Leicestershire
Hinckley & Bosworth District
Groby

Cowpen Spinney

Cowpen Spinney is a forest in , , . Cowpen Spinney is situated nearby to the village , as well as near .
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Kirby Muxloe Castle and Kirby Frith Nature Reserve.

Photo: MikPeach, CC BY-SA 4.0.
, 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
Photo: Dudley Miles, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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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Places in the Area

Nearby places include Glenfield and Braunstone Town.

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.

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 village and former civil parish, now in the parish of , part of the Borough of Charnwood in , England.

Cowpen Spinney

Latitude
52.657° or 52° 39′ 25″ north
Longitude
-1.23° or 1° 13′ 48″ west
Open location code
9C4WMQ49+QX
Open­Street­Map ID
way 534096738
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­wood
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Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Beacon Field and Elizabeth Woodville Primary School.

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