Lea Wood
Lea Wood is a forest in Newtown Linford, Charnwood District, England. Lea Wood is situated nearby to the locality Wisker Hollow, as well as near the village Markfield.Places of Interest
Highlights include Bradgate Park and Old John.
Bradgate Park
Park
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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.
Old John
Scenic viewpoint
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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.
Stoneywell
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Stoneywell is a National Trust property in Ulverscroft, a dispersed settlement near Coalville in Charnwood Forest, Leicestershire. Stoneywell is the largest of a small group of cottages designed in the Arts and Crafts style by Ernest Gimson.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Woodhouse Eaves and Glenfield.
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.
Glenfield
Village
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Glenfield is a large village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Glenfields, in the Blaby district of Leicestershire, England. At the 2011 Census, Glenfields had a population of 9,643.
Cropston
Village
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Cropston is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Thurcaston and Cropston, part of the Borough of Charnwood in Leicestershire, England.
Lea Wood
Latitude
52.6973° or 52° 41′ 50″ northLongitude
-1.2561° or 1° 15′ 22″ westOpen location code
9C4WMPWV+WHOpenStreetMap ID
way 84894110OpenStreetMap feature
natural=wood
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