Charnwood Forest: Beacon Hill, Bradgate and Charnia
East Midlands, England
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Charnwood Forest: Beacon Hill, Bradgate and Charnia
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Charnwood Forest's rocks are among the oldest in England: in 1957 a schoolboy, Roger Mason, brought to science the fossil Charnia masoni, first spotted by a schoolgirl, Tina Negus, the year before — one of the oldest complex organisms known, some 560 million years old. Beacon Hill above Woodhouse Eaves and the Outwoods at Loughborough show the old rock, and Bradgate Park, traditionally the birthplace of Lady Jane Grey, has deer and the Old John tower on its hill.
Required Activities
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of 3
Climb Beacon Hill, the Charnwood Forest summit above Woodhouse Eaves, in the forest where a schoolboy found the fossil Charnia masoni in 1957, among the oldest complex organisms at some 560 million years old
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of 3
Walk the Outwoods at Loughborough, where ancient rocks are exposed
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of 3
Walk Bradgate Park, the Grey family's estate and traditionally Lady Jane Grey's birthplace, with its Old John tower folly and herds of deer
Climb Beacon Hill, the Charnwood Forest summit above Woodhouse Eaves, in the forest where a schoolboy found the fossil Charnia masoni in 1957, among the oldest complex organisms at some 560 million years old
Walk the Outwoods at Loughborough, where ancient rocks are exposed
Walk Bradgate Park, the Grey family's estate and traditionally Lady Jane Grey's birthplace, with its Old John tower folly and herds of deer
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