# Charnwood Lodge > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Charnwood_Lodge > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Charnwood_Lodge.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charnwood_Lodge > Source revision: 1216876374 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) UK Site of Special Scientific Interest Charnwood Lodge Site of Special Scientific Interest The 'bomb rocks' Location of Charnwood Lodge. Location Leicestershire Grid reference SK 466 153[1] Interest Biological Geological Area 134.2 hectares[1] Notification 1985[1] Location map Magic Map **Charnwood Lodge** is a 134.2-hectare (332-acre) biological and geological [Site of Special Scientific Interest](/source/Site_of_Special_Scientific_Interest) in [Charnwood Forest](/source/Charnwood_Forest), east of [Coalville](/source/Coalville) in [Leicestershire](/source/Leicestershire).[1][2] It is a [national nature reserve](/source/National_nature_reserves_in_England),[3][4] and contains two [Geological Conservation Review](/source/Geological_Conservation_Review) sites.[5][6] It is managed by the [Leicestershire and Rutland Wildlife Trust](/source/Leicestershire_and_Rutland_Wildlife_Trust).[7] This is the largest area of moorland in the [East Midlands](/source/East_Midlands), and it is mainly covered by [bracken](/source/Pteridium_aquilinum) on dry hills, while wet heath is dominated by [purple moor-grass](/source/Purple_moor-grass). The site is geologically important for the 'bomb' rocks, volcanic blocks dating the [Ediacaran](/source/Ediacaran) period around 600 million years ago.[7][8] Part of the site is open to the public, with access from Warren Hills Road.[7] ## References 1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-dsv_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-dsv_1-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-dsv_1-2) [***d***](#cite_ref-dsv_1-3) ["Designated Sites View: Charnwood Lodge"](https://designatedsites.naturalengland.org.uk/SiteDetail.aspx?SiteCode=S1003563&SiteName=charnwood&countyCode=&responsiblePerson=&SeaArea=&IFCAArea=). Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 22 September 2017. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-map_2-0)** ["Map of Charnwood Lodge"](http://magic.defra.gov.uk/MagicMap.aspx?startTopic=Designations&activelayer=sssiIndex&query=HYPERLINK%3D%271003563%27). Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 22 September 2017. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["Leicestershire's National Nature Reserves"](https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/leicestershires-national-nature-reserves/leicestershires-national-nature-reserves). Natural England. 31 October 2008. Retrieved 8 August 2017. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** ["Designated Sites View: Charnwood Lodge"](https://designatedsites.naturalengland.org.uk/SiteGeneralDetail.aspx?SiteCode=1007246&SiteName=charnwood&countyCode=&responsiblePerson=&SeaArea=&IFCAArea=). National Nature Reserves. Natural England. Retrieved 22 September 2017. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** ["Charnwood Lodge (Precambrian of England & Wales)"](http://jncc.defra.gov.uk/default.aspx?page=4174&gcr=1403). Geological Conservation Review. Joint Nature Conservation Committee. Retrieved 8 August 2017. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** ["Charnwood Lodge & Warren Hills (Precambrian of England & Wales)"](http://jncc.defra.gov.uk/default.aspx?page=4174&gcr=2819). Geological Conservation Review. Joint Nature Conservation Committee. Retrieved 8 August 2017. 1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-lrcharn_7-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-lrcharn_7-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-lrcharn_7-2) ["Charnwood Lodge"](http://www.lrwt.org.uk/nature-reserves/charnwood-lodge/). Leicestershire and Rutland Wildlife Trust. Retrieved 8 August 2017. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-8)** ["Charnwood Lodge citation"](https://web.archive.org/web/20160304042724/http://www.sssi.naturalengland.org.uk/citation/citation_photo/1003563.pdf) (PDF). Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Archived from [the original](http://www.sssi.naturalengland.org.uk/citation/citation_photo/1003563.pdf) (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 22 September 2017. Wikimedia Commons has media related to [Charnwood Lodge](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Charnwood_Lodge). [52°43′59″N 1°18′43″W / 52.733°N 1.312°W / 52.733; -1.312](https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Charnwood_Lodge¶ms=52.733_N_1.312_W_type:landmark_region:GB-BNE) v t e Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Leicestershire Biological Allexton Wood Ashby Canal Bardon Hill Barrow Gravel Pits Beacon Hill, Hangingstone and Outwoods Benscliffe Wood Blackbrook Reservoir Botcheston Bog Bradgate Park and Cropston Reservoir Breedon Cloud Wood and Quarry Breedon Hill Briery Wood Heronry, Belvoir Buddon Wood and Swithland Reservoir Burbage Wood and Aston Firs Cave's Inn Pits Charnwood Lodge Chater Valley Coalville Meadows Cotes Grassland Cribb's Lodge Meadows Croft Hill Croft Pasture Croxton Park Debdale Meadow, Muston Dimminsdale Donington Park Eye Brook Reservoir Eye Brook Valley Woods Frisby Marsh Grace Dieu and High Sharpley Grantham Canal Great Bowden Borrowpit Groby Pool and Woods Harby Hill Wood Holly Rock Fields Holwell Mouth Kendall's Meadow Kilby - Foxton Canal King Lud's Entrenchments and The Drift Launde Big Wood Leighfield Forest Lockington Marshes Loughborough Meadows Lount Meadows Misterton Marshes Muston Meadows Narborough Bog Newton Burgoland Marshes Oakley Wood Owston Woods Pasture and Asplin Woods River Eye River Mease Roecliffe Manor Lawns Saddington Reservoir Sheepy Fields Sheet Hedges Wood Stanford Park Stonesby Quarry Swithland Wood and The Brand Terrace Hills Pasture Twenty Acre Piece Ulverscroft Valley Wymondham Rough Geological Bardon Hill Quarry Beacon Hill, Hangingstone and Outwoods Bradgate Park and Cropston Reservoir Breedon Cloud Wood and Quarry Buddon Wood and Swithland Reservoir Charnwood Lodge Cliffe Hill Quarry Croft and Huncote Quarry Dimminsdale Enderby Warren Quarry Gipsy Lane Pit Grace Dieu and High Sharpley Ives Head Main Quarry, Mountsorrel Newhurst Quarry One Barrow Plantation Shepshed Cutting Sproxton Quarry Tilton Cutting v t e Leicestershire and Rutland Wildlife Trust Blaby Croft Pasture Narborough Bog Charnwood Cossington Meadows Lea Meadows Loughborough Big Meadow Mountsorrel Meadows Rocky Plantation Ulverscroft Wanlip Meadows Wymeswold Meadows Harborough Great Merrible Wood Launde Woods Tilton Railway Cutting Hinckley and Bosworth Altar Stones Melton Cribb's Meadow Holwell Reserves Stonesby Quarry Wymondham Rough North West Leicestershire Charley Woods Charnwood Lodge Cloud Wood Dimminsdale Kelham Bridge Oadby and Wigston Lucas Marsh Rutland Bloody Oaks Quarry Ketton Quarry Merry's Meadows Prior's Coppice Rutland Water --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Charnwood Lodge](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charnwood_Lodge) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charnwood_Lodge?action=history)). 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