Thringstone

Worth seeing in and around Thringstone

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.

   3.3 km · monastery · Wikipedia
2. 02
   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.

   2.9 km · reservoir and Site of Special Scientific Interest in Leicestershire, United Kingdom · Wikipedia
3. 03
   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.

   2.2 km · canal in the UK · Wikipedia
4. 04
   Church of St John the Baptist

   The Church of St John the Baptist is a church in Belton, Leicestershire. It is a Grade II* listed building.

   3.6 km · church in Belton, Leicestershire, England, UK · Wikipedia
5. 05
   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.

   1.3 km · Site of Special Scientific Interest in Leicestershire, England, UK · Wikipedia
6. 06
   One Barrow Plantation

   One Barrow Plantation is a 1.8 hectares geological Site of Special Scientific Interest south-west of Shepshed in Leicestershire. It is a Geological Conservation Review site.

   3.5 km · geological site in England · Wikipedia
7. 07
   Coalville Meadows

   Coalville Meadows is a 6.0 hectares biological Site of Special Scientific Interest between Whitwick and Coalville in Leicestershire. It is managed by the Friends of Holly Hayes Wood.

   3.3 km · biological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Leicestershire, England · Wikipedia
8. 08
   Grace Dieu Manor

   Grace Dieu Manor is a 19th-century country house near Thringstone in Leicestershire, England, occupied by Grace Dieu Manor School until 2020. It is a Grade II listed building.

   900 m · country house in Belton, Leicestershire, England, UK · Wikipedia
9. 09
   Nature Alive

   Nature Alive is a 5.7 hectares Local Nature Reserve in northern outskirts of Coalville in Leicestershire. It is owned and managed by North West Leicestershire District Council.

   2.7 km · park in United Kingdom · Wikipedia
10. 10
    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.

    3.8 km · country house in Leicestershire, England, UK · Wikipedia

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