Beacon Hill, Loughborough

Name: Beacon Hill
Address: Breakback Rd, Loughborough, LE12 8TA, United Kingdom
Telephone: +44 116 305 5000

#1 among attractions in Loughborough

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Beacon Hill, near Loughborough, in Leicestershire, England, is a popular country park. It is one of several beacon hills in the United Kingdom. It is part of Beacon Hill, Hangingstone and Outwoods Site of Special Scientific Interest. ()

Elevation: 814 ftProminence: 187 ftCoordinates: 52°43'43"N, 1°14'50"W

Address

Breakback RdLoughborough LE12 8TA United Kingdom

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+44 116 305 5000

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Day trips

Beacon Hill – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Old John, Charnwood Forest, Bradgate House, Bradgate Park, Swithland Wood and The Brand.

2.4 miSE
Tower
Old John
62 min walk • Old John is the highest hill in Bradgate Park, Leicestershire, England, on the southern edge of Charnwood Forest. It gives its name to the folly that stands at its top. The hill stands at 212 metres high, and is a prominent landmark across Leicester and Leicestershire.
2 miS
Nature, Natural attraction, Forest
Charnwood Forest
51 min walk • Charnwood Forest is an upland tract in north-western Leicestershire, England, bounded by Leicester, Loughborough and Coalville. The area is undulating, rocky and picturesque, with barren areas.
2.9 miSE
Park
Bradgate House, Bradgate Park
75 min walk • Bradgate House is a 16th-century ruin in Bradgate Park, Leicestershire, England. Edward Grey's son Sir John Grey of Groby married Elizabeth Woodville, who, after John's death married King Edward IV.
2.4 miSE
Park
Swithland Wood and The Brand
62 min walk • Swithland Wood and The Brand is a 87.9 hectares biological Site of Special Scientific Interest south of Woodhouse Eaves in Leicestershire. Swithland Wood is a Nature Conservation Review site, Grade II.
3.2 miNE
Tower, Historical place, Monuments and statues
Loughborough Carillon, Loughborough
82 min walk • Loughborough Carillon is a carillon and war memorial in Loughborough, Leicestershire, England. It is in Queen's Park, and is a well-known landmark, visible from several miles away. It is 152 feet high.
2.1 miN
Museum
Holywell Park Conference Centre, Loughborough
55 min walk • Holywell Park Conference Centre is modern conference facility located on Loughborough University Campus offering 300 m2 of exhibition space and accommodating up to 450 people. It was officially opened in April 2004 by The Duke of Edinburgh.
0.6 miNW
Nature, Natural attraction, Forest
Felicity's Wood
15 min walk • Felicity's Wood is a woodland in Leicestershire, England, near the village of Woodhouse Eaves. It covers a total area of 8.77 hectares. It is owned and managed by the Woodland Trust.
2 miS
Museum, History museum
Stoneywell
51 min walk • Stoneywell is a National Trust property in Ulverscroft, a dispersed settlement near Coalville in Charnwood Forest, Leicestershire. Stoneywell is the largest of a small group of cottages designed in the Arts and Crafts style by Ernest Gimson.
0.9 miNE
Park
Outwoods
23 min walk • The Outwoods is a 40 hectares ancient wood and visitor attraction overlooking Loughborough and the Soar Valley in Leicestershire, England.
2.8 miSE
Park
Bradgate Park
71 min walk • Bradgate Park is a public park in Charnwood Forest, in Leicestershire, England, northwest of Leicester. It covers 850 acres. The park lies between the villages of Newtown Linford, Anstey, Cropston, Woodhouse Eaves and Swithland.
2.4 miN
Library, Bookshop
Pilkington Library, Loughborough
63 min walk • The Pilkington Library is the academic library at Loughborough University, situated in the West Park of the university campus at Loughborough, Leicestershire, in the East Midlands of England. It is named after Lord Pilkington.