Swithland Wood and The Brand is a 87.9 hectares (217 acres) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest south of Woodhouse Eaves in Leicestershire....
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Ledger stone (redirect from Swithland slate)
18th and 19th centuries, when the principal slate quarries were at Swithland Wood, The Brand, Groby and Woodhouse Eaves. The two landowners with slate resources...
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Sites View: Swithland Wood and The Brand". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 21 November 2017. "The Brand (Precambrian...
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Bradgate Park (category Parks and open spaces in Leicestershire)
part of the park. To the north-east lies Swithland Wood. The park's two well known landmarks, Old John and the war memorial, both lie just above the 210 m...
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Charnwood Forest (category Forests and woodlands of Leicestershire)
in the early spring, rock climbing and hillwalking. Popular places with public access include Bardon Hill, Beacon Hill, Bradgate Park, Swithland Wood and...
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Mountsorrel Railway (redirect from Mountsorrel and Rothley Community Heritage Centre)
serving the local quarries, now owned by Tarmac. The line was extended and by 1898 ran from the Great Central Railway at Swithland Sidings. The line fell...
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Leicestershire (category Pages using the Phonos extension)
Hall Stoney Cove the National Diving Centre Stoneywell Stapleford Miniature Railway Stapleford Park Swithland Reservoir Swithland Wood Twinlakes Theme...
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Leicester (category Massacres during the Wars of the Three Kingdoms)
Corporation of Leicester was later able to buy the waterworks and build another reservoir at Swithland, completed in the 1890s. Leicester became a county borough...
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Stockerston Hall Stonton Wyville Manor Stretton Hall Sutton Cheney Manor Swithland Hall Tur Langton Manor Whatton Hall Wigston Parva Hall Willesley Hall...
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Mountsorrel (category Wikipedia articles incorporating a citation from the ODNB)
in Swithland, where it still remains. It is a Grade II* listed structure. The Adam Style building opposite St Peter's Church and actually on the Leicester...
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