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Charnwood
Upland area in Leicestershire, England

Charnwood

Charnwood Forest is a hilly tract in northwestern Leicestershire, England, bounded by Leicester, Loughborough and Coalville.

The area is undulating, rocky and picturesque, with moorland areas. It also has some extensive tracts of woodland, and significant Precambrian geology. Its elevation is generally 600 feet (180 m) and upwards, the area exceeding this height being about 6,100 acres (25 km2). The highest point, Bardon Hill, is 912 feet (278 m).

Text adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Photograph: Daveleicuk (see Commons), Wikimedia Commons.