Pasture and Asplin Woods

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Pasture and Asplin Woods is one of 69 Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Leicestershire. Other SSSIs nearby include Breedon Hill, Lount Meadows and Ticknall Quarries. For arrivals by rail, East Midlands Parkway Station is about 10.1 km to the north-east.

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