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🌳🦌🦊 Explore Britain’s Unexpected Upland: an Aspiring UNESCO Global Geopark set in the beautiful countryside of Leicestershire Funded through National Lottery Heritage Fund

Charnwood Forest Geopark

🔥 Visit our Old Man of Beacon Hill geosite, and learn how geological processes have shaped this unusual rocky outcrop. 🌐 Plan your visit on our website: www.charnwoodforest.org/location/old...

🍏 Charnwood Cider are part of our Geopartner Network, and make a fantastic selection of ciders using apples from orchards across Charnwood Forest. 👍 Let's support local producers! 🌐 Discover more about the network on our website: www.charnwoodforest.org/geopartner-n...

🌞 This weekend we're at the Bradgate Park Summer Fayre, 10am-4pm each day! 🌳 Pop along to our stall and learn about what makes Charnwood Forest so special, see some fossils, learn about our rocks, and get involved! 🌐 Plan your visit: www.bradgatepark.org/Event/bradga...

Thornton Reservoir, in the south west of the Geopark, was constructed in 1854 to supply drinking water to the growing communities of Leicestershire. Today it is a peaceful place to explore the trails around the water's edge 🚶

🌳 Reconnect with nature in Charnwood Forest Geopark 🐦

👍 Our Outwoods-Discovering Charnia Geosite features a life-size replica of the 560 million year old fossil Charnia, for you to see and touch! 🌐 Discover more on our website: www.charnwoodforest.org/location/out...

🔎 In 2018, a team led by Dr Charlotte Kenchington named a new fossil from Charnwood Forest. 🔵 Hylaecullulus fordi, informally known as the 'dumbbell', can be nearly 40 cm long, and would have lived a stationary life on the deep-sea floor, 560 million years ago

🌳 Charnwood Forest: where ancient rocks and oaks live side by side

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🌼 News Story: Corridor Club Coordinates Conservation in Geopark's Core 🌐 Read more about this fantastic conservation story on our website: www.charnwoodforest.org/corridor-clu...

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🪦 Journey back more than half a billion years to our Tremendous Teichichnus geosite in Thurcaston, and uncover the story of mysterious traces within the gravestones... 🌐 Plan your visit on our website: www.charnwoodforest.org/location/tre... #geology #EarthScience ⚒️🧪

Charnwood Forest Geopark

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Charnwood Forest Geopark

A Geopark-supported project in the heart of Charnwood Forest has shown how collaboration can create a big impact in landscape-scale conservation. The Ulverscoft Corridor Club was founded to bring…

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Corridor Club Coordinates Conservation in Geopark's Core - Charnwood Forest Geopark