Coalville

Worth seeing in and around Coalville

10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.

1. 01
   Mount St Bernard Abbey

   Mount St Bernard Abbey is a Roman Catholic monastery belonging to the Trappist Order, near Coalville, Leicestershire, England, founded in 1835 in the parish of Whitwick and now in that of Charley. The abbey was the first permanent monastery to be founded in England since the Reformation and is the sole Trappist house in England.

   3.6 km · monastery · Wikipedia
2. 02
   Bardon Hill

   Bardon Hill is the highest hill in Leicestershire, at 278 metres. The hill is also a 13.1-hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest and has been noted in literature.

   3.4 km · hill in Leicestershire, England · Wikipedia
3. 03
   Blackbrook Reservoir

   Blackbrook Reservoir is a 33.4-hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest between Shepshed and Whitwick in Leicestershire. The reservoir was constructed in 1796 in order to feed the Charnwood Forest Canal, which has long since vanished.

   4.5 km · reservoir and Site of Special Scientific Interest in Leicestershire, United Kingdom · Wikipedia
4. 04
   Charnwood Forest Canal

   The Charnwood Forest Canal, sometimes known as the "Forest Line of the Leicester Navigation", was opened between Thringstone and Nanpantan, with a further connection to Barrow Hill, near Worthington, in 1794. It marks the beginning of a period of history that saw the introduction of railways to supplement canals and, in the end, superseding them, leading eventually to the Midland Counties Railway.

   4.4 km · canal in the UK · Wikipedia
5. 05
   Coleorton Hall

   Coleorton Hall is a 19th-century country mansion, formerly the seat of the Beaumont baronets of Stoughton Grange. Situated at Coleorton, Leicestershire, it is a Grade II* listed building now converted into residential apartments.

   4.7 km · country house in Leicestershire, England, UK · Wikipedia
6. 06
   Snibston Grange

   Snibston Grange is a 3.2 hectare Local Nature Reserve on the western outskirts of Coalville in Leicestershire. It is owned and managed by Leicestershire County Council.

   1.3 km · park in United Kingdom · Wikipedia
7. 07
   Kelham Bridge

   Kelham Bridge is a 8.1 hectares nature reserve north of Ibstock in Leicestershire. It is owned and managed by the Leicestershire and Rutland Wildlife Trust.

   3 km · park in United Kingdom · Wikipedia
8. 08
   Sence Valley Forest Park

   Sence Valley Forest Park is located between Ibstock and Heather in North West Leicestershire, and within the National Forest, England. It is situated on the site of a former open cast mine where, between 1982 and 1996, eight million tonnes of coal were extracted by opencast mining.

   3.9 km · English park · Wikipedia
9. 09
   Charley Woods

   Charley Woods is a 26.8 hectares nature reserve north of Copt Oak in Leicestershire. It is owned and managed by the Leicestershire and Rutland Wildlife Trust.

   4.9 km · park in United Kingdom · Wikipedia
10. 10
    Grace Dieu and High Sharpley

    Grace Dieu and High Sharpley is an 86 hectare biological and geological Site of Special Scientific Interest between Coalville and Shepshed in Leicestershire. Grace Dieu Quarry is a Geological Conservation Review site.

    2.9 km · Site of Special Scientific Interest in Leicestershire, England, UK · Wikipedia

Ranked by the number of language editions of Wikipedia with an article on each, from Wikidata; the sentences are the openings of those articles, CC BY-SA 4.0.

What Wikivoyage says to see

1. 01
   Donington le Heath Manor House Museum

   Based in a Medieval Manor House dating back to 1280.

From Wikivoyage: Coalville, CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us.

Where to eat

1. 01
   La Torre

   48 High St,.

2. 02
   Imge Restaurant

   36-38 High Street,.

From Wikivoyage: Coalville, CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us.

Getting to Coalville

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East Midlands (EMA), 12 km · Birmingham (BHX), 39 km · Manchester (MAN), 92 km

• Manchester, Greater Manchester → Coalville

  102 km · quickest by road, 2h 57m · £13–17
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  160 km · quickest by road, 2h 57m · £16–21
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• Luton, Luton → Coalville

  114 km · quickest by road, 2h 14m · £11–15
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Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Coalville. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

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