Burrow Wood

Burrow Wood is a deciduous forest in Charley, North West Leicestershire, England. Burrow Wood is situated nearby to the locality Little Hill, as well as near Timberwood Hill.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Mount St Bernard Abbey and Church of St James the Greater.

Mount St Bernard Abbey

Monastery

Photo: Gtatler, Public domain.

Mount St Bernard Abbey is a Roman Catholic monastery belonging to the Trappist Order, near Coalville, Leicestershire, England, founded in 1835 in the parish of Whitwick and now in that of Charley.

Church of St James the Greater

Church

Photo: Andrew Tatlow, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Blackbrook Reservoir

Reservoir

Photo: Richard Guise, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Blackbrook Reservoir is a 33.4-hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest between Shepshed and Whitwick in Leicestershire. The reservoir was constructed in 1796 in order to feed the Charnwood Forest Canal, which has long since vanished.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Coalville and Whitwick.

Coalville

Photo: Mark Anderson, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Coalville is a town in the North West Leicestershire district in the county of Leicestershire, England. The town is situated on the A511 between Leicester and Burton upon Trent.

Whitwick

Village

Photo: Kev747, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Whitwick is a large village and civil parish in the North West Leicestershire district of Leicestershire, England, some two miles north of Coalville in the northwest of the county.

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.

Burrow Wood

Type: Deciduous forest
Category: forest
Location: Charley, North West Leicestershire, Leicestershire, East Midlands, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

52.7261° or 52° 43′ 34″ north

Longitude

-1.2964° or 1° 17′ 47″ west

Open location code

9C4WPPG3+CC

OpenStreetMap ID

way 83134333

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=wood

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Satellite Map

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Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Little Hill and Timberwood Hill.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Charley Woods Nature Reserve and Timberhill Wood Plantation.

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