Places to visit in North West Leicestershire
A short list of notable parks, markets, museums and landmarks in North West Leicestershire.
- Coal mining remains 600m south west of Smoile Farm · Historic
archaeological site in Worthington, North West Leicestershire, England, UK
- Coal mining remains at Birch Coppice and Rough Park, 950m and 1.5km south of Smoile Farm · Historic
archaeological site in Coleorton, North West Leicestershire, England, UK
- Coal mining remains at The Conery, 500m south of Coleorton Hall · Historic
archaeological site in Coleorton, North West Leicestershire, England, UK
- Coal mining remains in Lount Wood · Historic
archaeological site in Staunton Harold, North West Leicestershire, England, UK
- Coleorton Hall Beaumonts Monument · Historic
monument in Coleorton, North West Leicestershire, England, UK
- Coleorton Hall Monument On Edge Of Winter Garden · Historic
monument in Coleorton, North West Leicestershire, England, UK
- Nature Alive · Parks
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.
- New Lount
· Parks
New Lount is a 21.3 hectares Local Nature Reserve north-east of Ashby-de-la-Zouch in Leicestershire. It is owned and managed by Leicestershire County Council.
- Snibston Discovery Museum · Culture
Snibston is an area and former civil parish east of Ravenstone, now in the parish of Ravenstone with Snibstone, in the North West Leicestershire district, in the county of Leicestershire, England. 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.
- Hough Tower Mill · Attraction
Hough Windmill is a tower windmill in Swannington, Leicestershire, England built in the late 18th century on the boundary with the village of Thringstone. The mill served a coal mining community. The structure is surrounded by the remains of ancient shallow coal mines and local maps show many footpaths and tracks made by the miners who walked between them. The mill and surrounding area is owned by the Swannington Heritage Trust.