Exning Spinney
Exning Spinney is a forest in Thurcaston and Cropston, Charnwood District, England. Exning Spinney is situated nearby to the village Cropston, as well as near Swithland.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
Photo: Charlie629, CC BY 3.0.
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.
Rothley railway station
Railway station
Photo: Ronstar308, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Rothley railway station is a heritage railway station on the preserved section of the Great Central Railway's London Extension. Built to the standard island platform pattern of country stations on the line, it originally opened on 15 March 1899 and has been restored to late Edwardian era condition, circa 1910.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Birstall and Quorn.
Birstall
Village
Photo: Wesley Trevor Johnston, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Birstall is a large village and civil parish within the Charnwood borough of Leicestershire, England. It is three miles north of Leicester city centre and is part of the wider Leicester Urban Area.
Quorn
Village
Photo: Mat Fascione, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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.
Woodhouse Eaves
Village
Photo: Kev747, Public domain.
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.
Exning Spinney
Latitude
52.7014° or 52° 42′ 5″ northLongitude
-1.186° or 1° 11′ 9″ westOpen location code
9C4WPR27+HJOpenStreetMap ID
way 83484813OpenStreetMap feature
natural=wood
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