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Towns near Bardon
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Newtown Linford
(2 Miles)*
Newtown Linford is set against a backdrop of the Charnwood woodlands, making it a very photogenic village with its thatched dwellings and timbered style buildings. |
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Markfield
(2 Miles)*
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Newtown Limford
(3 Miles)*
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Woodhouse Eaves
(3 Miles)*
Woodhouse Eaves is at the heart of the Charnwood Forest. Close to Beacon Hill (818 feet high), where once existed an Iron Age settlement. |
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Hugglescote
(3 Miles)*
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Thornton
(3 Miles)*
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Whitwick
(3 Miles)*
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Thringstone
(3 Miles)*
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Swannington
(3 Miles)*
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Coalville
(4 Miles)*
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Bagworth
(4 Miles)*
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Sprowston
(4 Miles)*
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Swithland
(4 Miles)*
Swithland is a pleasant Forest village close to both the Woods and Reservoir, which also bear its name. The village is known well beyond Charnwood for its dark blue slate, which produced roofing material from the times of the Romans to the 19th century. |
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Cropston
(4 Miles)*
Cropston is a picturesque village, close to the late 19th century reservoir, which takes its name from the village. |
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Anstey
(4 Miles)*
Anstey's role as a southern gateway to the Charnwood Forest is shown by the 15th century Packhorse Bridge, just a mere 5 feet wide, straddling Rothley River. |
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