Stocking Wood
Stocking Wood is a forest in Swithland, Charnwood District, England. Stocking Wood is situated nearby to the village Swithland, as well as near Woodhouse Eaves.Places of Interest
Highlights include Bradgate Park and Cropston Reservoir.
Bradgate Park
Park
Photo: Duncharris, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Bradgate Park is a public park in Charnwood Forest, in Leicestershire, England, northwest of Leicester. It covers 850 acres. The park lies between the villages of Newtown Linford, Anstey, Cropston, Woodhouse Eaves and Swithland.
Cropston Reservoir
Reservoir
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Cropston Reservoir lies in Charnwood Forest in Leicestershire, England. The dam and associated water works are in Cropston, while the bulk of the reservoir is in the neighbouring Newtown Linford parish.
Old John
Scenic viewpoint
Photo: Duncharris, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Old John is the highest hill in Bradgate Park, Leicestershire, England, on the southern edge of Charnwood Forest. It gives its name to the folly that stands at its top.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Woodhouse Eaves and Quorn.
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.
Quorn
Village
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Quorn is a village and civil parish in Leicestershire, England, near the university town of Loughborough. Its name was shortened from Quorndon in 1889, to avoid postal difficulties owing to its similarity to the name of another village, Quarndon, in neighbouring Derbyshire.
Shelthorpe
Suburb
Shelthorpe is a ward and suburb of Loughborough, in the Charnwood district, in the county of Leicestershire, England.
Stocking Wood
Latitude
52.7097° or 52° 42′ 35″ northLongitude
-1.1997° or 1° 11′ 59″ westOpen location code
9C4WPR52+V4OpenStreetMap ID
way 533429382OpenStreetMap feature
natural=wood
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