Cropston Reservoir, Leicester

Name: Cropston Reservoir
Address: Leicester, United Kingdom

#58 among attractions in Leicester

Nature, Natural attraction, Lake

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Cropston Reservoir lies in Charnwood Forest in Leicestershire, England. The dam and associated water works are in Cropston, while the bulk of the reservoir is in the neighbouring Newtown Linford parish. It was opened in May 1871 in a corner of Bradgate Park, a large expanse of open land northwest of Leicester. It is part of the 987-acre Bradgate Park and Cropston Reservoir Site of Special Scientific Interest. ()

Elevation: 256 ft a.s.l.Coordinates: 52°41'34"N, 1°11'41"W

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Leicester United Kingdom

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Cropston Reservoir – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

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

1.2 miW
Tower
Old John
32 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.
0.9 miW
Park
Bradgate House, Bradgate Park
23 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.
1 miN
Park
Swithland Wood and The Brand
26 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.
1.1 miW
Park
Bradgate Park
29 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.
1.3 miNE
Memorial
Mountsorrel Cross, Leicester
33 min walk • The Mountsorrel Cross is a market cross that dates from the Middle Ages. It originally stood on Main Street in the village of Mountsorrel, Leicestershire, but was moved in the late 18th century to a position 250 metres south-east of St Leonard's Church, Swithland, where it still stands. It is a Grade I listed feature.

Cropston Reservoir, Leicester

Facts and practical information

Cropston Reservoir – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Old John

Bradgate House, Bradgate Park

Swithland Wood and The Brand

Bradgate Park

Mountsorrel Cross, Leicester