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John Wesley preached at this church and on the village green 13 times according to a Blue Plaque on the wall of the far cottage. All three cottages are in the featured square, the grid boundary with [[SK4809]] runs through the centre of Queen Street to the left and just in front of the view point. (Taken on the corner of Church Drive and The Green, just outside the featured square, to avoid distortion of the spire in the photograph.)
©Kate Jewell
Looking towards the M1 which just cuts into the square along its western boundary.
©Kate Jewell
Looking across Markfield towards Field Head and Lawn Wood. The eastern square boundary is just beyond the older, white painted Houses.
©Kate Jewell
Looking across the nature reserve towards Cliffe Hill. Hill Lane runs across the centre of the picture at the far end of the quarry pit.
©Kate Jewell
©Geoff Pick
Dist:0.2km<br/>Taken from a helicopter in October 2007
©Chris Emmet
Dist:0.2km<br/>One of the earliest quarries in the Leicester area, this was opened in the 1850s for the extremely hard granite known as Markfieldite. This is still a highly sought after type of granite. Closed before World War 2 Hill Hole has been turned into a nature reserve supporting a wide variety of wildlife including the protected and rare white-clawed crayfish in the lake. The summit of the hill is nearing 230 metres above sea level and there is a trig point and a toposcope pointing out features in the views spanning over 50 miles to Coventry, Leicester, Rutland and Lichfield.
©Kate Jewell
Dist:0.2km<br/>There are several of these informative information boards around the Nature Reserve.
©Kate Jewell
Dist:0.3km<br/>Located along a narrow track next to the Hill Hole Quarry.
©Mat Fascione
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©Mat Fascione
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©Mat Fascione
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©Mat Fascione
Dist:0.4km<br/>Prominent rocky outcrops date from the pre-Cambrian period. A regionally important geological site under County Council and Wildlife Trust management. Heather, gorse and grassland predominate. A high point with good views over Charnwood Forest. Recent management by the Wildlife Trust has included the grazing of Longhorn Cattle at the site.
©Douglas Maas
Dist:0.4km<br/>Prominent rocky outcrops date from the pre-Cambrian period. A regionally important geological site under County Council and Wildlife Trust management. Heather, gorse and grassland predominate. A high point with good views over Charnwood Forest. The lower slopes - landscape variety in a compact site.
©Douglas Maas
Dist:0.4km<br/>Prominent rocky outcrops date from the pre-Cambrian period. A regionally important geological site under County Council and Wildlife Trust management. Heather, gorse and grassland predominate. A high point with good views over Charnwood Forest. Pleasant grassy paths criss-cross the site.
©Douglas Maas

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