Discover 7 hidden attractions, cool sights, and unusual things to do in Coalville (United Kingdom). Don't miss out on these must-see attractions: Snibston, Mount St Bernard Abbey, and Donington le Heath Manor House Museum. Also, be sure to include Whitwick in your itinerary.
Below, you can find the list of the most amazing places you should visit in Coalville (England).
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Snibston
Country park in Coalville, England. 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.[1]
Address: Chiswell Drive, Coalville
Mount St Bernard Abbey
Monastery in England. Mount St Bernard Abbey is a Roman Catholic, Trappist monastery near Coalville, Leicestershire, England, founded in 1835 in the parish of Whitwick and now in that of Charley. The abbey was the first permanent monastery to be founded in England since the Reformation and is the sole Trappist house in England. The monks brew the only Trappist beer in Britain.[2]
Address: Oaks Road, LE67 5UL Coalville
Donington le Heath Manor House Museum
Museum in England. Donington le Heath Manor House Museum, now 'The 1620s House and Garden at Donington le Heath' is a surviving example of a manor house built over seven hundred years ago in Donington le Heath, near the town of Coalville, Leicestershire. It was once owned by a relative of one of the Gunpowder plotters, and is now managed by Leicestershire County Council.
The Museum is accredited by the Museums, Libraries and Archives Council (MLA)[3]
Address: Manor Rd, LE67 2FW Coalville
Whitwick
Village in England. Whitwick is a large village in Leicestershire, England, close to the town of Coalville in the northwest of the county. It lies in an ancient parish which formerly included the equally historic villages of Thringstone and Swannington. It was an important manor in the Middle Ages, which once included Bardon and Markfield, parts of Hugglescote, Donington le Heath, Ratby, Bocheston, Newtown Unthank and Whittington. As early as 1293, Whitwick had a weekly market and a four-day fair. The population of Whitwick, according to the 2001 census was 10,815 persons. 8,092 of these fell into the 16-74 working age range, although only 4,689 were employed. The population of the village at the 2011 census had fallen to 8,612.[4]
Snibston Grange
Nature reserve in England. 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.
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.
There is access by footpaths from Coalville and Ravenstone.[5]
Nature Alive
Nature preserve in Coalville, England. 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.
This site was formerly a coal stocking yard for Snibston Colliery, and it now has diverse habitats such as woodland, ponds, a wildflower meadow, rough pasture and hedges. Fauna include water voles and great crested newts.
There is access from Stephenson Way and Brunel Way.[6]
Coalville Evangelical Church
Church in Coalville, England