Brickhill Plantation

Brickhill Plantation is a forest in Charnwood District, Leicestershire, England. Brickhill Plantation is situated nearby to the village Nanpantan, as well as near the locality Lubcloud.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Blackbrook Reservoir and Nanpantan Reservoir.

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.

Nanpantan Reservoir

Reservoir

Photo: SMJ, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Nanpantan Reservoir is a reservoir in Leicestershire, near Nanpantan. The reservoir, with a capacity of 132,000 cubic metres, was built in 1870 to provide drinking water for Loughborough. It is owned by Severn Trent.

Jubilee Wood

Forest

Photo: Adele Beeby, CC BY 3.0.

Jubilee Wood comprises 10 hectares of mixed woodland with rocky outcrops. It was presented to Leicestershire County Council in 1977 to commemorate the Silver Jubilee of Elizabeth II. The site is adjoining The Outwoods, managed by Charnwood Borough Council.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Loughborough and Nanpantan.

Loughborough

Photo: Duncan Harris, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Loughborough is a market town in the Charnwood borough of Leicestershire, England. It is the administrative centre of Charnwood Borough Council and, in the United Kingdom 2021 census, the town's built-up area had a population of 64,884.

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.

Shelthorpe

Suburb

Shelthorpe is a ward and suburb of Loughborough, in the Charnwood district, in the county of Leicestershire, England.

Brickhill Plantation

Type: Forest
Location: Charnwood District, Leicestershire, East Midlands, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

52.7567° or 52° 45′ 24″ north

Longitude

-1.2771° or 1° 16′ 38″ west

Open location code

9C4WQP4F+M5

OpenStreetMap ID

way 83628165

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=wood

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Localities in the Area

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