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Gipsy Lane Pit

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Gipsy Lane Pit is a Site of Special Scientific Interest in Leicestershire, covering 0.01 km². The county has 69 Sites of Special Scientific Interest; this is one. It is the smallest of them.

Other nature reserves nearby include Watermead Country Park and Brocks Hill Country Park. The nearest railway station is Leicester, about 4 km to the south-west.

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Photo of Watermead Country Park, a country park near Thurcaston, Leicestershire, central England.

Watermead Country Park

Country park near Thurcaston

A country park in Leicestershire.

2 km NW

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.

2.3 km W · spans 9 counties

Photo of National Space Centre, a visitor attraction in Leicestershire, central England.Highlight

National Space Centre

Attraction near Leicester

Leicester's landmark space museum under a soaring inflated rocket tower, with the UK's largest planetarium.

3.2 km W

Photo of University of Leicester Botanic Garden, a garden near Oadby, Leicestershire, central England.

University of Leicester Botanic Garden

Garden near Oadby

Sixteen acres of themed beds, glasshouses and mature trees at Oadby, used for teaching and open to the public.

5.7 km S

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

Leicestershire Round

Long-distance path

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

6.6 km N · Leicestershire & Rutland

Photo of Bradgate Park and Swithland Woods, a country park near Newtown Linford, Leicestershire, central England.Iconic

Bradgate Park and Swithland Woods

Country park near Newtown Linford

Ancient deer park, ruins and folly tower.

8.3 km W