Forbes Hole Local Nature Reserve

Forbes Hole Local Nature Reserve is a nature reserve in Sawley, Erewash, England. Forbes Hole Local Nature Reserve is situated nearby to the town Long Eaton, as well as near the village Thrumpton.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Long Eaton railway station and West Park.

Long Eaton railway station

Railway station

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Long Eaton railway station serves the town of Long Eaton, in Derbyshire, England. It is on the Midland Main Line and the Derby-Nottingham line, 120 miles 28 chains north of London St Pancras.

West Park

Park

Photo: David Lally, CC BY-SA 2.0.

West Park is the premier park in Long Eaton, Derbyshire, England. It is also the location of the town's indoor leisure centre.

East Midlands Parkway railway station

Railway station

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East Midlands Parkway railway station is located just north of Ratcliffe-on-Soar, in Nottinghamshire, England; Ratcliffe-on-Soar Power Station lies next to the railway.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Beeston and Shardlow.

Beeston

Photo: Andrewrabbott, Public domain.

Beeston is a town in the Borough of Broxtowe, Nottinghamshire, England, it is 3 miles south-west of Nottingham. To its north-east is the University of Nottingham's main campus, University Park.

Shardlow is a village in Derbyshire, England about 6 miles southeast of Derby and 11 miles southwest of Nottingham. Part of the civil parish of Shardlow and Great Wilne, and the district of South Derbyshire, it is also very close to the border with Leicestershire, defined by the route of the River Trent which passes close to the south.

Long Eaton

Town

Photo: Garth Newton, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Long Eaton is a town in the Erewash district of Derbyshire, England. It lies just north of the River Trent, about 6 miles south-west of Nottingham and 9 miles south-east of Derby.

Forbes Hole Local Nature Reserve

Type: Nature reserve
Category: recreation area
Location: Sawley, Erewash, Derbyshire, East Midlands, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

52.8873° or 52° 53′ 14″ north

Longitude

-1.2646° or 1° 15′ 53″ west

Open location code

9C4WVPPP+W5

OpenStreetMap ID

way 51939137

OpenStreetMap feature

leisure=nature_reserve

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Localities in the Area

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