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New Lount Nature Reserve, Leicestershire

New Lount Nature Reserve, Leicestershire

New Lount Nature Reserve is an old colliery site, the main operations took place between 1924 and 1968, but small-scale.....

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Ashby de la Zouch Castle, Leicestershire

Ashby de la Zouch Castle, Leicestershire

The ancient, crumbling walls of Ashby de la Zouch castle keep once rose to a towering 95ft and had four floors. It belonged to.....

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Charnwood Water, Leicestershire

Charnwood Water, Leicestershire

Charnwood Water is a former clay pit situated off Tuckers Road, Loughborough, which is now a local beauty spot, offerign a lovely.....

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Stoney Cove, Leicestershire

A flooded quarry and beauty spot very popular with swimmers and divers...

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Staunton Harold Church, Leicestershire

Staunton Harold Church, Leicestershire

Imposing church built in 1653, with fine panelled interior, set in attractive parkland...

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Twycross Zoo, Leicestershire

Twycross Zoo, Leicestershire

Come face-to-face with over 900 animals of more than 150 species, including some of the most endangered on our planet, at.....

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Staunton Harold Hall, Leicestershire

Staunton Harold Hall, Leicestershire

This is said to be one of the most delightful country houses in Leicestershire, it was the former home of the Ferrers family who.....

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Moira Furnace Museum, Leicestershire

Moira Furnace Museum, Leicestershire

Moira Furnace is one of the best examples of an early 19th Century iron-making blast furnace anywhere in Europe. It was built in.....

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Melbourne Hall, Derbyshire

Melbourne Hall, Derbyshire

This magnificent mansion was once the home of Victorian Prime Minister, Lord Melbourne, who as the young Queen Victoria's first.....

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Calke Abbey, Derbyshire

Calke Abbey, Derbyshire

Calke Abbey was built between 1701-1703. The building, in the Baroque style, was built for Sir John Harpur. It is an.....

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