Whitwick
Whitwick is a large village and civil parish in the North West Leicestershire district of Leicestershire, England, some two miles north of Coalville in the northwest of the county.
Whitwick is a large village and civil parish in the North West Leicestershire district of Leicestershire, England, some two miles north of Coalville in the northwest of the county. It lies in an ancient parish which formerly included the equally historic villages of Thringstone and Swannington. Whitwick is situated 4 miles southwest of Shepshed, 6 miles east of Ashby-de-la-Zouch and 8 miles west-southwest of Loughborough.
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Worth seeing in and around Whitwick
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.
- 01Mount 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.
2.2 km · monastery · Wikipedia - 02Bardon 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.
3.7 km · hill in Leicestershire, England · Wikipedia - 03Blackbrook 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 - 04Charnwood 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.
2.4 km · canal in the UK · Wikipedia - 05Bardon Hill Quarry
Bardon Hill Quarry is a 58.2-hectare geological Site of Special Scientific Interest east of Coalville in Leicestershire. It is a Geological Conservation Review site.
3.7 km · stone quarry and Site of Special Scientific Interest in England · Wikipedia - 06Grace 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.
900 m · Site of Special Scientific Interest in Leicestershire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 07One 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.
2.9 km · geological site in England · Wikipedia - 08Coalville 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.
1.6 km · biological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Leicestershire, England · Wikipedia - 09Grace 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.
1.9 km · country house in Belton, Leicestershire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 10Snibston 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.
3.1 km · park in United Kingdom · Wikipedia
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Getting to Whitwick
- Airports
- East Midlands (EMA), 10 km · Birmingham (BHX), 41 km · Manchester (MAN), 92 km
- Birmingham, West Midlands → Whitwick47 km · quickest by road, 1h 4m · £5–7
- Manchester, Greater Manchester → Whitwick101 km · quickest by road, 2h 57m · £13–18
- London → Whitwick161 km · quickest by road, 2h 58m · £16–21
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for Whitwick
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 Whitwick. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inThe airport mainly supports low-cost airlines such as Jet2.com, Ryanair and tour operators like Thomson Airways which serve a range of domestic and European short-haul destinations.
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Next door to Whitwick
Whitwick is 19 km from Leicester, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Coalvilletown in Leicestershire, England2 km
- North West Leicestershirelocal government district in Leicestershire, England2.8 km
- Coleortonvillage in Leicestershire, England, UK3.3 km
- Swanningtonvillage and civil parish in North West Leicestershire, England, UK2 km
- Osgathorpevillage and civil parish in Leicestershire, United Kingdom3.5 km
- Charleycivil parish in Leicestershire, England, UK4 km