hill
- Type: Forest
- Location: Charnwood District, Leicestershire, East Midlands, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
52.7413° or 52° 44′ 29″ northLongitude
-1.2469° or 1° 14′ 49″ westOpen location code
9C4WPQR3+G6OpenStreetMap ID
way 40800853OpenStreetMap feature
natural=wood
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