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Croft and Huncote Quarry

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Croft and Huncote Quarry is a Site of Special Scientific Interest in Leicestershire, covering 0.35 km². It is one of 69 SSSIs in the county. Nearby SSSIs include Burbage Wood and Aston Firs and Groby Pool and Woods. For arrivals by rail, Narborough Station is about 2.7 km to the east.

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Photo of the Grand Union Canal, a 137-mile canal running from Brentford to Birmingham, England.Highlight

Grand Union Canal

Canal

London to Birmingham by water — the trunk route of the canal age, with arms reaching Leicester, Aylesbury, Northampton and Paddington.

5.1 km NE · spans 9 counties

Photo of Everards Brewery, a brewery near Enderby, Leicestershire, central England.

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Brewery near Enderby

Solar-powered brewery at Everards Meadows near Fosse Park, with a Beer Hall taproom and 90-minute brewery tours.

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Photo along the Leicestershire Round, a 100-mile long-distance path in central England.

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Long-distance path

A hundred miles around Leicester, devised for the Footpath Association's hundredth year — Charnwood, Burrough Hill and Bosworth on the circuit.

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Photo of Burbage Common and Woods Country Park, a country park near Market Bosworth, Leicestershire, central England.

Burbage Common and Woods Country Park

Country park near Market Bosworth

A country park in Leicestershire.

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Photo of Saffron Hill Cemetery, a Grade II* registered house & garden in Leicestershire, central England.

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House & garden near Leicester

A formal Thomas Mawson cemetery of 1931, with avenues and Georgian-style lodges.

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Photo of Battlefield of Bosworth Country Park, a country park near Market Bosworth, Leicestershire, central England.Highlight

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Country park near Market Bosworth

Where Richard III fell and the Tudors rose.

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