Snibston Grange

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Snibston Grange
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Type Local Nature Reserve
Location Coalville, Leicestershire
OS grid SK 416 137
Area 3.2 hectares
Managed by Leicestershire County Council

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] [2]

Coalville town in Leicestershire, England

Coalville is a market town in North West Leicestershire, England, with a population at the 2011 census of 34,575. It lies on the A511 trunk road between Leicester and Burton-upon-Trent, close to junction 22 of the M1 motorway where the A511 meets the A50 between Ashby-de-la-Zouch and Leicester. It borders the upland area of Charnwood Forest to the east of the town.

Leicestershire County of England

Leicestershire is a landlocked county in the English Midlands. The county borders Nottinghamshire to the north, Lincolnshire to the north-east, Rutland to the east, Northamptonshire to the south-east, Warwickshire to the south-west, Staffordshire to the west, and Derbyshire to the north-west. The border with most of Warwickshire is Watling Street.

Leicestershire County Council British administrative authority

Leicestershire County Council is the county council for the English non-metropolitan county of Leicestershire. It was originally formed in 1889 by the Local Government Act 1888. The county is divided into 52 electoral divisions, which return a total of 55 councillors. The council is controlled by the Conservative Party. The leader of the county council is currently Nick Rushton, who was elected to the post in September 2012. The headquarters of the council is County Hall beside the A50 at Glenfield, just outside the city of Leicester in Blaby district.

This was formerly the garden of the local colliery manager, and is now part of Snibston Country Park. It has two fishing lakes, a Victorian arboretum with a wide variety of mature trees, a wetland area and a wildflower meadow. [1]

Arboretum botanical garden containing living collections of woody plants intended at least partly for scientific study

An arboretum in a general sense is a botanical collection composed exclusively of trees. More commonly a modern arboretum is a botanical garden containing living collections of woody plants and is intended at least in part for scientific study.

There is access by footpaths from Coalville and Ravenstone.

Ravenstone, Leicestershire village in United Kingdom

Ravenstone is a small rural cluster village with a population of 2149, situated just off the A511 road between Coalville and Ashby-de-la-Zouch, in North West Leicestershire, and within the National Forest, England. From the 2011 census the population was included in the civil parish of Ravenstone with Snibston.

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The Snibston Colliery Ground is a cricket stadium based in the town of Coalville, Leicestershire. It has also known as the North West Leicestershire Miners Welfare Centre, and is the home of Snibston Grange CC.

Snibston

Snibston is an area east of Ravenstone, north west Leicestershire, in the English Midlands. Originally rural, part of Snibston was transformed into a coal mining village by the opening of coal mines by the Snibston Colliery Company in the early 1830s. This industrial part of Snibston was subsequently subsumed into the developing town of Coalville, though small rural areas of Snibston survive within the civil parishes of Ravenstone with Snibston and Hugglescote and Donington le Heath. In the part of Snibston within the latter civil parish stands the 13th-century church of St Mary, noted as the smallest church still in use for regular worship in England. The main Snibston Colliery was sunk in 1831, and after its closure the Snibston Country Park with the Snibston Discovery Museum was built on part of the colliery site. Part of the park is Snibston Grange Local Nature Reserve. The population is included in the civil parish of Ravenstone with Snibston.

Coalville Meadows

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Charnwood Lodge

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Hugglescote and Donington le Heath is a civil parish in North West Leicestershire, England. It includes the villages of Hugglescote and Donington le Heath, each of which is about 1 mile (1.6 km) south of the centre of Coalville. The population of the civil parish at the 2011 census was 4,446.

Muston Meadows

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Bardon Hill Quarry

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Burbage Wood and Aston Firs

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Lucas Marsh

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Grace Dieu and High Sharpley

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Nature Alive

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

New Lount

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North Kilworth Nature Reserve

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Moira Junction

Moira Junction is a 3.5-hectare (8.6-acre) Local Nature Reserve north of Moira in Leicestershire. It is owned and managed by Leicestershire County Council.

Saltersford Wood

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Halstead Road Centenary Pasture

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References

  1. 1 2 "Snibston Grange". Local Nature Reserves. Natural England. 25 September 2013. Retrieved 2 October 2017.
  2. ↑ "Map of Snibston Grange". Local Nature Reserves. Natural England. Retrieved 2 October 2017.

Coordinates: 52°43′08″N1°23′10″W / 52.719°N 1.386°W / 52.719; -1.386

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