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Charnwood Forest Swithland Wood Country Park in Charnwood Forest, Leicestershire, Eng.

Charnwood

district, England, United Kingdom
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Charnwood, borough (district), administrative county of Leicestershire, England. Nearly all of the borough belongs to the historic county of Leicestershire, except for a small area east of Wymeswold that lies in the historic county of Nottinghamshire. The borough’s name comes from Charnwood Forest, one of the ancient forests of the Midlands. Charnwood district partially includes a group of hills northwest of the city of Leicester that rise to 912 feet (278 metres) in Bardon Hill...

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