Mountains & hills · East Midlands
Beacon Hill
Also known as: Beacon Hill, Leicestershire
Beacon Hill — Named summit at 244.5 m.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 3 h–8 h
- Best time of year
- Late spring – early autumn (May–Oct)
- Nearest railway station
- Quorn & Woodhouse · 4.2 km
- Free entry
- Dog-friendly
About
Beacon Hill is a named summit in the United Kingdom. Wikidata describes it as: "Named summit at 244.5 m.". Coordinates: 52.7285°, -1.2472°.
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Protected designations
- Site of Special Scientific Interest: Beacon Hill, Hangingstone and Out Woods SSSI
Designations sourced from Natural England open data under OGL v3.
From the Wikipedia article
Beacon Hill, near Loughborough, in Leicestershire, England, is a popular country park. It is one of several beacon hills in the United Kingdom. It is part of Beacon Hill, Hangingstone and Outwoods Site of Special Scientific Interest.
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Background
Description
The park consists of over 135 ha of grassland and woodland and offers recreational walking, and some short climbs. With a maximum height of 248 m, it is the second highest point in Leicestershire after Bardon Hill, although the OS map shows Birch Hill, which is near Copt Oak to be 254m. An extinct volcano, in Whitwick, 4 mi to the west, was responsible for the fine-grained igneous rocks that the hill consists of. Beacon Hill was the site of a Bronze Age hill fort. Today a toposcope indicates landmarks which can be seen from the summit. These include Lincoln Cathedral and the hills of the Peak District. Ratcliffe-on-Soar Power Station is aligned so that, seen from the summit, only two of its…
Visiting
There are car parks top and bottom, accessible from Beacon Road or Breakback Road, with a pay on exit barrier system, accepting cash and card. For access by public transport, buses between Leicester and Loughborough via Anstey serve Woodhouse Eaves. Service 154 operated by Centrebus runs Monday to Friday and Kinchbus service 123 on Saturdays.
Sourced from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Coordinates
- 52.7285, -1.2472
- County
- Leicestershire
- District
- Charnwood
- Parish
- Woodhouse
- Postcode
- LE12 8TE
- Parliamentary constituency
- Mid Leicestershire
- Nearest railway station
- Quorn & Woodhouse — 4.2 km
Sources
- osm: n277514580 (ODbL)
- wikipedia: Beacon Hill, Leicestershire (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- commons: Beacon Hill - geograph.org.uk - 409967.jpg (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Beacon Hill?
- Beacon Hill is in Leicestershire, the East Midlands, United Kingdom (postcode LE12 8TE), in the parish of Woodhouse.
- Is Beacon Hill a protected site?
- Yes — Beacon Hill is part of the Beacon Hill, Hangingstone and Out Woods SSSI Site of Special Scientific Interest.
- Is Beacon Hill free to visit?
- Yes, Beacon Hill is free to enter.
- How do I get to Beacon Hill?
- The nearest railway station is Quorn & Woodhouse, about 4.2 km away. Drivers can navigate to postcode LE12 8TE.