Beacon Hill Country Park

Upper Car Park, Beacon Road, Woodhouse Eaves, Nr Loughborough, Leicestershire, LE12 8SP

Lower Car Park, Breakback Lane, Woodhouse Eaves, Nr Loughborough, Leicestershire, LE12 8TA

At 245m (802 feet), Beacon Hill is the second highest point in Leicestershire and the site of a Bronze Age hill fort. A toposcope indicates landmarks that can be seen from the summit.

There are more than 100 hectares of heath and woodland, including a collection of trees native to Britain. A newly-planted area includes a Woodland Trail featuring woodland crafts, a viewing platform and a shelter built of straw. The park is also home to the unusual sight of Manx Loghton sheep and alpacas, the latter are similar to llamas.

To help our visitors relax and enjoy the scenery; seats are placed around the Park. Some, alongside the paths, are made from piled Silver Birch trunks. Not only are they for you to sit on, but they also provide an over-wintering home for small mammals and insects. After a few years these will decay and be returned to the woodland floor as food for fungi and insects - our biodegradeable benches!