Burleigh Wood
Burleigh Wood is a forest in Charnwood District, Leicestershire, England. Burleigh Wood is situated nearby to the village Nanpantan, as well as near the locality Blackbird’s Nest.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Pilkington Library and Nanpantan Reservoir.
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.
Outwoods
Forest
The Outwoods is a 40 hectares ancient wood and visitor attraction overlooking Loughborough and the Soar Valley in Leicestershire, England. It has rare rock outcrops, many species of woodland plants and substantial wildlife, and it is part of Beacon Hill, Hangingstone and Outwoods Site of Special Scientific Interest.
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; it is the administrative centre of Charnwood Borough Council. At the United Kingdom 2021 census, the town's built-up area had a population of 64,884.
Shelthorpe
Suburb
Shelthorpe is a ward and suburb of Loughborough, in the Charnwood district, in the county of Leicestershire, England.
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.
Burleigh Wood
- Type: Forest
- Location: Charnwood District, Leicestershire, East Midlands, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
52.7542° or 52° 45′ 15″ northLongitude
-1.2486° or 1° 14′ 55″ westOpen location code
9C4WQQ32+MGOpenStreetMap ID
way 412504690OpenStreetMap feature
natural=wood
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