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Many of the craggy rocks of Charnwood Forest are of volcanic origin and are very old, dating back through 600 million years to Precambrian times. [9] It was the site of the first-ever recorded discovery of Charnia masoni, the earliest-known large, complex fossilised species on record, recovered from a quarry near the Charnwood village of Woodhouse Eaves.
English: Map showing sites notable for wildlife and geology within Charnwood Forest, Leicestershire, UK (Area defined by Natural England NCA73). Date 26 February 2011
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This is the last remaining building of the Charnwood Forest Canal. The now derelict Charnwood Forest Canal alongside the entrance to Longcliffe Golf Club in Nanpantan. Until the end of the eighteenth century the City of Leicester had received its supplies of coal by packhorse from the Charnwood Forest coal mines around Swannington.
The park consists of over 135 hectares (330 acres) of grassland and woodland and offers recreational walking, and some short climbs. With a maximum height of 248 metres (814 ft), it is the second highest point in Leicestershire after Bardon Hill, [1] although the OS map shows Birch Hill, which is near Copt Oak to be 254m.
Charnwood Lodge is a 134.2-hectare (332-acre) biological and geological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Charnwood Forest, east of Coalville in Leicestershire. [1] [2] It is a national nature reserve, [3] [4] and contains two Geological Conservation Review sites. [5] [6] It is managed by the Leicestershire and Rutland Wildlife Trust. [7]
Bradgate Park (/ ˌ b r æ d ɡ ə t /) is a public park in Charnwood Forest, in Leicestershire, England, northwest of Leicester. It covers 850 acres (340 hectares). The park lies between the villages of Newtown Linford, Anstey, Cropston, Woodhouse Eaves and Swithland.