Shepherd’s Close

Shepherd’s Close is a forest in Ibstock, North West Leicestershire, England. Shepherd’s Close is situated nearby to the village Ibstock, as well as near Heather.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Sence Valley Forest Park and Church of St Denys and Paget Tombs in Churchyard.

Sence Valley Forest Park

Park

Sence Valley Forest Park is located between Ibstock and Heather in North West Leicestershire, and within the National Forest, England. It is situated on the site of a former open cast mine where, between 1982 and 1996, eight million tonnes of coal were extracted by opencast mining.

Church of St Denys and Paget Tombs in Churchyard

Church

Photo: Kjn1961, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Church of St John the Baptist

Church

Photo: Trevor Rickard, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Coalville and Ibstock.

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.

Ibstock

Village

Photo: Ian Rob, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Ibstock is a former coal mining village and civil parish in North West Leicestershire, England. The population of the civil parish was 5,760 at the 2001 census increasing to 6,201 at the 2011 census and 7,615 at the 2021 census.

Donington le Heath

Village

Donington le Heath is a village on the River Sence just over 1 mile south of the centre of Coalville in North West Leicestershire. Donington is contiguous with the village of Hugglescote immediately to the east.

Shepherd’s Close

Type: Forest
Location: Ibstock, North West Leicestershire, Leicestershire, East Midlands, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

52.6806° or 52° 40′ 50″ north

Longitude

-1.4133° or 1° 24′ 48″ west

Open location code

9C4WMHJP+6M

OpenStreetMap ID

way 903356013

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=wood

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