Shepshed

Worth seeing in and around Shepshed

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
   Loughborough University

   Loughborough University is a public research university in the market town of Loughborough, Leicestershire, England. It has been a university since 1966, but it dates back to 1909, when Loughborough Technical Institute was founded.

   4.5 km · public university in Loughborough, UK · Wikipedia
2. 02
   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.

   3.8 km · monastery · 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.

   2.7 km · reservoir and Site of Special Scientific Interest in Leicestershire, United Kingdom · Wikipedia
4. 04
   Beacon Hill

   Beacon Hill, near Loughborough, in Leicestershire, England, is a popular country park. It is one of several beacon hills in the United Kingdom.

   5.7 km · hill in Leicestershire, England, UK · Wikipedia
5. 05
   Garendon Abbey

   Garendon Abbey was a Cistercian abbey located between Shepshed and Loughborough, in Leicestershire, United Kingdom.

   2.5 km · abbey in Leicestershire, England, UK · Wikipedia
6. 06
   Loughborough College

   Loughborough College is a large general further education college in the market town of Loughborough, Leicestershire, England. It provides both further education and higher education courses on a single campus.

   5.1 km · college in Leicestershire, UK · Wikipedia
7. 07
   Pilkington Library

   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.

   4 km · academic library at Loughborough University · Wikipedia
8. 08
   All Saints Church, Long Whatton

   All Saints Church is a parish church located in the village of Long Whatton, Leicestershire, England. Built in the 13th century, the church was renovated between the 14th and 16th centuries.

   3.9 km · church in Long Whatton and Diseworth, North West Leicestershire, England,UK · Wikipedia
9. 09
   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.

   3 km · canal in the UK · Wikipedia
10. 10
    Church of St Mary

    St Mary's Church or St Mary of the Annunciation Church is a Roman Catholic parish church in Loughborough, Leicestershire, England. It was built in 1834 in the neoclassical style and has been served by the Rosminians since 1841, it was their first church in the UK, and outside of Italy.

    5.3 km · church building in Loughborough, Leicestershire, England, UK · Wikipedia

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