Sheet Hedges Wood, Leicester

Name: Sheet Hedges Wood
Address: Leicester, United Kingdom

#79 among attractions in Leicester

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Sheet Hedges Wood is in the parish of Newtown Linford, and lies some 1-mile north of Groby, in Leicestershire, UK. The site is made up of two areas of woodland and a meadow field, all with public access, extending 29 acres. The woodland block is adjacent to the road includes a car park and access trails. ()

Elevation: 348 ft a.s.l.Coordinates: 52°40'25"N, 1°13'16"W

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Leicester United Kingdom

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Sheet Hedges Wood – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Beaumont Shopping Centre, Kirby Muxloe Castle, Old John, Charnwood Forest.

2.3 miE
Shopping, Shopping centre
Beaumont Shopping Centre, Leicester
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2.6 miS
Forts and castles
Kirby Muxloe Castle, Leicester
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1.6 miN
Tower
Old John
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2.2 miNW
Nature, Natural attraction, Forest
Charnwood Forest
56 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.
1.2 miN
Park
Bradgate House, Bradgate Park
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2.4 miN
Park
Swithland Wood and The Brand
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1.4 miE
Church
St Mary's Church, Leicester
35 min walk • St Mary's Church is the Church of England parish church in Anstey, Leicestershire, in the Diocese of Leicester.
2.7 miS
Park
Kirby Frith Nature Reserve, Leicester
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1.2 miSW
Area
Groby, Leicester
30 min walk • Groby is a large English village in the county of Leicestershire, to the north west of the city of Leicester. The population at the time of the 2011 census was 6,796.
1.7 miNE
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Cropston Reservoir, Leicester
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2.6 miNW
Museum, History museum
Stoneywell
68 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.